- Thornhill enters the U.N. and asks to speak to Mr. Townsend. He gives the name George Kaplan to the front desk receptionist.
- He's still being followed.
- When Thornhill is taken to Mr. Townsend, it's not the guy from the mansion.
- It's the real Lester Townsend, who confirms that the house Thornhill describes from the day before is his. But guess what—his wife has been dead for years.
- So finally Thornhill knows that he's been duped—and that he's in deep.
- No sooner has he begun to try to clear things up, though, than he hears Townsend gasp and sees him collapse, a knife in his back.
- One of Thornhill's kidnappers has been hiding on the sidelines during Thornhill's conversation with Kaplan and threw the knife.
- In an effort to help, Thornhill pulls the knife from Townsend's back.
- But this makes him look guilty of killing Townsend, since everyone in the room is now staring at the scene.
- Panicking, Thornhill flees. He's on the run again.