These pages are the end of the second section in the book. Dewey, one of the main investigators of the Clutter murders, is the main focus on these pages. Capote describes Dewey as a person and reveals the characteristics that make him ideal for the investigator. Capote sets up a comparison between Dewey and Dewey's cat Courthouse Pete. Dewey forgets that he needs to pick Pete up from the veterinarian. Pete is at the vets because he is "famous for his pugnacity." The cat got into a fight with a boxer dog that left him all bruised and beaten. This can be said for Dewey as well. Dewey is letting the Clutter case beat him to death and he is even letting it run his life. He visits the Clutter home once everyday and all he talks about is all the different theories of how the Clutters could have been murdered. The cat can almost be foreshadowing of what will happen to Dewey if he continues to let his job control him.
Capote also adds a details about a dream that Dewey's wife had one night that had Bonnie, the wife and mother of the Clutter family, in it. Dewey's wife dreams that one night while she is cooking dinner, Bonnie is just standing there whispering something while having an estranged look on her face. Dewey's wife finally hears that Bonnie is saying "To be murdered...Nothing worse than that. Nothing." This haunts Dewey's wife and shows that the Clutters were in pain when they were murdered and they weren't as calm as they seemed to be when their dead bodies were found. I also think that this detail shows that maybe Dewey's wife will have more involvement in the case than was expected because these dreams are becoming premonitions of what happened the day that the Clutter family was murdered.
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