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1、TrumanCapoteInColdBlood:ATrueAccountofaMultipleMurderandItsConsequencesI.TheLastToSeeThemAliveThevillageofHolcombstandsonthehighwheatplainsofwesternKansas,alonesomeareathatotherKansanscall―outthere.‖SomeseventymileseastoftheColoradoborder,thecountryside,w
2、ithitshardblueskiesanddesert-clearair,hasanatmospherethatisrathermoreFarWestthanMiddleWest.Thelocalaccentisbarbedwithaprairietwang,aranch-handnasalness,andthemen,manyofthem,wearnarrowfrontiertrousers,Stetsons,andhigh-heeledbootswithpointedtoes.Thelandisfl
3、at,andtheviewsareawesomelyextensive;horses,herdsofcattle,awhiteclusterofgrainelevatorsrisingasgracefullyasGreektemplesarevisiblelongbeforeatravelerreachesthem.Holcomb,too,canbeseenfromgreatdistances.Notthatthere‘smuchtosee—simplyanaimlesscongregationofbui
4、ldingsdividedinthecenterbythemain-linetracksoftheSantaFeRail-road,ahaphazardhamletboundedonthesouthbyabrownstretchoftheArkansas(pronounced―Ar-kan-sas‖)River,onthenorthbyahighway,Route50,andontheeastandwestbyprairielandsandwheatfields.Afterrain,orwhensnowf
5、allsthaw,thestreets,unnamed,unshaded,unpaved,turnfromthethickestdustintothedirestmud.Atoneendofthetownstandsastarkoldstuccostructure,theroofofwhichsupportsanelectricsign—dance—butthedancinghasceasedandtheadvertisementhasbeendarkforseveralyears.Nearbyisano
6、therbuildingwithanirrelevantsign,thisoneinflakinggoldonadirtywindow—Holcombbank.Thebankclosedin1933,anditsformercountingroomshavebeenconvertedintoapartments.Itisoneofthetown‘stwo―apartmenthouses,‖thesecondbeingaramshacklemansionknown,becauseagoodpartofthe
7、localschool‘sfacultylivesthere,astheTeacherage.ButthemajorityofHolcomb‘shomesareone-storyframeaffairs,withfrontporches.Downbythedepot,thepostmistress,agauntwomanwhowearsarawhidejacketanddenimsandcowboyboots,presidesoverafalling-apartpostoffice.Thedepotits
8、elf,withitspeelingsulphur-coloredpaint,isequallymelancholy;theChief,theSuper-Chief,theElCapitangobyeveryday,butthesecelebratedexpressesneverpausethere.Nopassengertrainsdo—onlyanoccasionalfreight.Uponthehighway,there
