Ruth was delighted. She and Marina spoke in Russian about Marina's marriage, her life in Russia and her previous Russian boyfriends. Marina never said that LHO was violent in any way, nor did LHO ever seem violent to Ruth. Yet Marina withheld much from Ruth, for example, her weeks of living apart from LHO, with Katya Ford and others, starting in October 1962. Nor did Marina mention again Lee’s urging her to return to the USSR. Still, Ruth finally got the courage to read her own letter of April 7th, inviting Marina to live with Ruth until Marina could support herself and her family.