he thought he liked johnny 's crazed look better the wide eyes and terrified clyde barrow grin he 'd had on when he put the shotgun up to the cougar 's ear and blew its head of f. that there was a half-bright outlaw in johnny was something steve knew very well - he 'd seen flickers of that guy from the start of the tour , and knew it was the outlaw bill harris had feared when he laid down the five commandments that day in jack appleton 's office - but clyde barrow seemed to have stepped out and left the other marinville , the one with the satiric eyebrow and the windbag william f. buckley rhetoric , in his place .