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Chapter 21

           

           «Sowhatdoyouthink?»hergrandfatherwhispered,arrivingbehindher.«Beautiful,yes?»«She’stoolittle.»Saunièresmiled.«You’relittleandyou’rebeautiful.»

           Iamnotbeautiful,shethought.Sophiehatedherredhairandfreckles,andshewasbiggerthanalltheboysinherclass.ShelookedbackattheMonaLisaandshookherhead.«She’sevenworsethaninthebooks.Herfaceis…brumeux.»

           «Foggy,»hergrandfathertutored.

           «Foggy,»Sophierepeated,knowingtheconversationwouldnotcontinueuntilsherepeatedhernewvocabularyword.

           «That’scalledthesfumatostyleofpainting,»hetoldher,»andit’sveryhardtodo.LeonardoDaVinciwasbetteratitthananyone.»

           Sophiestilldidn’tlikethepainting.«Shelookslikesheknowssomething…likewhenkidsatschoolhaveasecret.»

           Hergrandfatherlaughed.«That’spartofwhysheissofamous.Peopleliketoguesswhysheissmiling.»

           «Doyouknowwhyshe’ssmiling?»

           «Maybe.»Hergrandfatherwinked.«SomedayI’lltellyouallaboutit.»Sophiestampedherfoot.«ItoldyouIdon’tlikesecrets!»«Princess,»hesmiled.«Lifeisfilledwithsecrets.Youcan’tlearnthemallatonce.»

           «I’mgoingbackup,»Sophiedeclared,hervoicehollowinthestairwell.«TotheMonaLisa?»Langdonrecoiled.«Now?»Sophieconsideredtherisk.«I’mnotamurdersuspect.I’lltakemychances.Ineedtounderstandwhatmygrandfatherwastryingtotellme.»

           «Whatabouttheembassy?»

           SophiefeltguiltyturningLangdonintoafugitiveonlytoabandonhim,butshesawnootheroption.

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