The cops, especially the Lieutenant, act suspicious for a number of reasons:he refuses to identify his client or provide details about the casehe didn""t go to Miles"" house to break the news to his wife Iva as he said he did (he gave the job instead to Effie, his efficient assistant)he has no witnesses to support his whereabouts for he last hourAnd then they divulge the reason for their visit - Floyd Thursby was murdered in front of his hotel only a half hour after Sam left the Archer murder scene." They pressed their palms ogether on opposite sides of the glass door - a Vulcan salute with split fingers, as Kirk expired.After the rape attempt, Alma ventures to the bus station to leave own for good.She shows disgust-attraction at Hud while he tries o assuage her feelings:Well, it looks like we""re losin"" a good cook.For example:- "What do you hicks do around here for kicks?"- "The roses grow.People get married.Crazy as anyplace else."- "What about TV? Do ya like TV?"- "Oh, pictures! No, no pictures.Everything these days is pictures.Pictures and a lotta noise.Nobody even knows how to talk.Just grunt at each other."Johnny engages Kathie in conversation in the restaurant, pressing her for a date that evening at a Carbonville dance, and an invitation to dance to the jukebox music.) (mockingly) You killed my husband, Sam.Be kind to me.He hurriedly comforts her and brushes her off - not wanting anything more to do with her.He dismisses her out the door and gives her a half-hearted promise to see her later.[Despite their obvious past, he is now sickened by the widowed woman (dressed to resemble the black, lead falcon revealed at the end).