Mr. Griffin. In the period shortly before he left your house, what was he doing?
Mrs. Grant. He was sitting in my golden chair with his head in his hand, and we were talking. I said, “I never thought in my lifetime I would ever hear of a President being assassinated.” I thought when they do those things, when McKinley was shot and Garfield—I said, barbarians were running around.
Mr. Griffin. Were you doing most of the talking, or was Jack?
Mrs. Grant. Yes. He was quiet. He sat in the chair and he says, “Really, he was crazy,” and between that time he went in the bathroom and threw up. It was after he ate what he considered eating.
Mr. Griffin. He didn’t have very much to eat?
Mrs. Grant. No. Because he asked me for scrambled eggs. I made him three eggs. He wanted the eggs.
I said, “I will make you four, and if you don’t eat it, I will eat it.”
I know those eggs, he ate one-third and just very little of anything that was there. So the amount of food he normally eats, he is a pretty good eater even with his diet.
Mr. Griffin. Did he tell you he called Eileen?
Mrs. Grant. Yes, it seems to me he told me that.