Mrs. Paine. I am not entirely certain what I meant by intellectual decision.
Mr. Jenner. I assume you meant a deliberate one.
Mrs. Paine. Oh, yes.
Mr. Jenner. One of intellectual curiosity?
Mrs. Paine. I would judge so.
Mr. Jenner. Do you recall writing your mother, as far back as October 1956, that—no; this letter was to your whole family—that is, those back in Columbus, addressed to your mother, your father, and—what was—Essie?
Mrs. Paine. Well, I think probably family in this case just was my mother and father at that time. Essie is my brother's wife.
Mr. Jenner. In which you then said you were thinking about studying Russian as an intellectual pursuit? Does that sound like something you might have said then?
Mrs. Paine. It sounds like I thought myself more intellectual at the time than I do now.
Mr. Jenner. But as you harken back on it, the elements I have now recounted to you from correspondence with your mother and your folks, are those factors which at least impelled you at that age and that development in your life to undertake the study of Russian?