It would appear, however, that obtaining curtain rods was not the purpose of Oswald’s trip to Irving on November 21. Mrs. A. C. Johnson, his landlady, testified that Oswald’s room at 1026 North Beckley Avenue had curtains and curtain rods,[C4-121] and that Oswald had never discussed the subject with her.[C4-122] In the Paines’ garage, along with many other objects of a household character, there were two flat lightweight curtain rods belonging to Ruth Paine but they were still there on Friday afternoon after Oswald’s arrest.[C4-123] Oswald never asked Mrs. Paine about the use of curtain rods,[C4-124] and Marina Oswald testified that Oswald did not say anything about curtain rods on the day before the assassination.[C4-125] No curtain rods were known to have been discovered in the Depository Building after the assassination.[C4-126] In deciding whether Oswald carried a rifle to work in a long paper bag on November 22, the Commission gave weight to the fact that Oswald gave a false reason for returning home on November 21, and one which provided an excuse for the carrying of a bulky package the following morning. The Missing Rifle Before dinner on November 21, Oswald played on the lawn of the Paines’ home with his daughter June.[C4-127] After dinner Ruth Paine and Marina Oswald were busy cleaning house and preparing their children for bed.[C4-128] Between the hours of 8 and 9 p.m. they were occupied with the children in the bedrooms located at the extreme east end of the house.[C4-129] On the west end of the house is the attached garage, which can be reached from the kitchen or from the outside.[C4-130] In the garage were the personal belongings of the Oswald family including, as the evidence has shown, the rifle wrapped in the old brown and green blanket.[C4-131] At approximately 9 p.m., after the children had been put to bed, Mrs. Paine, according to her testimony before the Commission, “went out to the garage to paint some children’s blocks, and worked in the garage for half an hour or so. I noticed when I went out that the light was on.”[C4-132] Mrs. Paine was certain that she had not left the light on in the garage after dinner.[C4-133] According to Mrs. Paine, Oswald had gone to bed by 9 p.m.;[C4-134] Marina Oswald testified that it was between 9 and 10 p.m.[C4-135] Neither Marina Oswald nor Ruth Paine saw Oswald in the garage.[C4-136] The period between 8 and 9 p.m., however, provided ample opportunity for Oswald to prepare the rifle for his departure the next morning. Only if disassembled could the rifle fit into the paper bag found near the window[C4-137] from which the shots were fired. A firearms expert with the FBI assembled the rifle in 6 minutes using a 10-cent coin as a tool, and he could disassemble it more rapidly.[C4-138] While the rifle may have already been disassembled when Oswald arrived home on Thursday, he had ample time that evening to disassemble the rifle and insert it into the paper bag.