In Tomsk, Slavka, having stunned Grachev, takes him to a secluded place for a conversation. He demands to surrender the Mute. When Grachev realizes that Slavka recorded his confession on a tape recorder, he rushes at him. In the fight Grachev falls on the pin. Janet meets with Mute and insists that the painting be in Europe by the end of the month. The operation to remove Vermeer goes to the last stage. Slava should take Zolotarevsky's place. He manages to convince the mute That he is just a musician who wants to earn money and go West.