Capote writes the following about the effect of the murders on the people in Holcomb: “But afterward the townspeople, theretofore sufficiently unfearful of each other to seldom trouble to lock their doors, found fantasy recreating them over and again—those somber explosions that stimulated fires of mistrust in the glare of which many old neighbors viewed each other strangely, and as strangers.” To what extent, if at all, do the murders affect the innocence of the townspeople of Holcomb, Kansas? Include at least three specific quotes or excerpts from the novel to prove your answer.
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