:45:02
- Your painting.
- Oh, thank you.
:45:04
Lieutenant? My lighter.
:45:07
- Oh. There you are.
- Mm-hm.
:45:15
Miss Henderson, I'll make my calls now.
:45:22
(Kingston) Looking for me, Lieutenant?
:45:25
Oh. Yeah, I thought I'd kind of
catch you out in the parking lot.
:45:29
Expected to find me there kicking
my tyres in frustration, I suppose?
:45:34
- I thought there'd be disappointment.
- You are so transparent, Columbo.
:45:38
You've had this thing figured out
right from the start.
:45:42
Dale Kingston hired someone
to fake the theft and kill his uncle.
:45:46
- Maybe even some poor little art student.
- Mr Kingston, I never said that...
:45:50
Even though I had an airtight alibi
by total accident
:45:54
at the time of the murder,
that didn't stop you.
:45:56
Mr Kingston, really, I...
:45:58
Well, at this point even a compulsively
suspicious bureaucrat like you
:46:02
must have his doubts about my guilt.
:46:05
Because you heard it up there.
:46:07
You heard it in plain English.
I do not inherit. Edna does.
:46:13
That's very true, Mr Kingston.
That's very true.
:46:16
- Except...
- Except what?
:46:20
Well, maybe you didn't know
that your uncle changed his will.
:46:24
Oh, I was hoping you'd say that.
:46:28
Because I've known for more than ten days
that I couldn't inherit any of that collection.
:46:33
But since you won't believe me,
maybe you'll believe my uncle.
:46:38
Go on. I'm sure somebody
in your department
:46:41
is capable of verifying that signature.
:46:44
Go on, read it.
:46:46
He sent me that letter ten days ago,
telling me about the new will.
:46:50
Look at the postmark.
:46:54
- So you did know?
- Of course I knew.
:46:58
Now, would you please do me a favour
and stop pestering me