Lee traveled with Capote to Kansas and helped the locals open up to him. She attended interviews and hearings, took 150 pages of notes, and even provided moral support to her friend. Despite this, Capote downplayed her contributions and relegated her to the dedication page of his finished novel. Lee's feelings were hurt, and as time passed she and Capote grew apart. Recent evidence of Lee's loyalty to Capote emerged with the discovery of an article on Clutter's piece that he had written five years before the publication of In Cold Blood. Not wanting to step on Capote's toes, Lee published the article