1:08:12
"Perry Smith's voice
was both gentle and prim.
1:08:16
"A voice that, though soft...
1:08:18
"manufactured each sound exactly...
1:08:21
"ejected it like a smoke ring
issuing from a parson's mouth.
1:08:31
"The four coffins, which quite filled
the small, flower-crowded parlor...
1:08:36
"were to be sealed at the funeral services...
1:08:39
"very understandably...
1:08:41
"for the effect was disquieting.
1:08:46
"Nancy wore her dress of cherry-red velvet...
1:08:49
"her brother a bright plaid shirt.
1:08:52
"The parents were more sedately attired...
1:08:54
"Mr. Clutter in navy-blue flannel,
his wife in navy-blue crepe.
1:09:00
"And it was this especially
that lent the scene an awful aura...