Mr. Jenner. And you do recall that each regarded the other as his brother; isn't that right?
Mrs. Murret. Well, I think Lee loved Robert a lot, but maybe he wasn't too fond of John. In a different way maybe he didn't love John as much as he did Robert. That's just what I think.
Mr. Jenner. How did John and Robert get along?
Mrs. Murret. I don't know. I was never in their presence too much at that age. I kept them when Mrs. Oswald gave birth to Lee, but they were little then, you know, and they seemed to be getting along all right. I had them for about a week, and I remember sitting outside and they were saying that it had better not be a girl. "Because we don't want any girls in this family."
Mr. Jenner. Oh well, that was boy talk, was it not?
Mrs. Murret. Oh, yes; but they did say, "It had better not be a girl."
Mr. Jenner. When did you first become aware that Lee had entered the Marines?
Mrs. Murret. Well, not until he came in that Saturday.
Mr. Jenner. When he wanted to be stationed at Keesler Field?
Mrs. Murret. That's right, that's what he said when he came through on a Saturday, but then I never heard any more from Lee at all.