Mr. Jenner. She answered the door.
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. You identified yourself?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes; I said a few words in Russian, I said we are friends of George Bouhe. I think he was already helping them a little bit, giving them something for the baby or something. I think he had already been in—he helps everybody. He has been helping her especially. And so the introduction was fine. And I found her not particularly pretty, but a lost soul, living in the slums, not knowing one single word of English, with this rather unhealthy looking baby, horrible surroundings.
Mr. Jenner. Now we are interested in a couple of things. You found that she knew substantially no English?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. No English at all at that time. I think she knew maybe—I remember that I asked her, "How do you buy things in the store," and she said, "I point with my finger and I can say 'yes' and 'no'." That is all.
Mr. Jenner. Did you go into the home—was it a house or apartment?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. It was a shack, near Sears Roebuck, as far as I remember—near that area. I don't know if you went down there. A little shack, which had only two rooms, sort of clapboard-type building. Very poorly furnished, decrepit, on a dusty road. The road even was not paved.
Mr. Jenner. What did you talk to her about?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Just asked her how she likes it here, and how she was getting along, does she get enough food, something like that—completely meaningless conversation.