Mrs. Paine. Yes; that affected my judgment.
Mr. Dulles. Have you any idea as to his motivation in the act, in light of what you have said in the assassination?
Mrs. Paine. It is conjecture, of course, but I feel he always felt himself to be a small person; and he was right. That he wanted to be greater, or noticed, and Marina had said of him he thinks he is so big and fine, and he should take a more realistic view of himself and not be so conceited.
(At this point, Representative Ford entered the hearing room.)
Mrs. Paine. And I feel that he acted much more from the emotional pushings within him than from any rational set of ideas, and——
Mr. Dulles. Emotional pushings toward aggrandizement you have in mind is what you said?
Mrs. Paine. Yes.
Mr. McCloy. When you testified earlier this morning, Mrs. Paine, about the dry sighting of the rifle, you know what dry sighting is, don't you?
Mrs. Paine. I found out last night.
Mr. McCloy. You found that out last night?