Mrs. Ray. Yes, always; he be very close.
Mr. Liebeler. Did you ask him if he had gone to school anywhere to learn Russian?
Mrs. Ray. No; I don't but I give him credit for speak so well Russian. I said "I been here so long and still don't speak very well English"; I said "You speak fast Russian." He said in Russia he learn to speak Russian. He just came back.
Mr. Liebeler. You thought he spoke Russian better than you would expect a person to be able to speak Russian after only living there only 3 years?
Mrs. Ray. Yes; I really did. I don't know, maybe Russian easy. I know American is very difficult language but I been taught here. Really, it's just too good speaking Russian for be such a short time, you know.
Mr. Liebeler. Did he tell you anything about how he learned to speak Russian or did he just say it was from being in Russia?
Mrs. Ray. No; I never asked. Only things, I give him credit he speak so well Russian and I don't ask and then I want to introduce him to my husband, you know. He is an American and my husband did not remember him very well how he look and my husband, I guess, have few drinks and he is man don't talk much. This Oswald don't say much and you introduce and that's as far as go but he always constantly staying very close to his wife, you know.
Mr. Liebeler. Tell us the rest of your conversation with Marina or with Oswald as best you can recall it.
Mrs. Ray. Well, after she told that she don't have any difficulty and we decided that everything is getting better and we started asking her about Russian songs and they start to sing in Russian songs, and asking her sing, if she know any latest Russian song, and she start sing and we sing with her together and then I notice that's all been say as much conversation.
Mr. Liebeler. Did you ask her where she lived when she was in Russia?