Truman Capote uses the introduction of pressure in order to teach us more about Dick and Perry. A large part of what goes on in the third section is the interrogation of the two murders. The detectives begin by leading Dick to believe that he has only been pulled in for a parole violation. Soon enough Nye says, “I guess you know why we’re here” to which Dick “Hickock’s mouth straightened-his posture, too” (222). All this time Capote has led us to believe that Dick is a ‘man’s man’ and is not scared by much. However, his reaction tells us that Dick does quite poorly under pressure, despite what he claims. It seems that Dick is all talk. We continue to learn about Dick after he has been left alone when he begins to panic. Dick ponders, “Floyd wasn’t half as dangerous as Perry. Perry, if he lost his nerve and let fly, could put them both in The Corner” (228). Throughout the book we have known Dick to blame a lot on Perry, but when he is so paranoid of him and even thinks that he should have killed Perry is proof that he is cracking under pressure. One can also come to the conclusion that his paranoia is actually about himself, but he just doesn’t want to admit it. Dick knows that they are caught, but refuses to accept that fact and proceeds to blame it all on other people. We also learn a lot about Perry, particularly that he is not as weak as we always thought. Perry persistently sticks to his alibi that he and Dick invented despite the detectives poke many holes in it. Even when he is accused of murder, his legs begin to hurt but he doesn’t lock up the same way Dick does. However, as they continue to accuse, silence condemns Perry. Dewey thinks, “an innocent man… would, at any rate, say something. But Smith sat quiet, squeezing his knees” (226). Dewey’s description shows how Perry has started to break down a little bit in disbelief of being caught. However, at this point, he doesn’t seem to break down into paranoia as Dick believes he will or does so himself. From this we can conclude that although Perry allows himself to be taken advantage of, he is strong willed. On the contrary, Dick is revealed to be only a big talker.