Minute 013: Room 796 at the Plaza Hotel

Thornhill opens the library door, only to find Valerian blocking his way. “Townsend, you’re making a serious mistake,” says Thornhill.“This is not going to lead to a very happy conclusion, Mister – – Kaplan,” replies Townsend. “I’m not Kaplan!” says Thornhill. “I do wish you’d reconsider,” says Townsend.“We also know your contact in Pittsburgh, since Jason — ‘committed suicide,'” says Leonard. “What contact?” says Thornhill. “I’ve never even been in Pittsburgh!”Townsend puts on his glasses and reads from a list:On June the 16th, you checked into the Sherwyn Hotel in Pittsburgh as Mister George Kaplan of Berkeley, California; A week later, you registered at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel in Philadelphia as Mister George Kaplan of Pittsburgh;On August the 11th, you stayed at the Statler in Boston; August the 29th, George Kaplan of Boston registered at the Whittier in Detroit;At present, you’re registered in Room 796 at the Plaza Hotel in New York as George Kaplan of Detroit;  In two days you’re due at the Ambassador East in Chicago;And then at the Sheraton-Johnson Hotel in Rapid City, South Dakota.“Not me!” says Thornhill. “So, you see there’s very little sense in maintaining this fiction that you’re deceiving us any more we’re – “