Mrs. Paine. I don't think she continued to remain angry—no. We did briefly discuss why he came on Thursday, with one another, after his arrival.
Mr. Liebeler. Before we get to that, what was your impression of the relations, if Marina didn't tell you, between Marina and Oswald prior to the evening of Thursday, November 21?
Mrs. Paine. They had a good many arguments and occasional heated words, and I felt this was—well, that Marina is not one to maintain a feeling of anger—I don't know about that.
Mr. Liebeler. What makes you say that Marina is not one to maintain a feeling of anger? What is the basis for that judgment on your part?
Mrs. Paine. Well, I have very little basis. Perhaps—she did write me during the summer, and you have that correspondence, saying that things were better when she didn't argue, and that may be the outward circumstances that I'm talking about. She certainly was cordial to Lee when he arrived on Thursday, and relations were normal between them, I would say.
Mr. Liebeler. That's really what I want to come to and I want to ask you about, and you did say that on page 47 of volume 3 in your previous testimony. Mr. Jenner asked you as regards the evening of November 21, "Was there a coolness between them?"
Mrs. Paine. He went to bed very early. She stayed up and talked with me some, but there was no coolness that I noticed. He was quite friendly on the lawn as we——
Then, Mr. Jenner said, "I mean coolness between himself and—between Lee and Marina."
Mrs. Paine. I didn't notice any such coolness. Rather, they seemed warm, like a couple making up a small spat. I should interject one thing here, too, that I recall as I entered the house and Lee had just come in. I said to him, "Our President is coming to town."