Mr. Jenner. I have been seeking all that occurred in your visit with Marina and Mrs. Ford in the Ford home on March 9. Have you completed that? Is there anything you would like to add?
Mrs. Paine. Well, I would like to add that Mrs. Ford was out for a brief period. She went to the washerteria to pick up some clothes that had been at the drier so that for a time Marina and I were alone perfectly free to say anything we wanted.
Mr. Jenner. And during that period was your conversation, your visit with Marina pleasant?
Mrs. Paine. Oh, indeed; yes.
Mr. Jenner. Free and open? What reaction did you get during the period you were alone with her as to her feeling or regard or how she felt about you?
Mrs. Paine. Well, I felt she was certainly friendly, but I felt the strain of wanting to avoid any reference to her husband or to the events that were so painful to us both. And I didn't want to ask directly anything about why she hadn't written or confront her with that. She did say as I was working at the tape recorder later, and Mrs. Ford was reading from the book, we came to a break in the recording and Marina commented, she had been sitting across the room watching, my profile was very like her mother's, and this is not the first time she has made the connection to my physical build and that of her mother. I don't give this much significance, but I do have the impression that there are many feelings and mixed feelings in us both. It is not a simple relationship.
Mr. Jenner. Do you anticipate the possibility of, I will use the word, renewing, it may not be the right word.
Mrs. Paine. I think that would be right. There has been a distinct break.
Mr. Jenner. Of this cordial friendship and relationship with Marina?
Mrs. Paine. I would like that if it comes about.