Robert Langdon, still reeling from learning a real bomb was defused, gets dressed in his hotel suite while Captain Oldřich Janáček of ÚZSI argues on the phone in Czech and watches him closely. Langdon confirms Janáček’s identity and agency, but remains confused and alarmed by the morning’s events.

A door chime announces Janáček’s “chůva,” who turns out to be Michael Harris, the U.S. embassy’s legal attaché. Harris apologizes for Janáček’s approach and explains he is there to protect Langdon’s rights, warning Langdon not to mistake Janáček’s aggressiveness for procedural necessity.

Harris cautions Langdon that both the hotel and Charles Bridge are heavily covered by security cameras, meaning Janáček likely already knows what happened; Harris urges Langdon to tell the truth and not to lie. Harris and Langdon enter the living room where Janáček has made himself comfortable, smoking despite the nonsmoking room.

Janáček demands Langdon’s phone, and Langdon says he lost it in the river, which Janáček treats as suspiciously convenient. When Langdon questions why the hotel was not evacuated after the bomb was found, Harris explains that standard counterterrorism strategy is often to defuse threats quietly to avoid giving terrorists publicity.

Janáček then focuses on his central accusation: Langdon pulled the alarm and therefore must have known something about the bomb. Pressed to stop evading and to explain how he knew, Langdon steadies himself and prepares to finally tell the truth.