In the third section of Truman Capote's non-fiction novel, In Cold Blood, entitled The Answer, once separated and questioned, Dick and Perry almost immediately turn on each other. Each one blames the other for taking the lead in the murders. While both tell similar stories, Dick blames Perry for all four deaths, acting as though he was just sitting on the sidelines. Capote writes of Dick that, "Hickock said, 'Perry Smith killed the Clutters'...'It was Perry. I couldn't stop him He killed them all" (230). Perry says that Dick was the leader, and that he killed the two women. Perry claims he tried to leave before they even went into the house; Dick never mentions this.