Mrs. MURRET. I don't think he was. I can't say whether he was or not, because I don't know, but she said he wasn't. I assume he was on one of these trips he made in his business, and that's why she was over there with the boys, but I don't know any of that myself. I don't think I even knew she was in Covington until I met her 1 day in town. Mr. JENNER. Here in New Orleans? Mrs. MURRET. Yes. Mr. JENNER. And was that during that summer vacation period? Mrs. MURRET. Yes. Mr. JENNER. And she told you then that they were in Covington? Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir. Mr. JENNER. Had she not tried to reach you in the meantime? Mrs. MURRET. No; she had not. Mr. JENNER. Is Covington very far away? Mrs. MURRET. No. Mr. JENNER. How far away is it? Mrs. MURRET. Oh, about 100-some-odd miles. It isn't very far away. Mr. JENNER. Did she say anything to you at that time as to how she was getting along with her husband? Mrs. MURRET. Nothing. She just mentioned the boys being on vacation over there, and Lee becoming of school age, and she thought she would just stay there while he went to school. Mr. JENNER. You mean the fall term, when she would put him in school in Covington, La.? Mrs. MURRET. Yes. Mr. JENNER. And did she do that? Mrs. MURRET. I couldn't say whether he went to school there or not. The next I heard is when she left Ekdahl. Mr. JENNER. When she left Ekdahl? Mrs. MURRET. Yes. Mr. JENNER. Then to summarize her life with Ekdahl, she married him and she took the boys out, the two older boys, out of the orphanage and put them in military school in Mississippi; is that right? Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir. Mr. JENNER. At her own expense? Mrs. MURRET. So she said. Mr. JENNER. Yes; so she said. That's what she told you? Mrs. MURRET. Yes. Mr. JENNER. She kept Lee with her; is that right? Mrs. MURRET. Yes. Mr. JENNER. Was he at that time around 5 years old? Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir. Mr. JENNER. Or maybe a little older? Mrs. MURRET. Yes. Mr. JENNER. And she had accompanied her husband at least for a time in his travels; is that right? Mrs. MURRET. Yes. Mr. JENNER. And she had the boy Lee with her and Mr. Ekdahl; is that right? Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir. Mr. JENNER. It is your impression that Ekdahl did not support Lee, but that she had to support him; is that right? Mrs. MURRET. I thought, at least she told me, that he did not support Lee either. I thought she told me that. I may be wrong on that. Mr. JENNER. Was Ekdahl a man of formal education beyond grammar school? Mrs. MURRET. I don't know anything about Ekdahl. Mr. JENNER. You don't know? Mrs. MURRET. No. Mr. JENNER. But it was your impression that he was previously married and had a son; is that right? Mrs. MURRET. Yes. Mr. JENNER. She met him here in New Orleans; is that right? Mrs. MURRET. Yes. Mr. JENNER. You don't know under what circumstances, though, do you? Mrs. MURRET. I don't know; no, sir.