Howard's about to respond to the offer of taking him to the hotel when Tony goes quiet and looks uncomfortable. Howard knows better than to say anything to try and coax information out of his son when he's all squirmy like this, so he just waits him out. Tony'll crack eventually.

And then he does.

"What?!" he says, getting to his feet in surprise. "He's in jail, I hope!"

Not so much, Howard, no.