:40:00
He wasn't always
a very nice man, you know.
:40:02
Just business, business, business.
And then collecting. Oh!
:40:07
Collecting like some old pack rat.
:40:09
But how anyone could want to kill Rudy, I...
:40:13
- Oh, hello, Dale.
- Edna, darling.
:40:15
- How are you?
- Hello, Lieutenant.
:40:17
What have you got there this time,
a pink rabbit?
:40:20
This? No, but it is something
I wanted to show you.
:40:23
- Oh, show me too.
- Edna, my dear.
:40:26
- Frank.
- Dale. And Lieutenant Columbo.
:40:29
We can begin now.
Mr and Mrs Evans are here.
:40:31
- But the Lieutenant was going to show...
- He'll show me.
:40:35
- We'll join you. Thank you, Frank.
- I hope you're feeling better, Edna.
:40:42
What do you think?
:40:46
- It's frightful.
- That's what I figured.
:40:49
But I thought maybe you just might
recognise the style or the signature.
:40:55
No. Who on earth is Tracy?
:40:58
Do you remember the night
when I left your place in a hurry?
:41:02
Oh, yes, that highway patrol thing.
An accident?
:41:05
That's what it looked like. But I told them.
:41:08
Whenever a case comes up that has
anything to do with art, you call me.
:41:12
You mean it wasn't an accident?
:41:14
Oh, yeah, it's an accident.
I mean, that's what it's listed as.
:41:18
But the dead girl,
she was some kind of an art student.
:41:21
And I thought maybe you knew
something about her.
:41:25
Tracy O'Connor?
:41:29
Lieutenant, there must be over 100,000
art students in Southern California.
:41:34
I remember seeing one of those
lecture schedules in your apartment.
:41:39
Two months ago, you gave several
lectures where this girl was enrolled.
:41:43
- This is what she looks like.
- Be realistic.
:41:46
You think I can remember everyone
who ever sat in on one of my lectures?
:41:51
I've never seen that girl before. Why don't
you stop wasting everybody's time?
:41:56
These are all minor details.
:41:59
- Sit down, Dale, won't you?
- Thank you, Frank.