Mr. JENNER. Were they married here in New Orleans, or were they married in Texas?
Mrs. MURRET. I imagine they were married in Texas. Mr. Ekdahl was a divorced man. I guess he was a divorced man. He had to be. I don't know, but I don't think he could get married without being divorced. He had a son.
Mr. JENNER. Yes; I know he did, and his people were Boston people, were they not?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes. I know she met his sister. It was her, his sister, that sort of persuaded her that she ought to go ahead and marry him. She went up to see them, I think.
Mr. JENNER. You think his sister influenced her a lot?
Mr. JENNER. But she was somewhat disappointed in Mr. Ekdahl insofar as his handling of the family funds was concerned; is that right?
Mr. JENNER. Well, I don't want you to imagine. What impression did you get from what she said to you?
Mrs. MURRET. Well, she just said that she thought things would be different, that since he was a high-salaried man, she didn't think she would have the kind of life she was living, like pinching pennies, and having to ask him for everything that she wanted. I think she was under the impression that he would give her so much, or I don't know anything about the amounts, you know, but that's what I gathered from what she told me.
Mr. JENNER. All right. Now, I think you said that he did not assume responsibility for any of the three children; is that right?
Mr. JENNER. And she told you when she placed her two boys, John and Robert, in the military school, what was the name of that?
Mr. JENNER. That she was assuming the responsibility of paying their way?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; she did. She always had a lot of character. That I can say about her, you know, for a woman alone. She would have never done anything she wasn't supposed to do, even though she was in dire circumstances, and so forth, but one thing would come on like that, and she would just act up very quickly, like I told you, if she didn't like something happening or something you did or said, something like that. Of course, there are always two sides to every story, and I don't know the other side. I only know one side.
Mr. JENNER. Would you say that Lee lived with you from about 1939 to 1941?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; I guess it was along in there. It's hard to remember those dates exactly, that's been so long ago.