Mr. Liebeler. Well, specifically, the part of your testimony, of course, that I have difficulty in reconciling with the testimony I have just read is when Mr. Jenner asked you if you detected any coolness between Marina and him and you responded, "I didn't notice any such coolness. Rather, they seemed warm like a couple making up a small spat."
How clear and how definite is your recollection of the events of that evening? I can't possibly reconcile in my mind the testimony that Marina gave with the notion that they looked like a couple that were making up from a small spat, and as far as that goes you can't either.
Mrs. Paine. No; I can't—that may be just my interpretation.
Mr. Liebeler. After hearing Marina's testimony and reflecting on what happened that night, do you think that this testimony is consistent with what you remember having happened there that night?
Mrs. Paine. Well, I saw nothing of the argument she describes.
Mr. Liebeler. Yes; I appreciate that.
Mrs. Paine. I saw no continuing of it in the sense that they threw barbs at each other later. I don't recall any such altercation, and as I say, I just don't remember well enough whether it was that night as he had on other nights—he ate and left the table without much conversation—or just what happened. It was really my assumption, I would say, that he was there to make up the quarrel over the telephone.
Mr. Liebeler. And you specifically discussed that with Marina that evening?
Mrs. Paine. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler. And you both agreed that that was the reason he came there?