Mr. Jenner. And the same question with respect to the Socialist Workers Party.
Mrs. Paine. Nor was I aware of any such contact.
Mr. Jenner. Would you now give us your impression of Lee Oswald's personality? Was he a person who sought friends, was he a man who sought his own comfort, his own consolation?
I am just trying to illustrate what I am getting at. Was he a man who, to use the vernacular, was a loner? Do you know what I mean by that?
Mrs. Paine. I have heard the word used a great deal.
Mr. Jenner. A man who preferred his own company, or at least appears to prefer his own company, and does not seek out others, does not seek to make friends, or even has an aversion to the making of friends, that he is reticent, retiring.
Mrs. Paine. I think it was here this morning that I described him as a person whom I thought was fearful of actually making friends, and, therefore, reticent, who did keep to himself in fact a good deal.
But I think he did enjoy talking with other people—at least some of the time. He did watch television a great deal of the total time that he was at my house.
And he would finish the evening meal earlier than the rest of the people at the table and leave to go back to the living room to read or watch television, and not just stay to converse. He would eat to be fed rather than as a social event.
Mr. Jenner. I see. Just to make sure we have the record clear on this—because it is of interest in other sections of this investigation—except for the one or two instances you have related, his habit was to remain in your home the entire weekend whenever he visited?