Columbo:  Well , you 've got some family , Miss Lytton . Everybody thinks I 'm getting ready to arrest them .
Ruth Lytton: Everybody but me .
Columbo: Yes . It 's a relief talking to you . I was beginning to feel like a policeman .
Ruth Lytton: You ARE a policeman - and a good _ one _ . You say a thing when you 're ready to say it and not before .