Chapter 24

           SilasgazedupwardattheSaint-Sulpiceobelisk,takinginthelengthofthemassivemarbleshaft.Hissinewsfelttautwithexhilaration.Heglancedaroundthechurchonemoretimetomakesurehewasalone.Thenhekneltatthebaseofthestructure,notoutofreverence,butoutofnecessity.

           ThekeystoneishiddenbeneaththeRoseLine.AtthebaseoftheSulpiceobelisk.Allthebrothershadconcurred.

           Onhiskneesnow,Silasranhishandsacrossthestonefloor.Hesawnocracksormarkingstoindicateamovabletile,sohebeganrappingsoftlywithhisknucklesonthefloor.Followingthebrasslineclosertotheobelisk,heknockedoneachtileadjacenttothebrassline.Finally,oneofthemechoedstrangely.

           There’sahollowareabeneaththefloor!

           Silassmiled.Hisvictimshadspokenthetruth.

           Standing,hesearchedthesanctuaryforsomethingwithwhichtobreakthefloortile.

           HighaboveSilas,inthebalcony,SisterSandrinestifledagasp.Herdarkestfearshadjustbeenconfirmed.Thisvisitorwasnotwhoheseemed.ThemysteriousOpusDeimonkhadcometoSaint-Sulpiceforanotherpurpose.

           Asecretpurpose.

           Youarenottheonlyonewithsecrets,shethought.

           SisterSandrineBieilwasmorethanthekeeperofthischurch.Shewasasentry.Andtonight,theancientwheelshadbeensetinmotion.Thearrivalofthisstrangeratthebaseoftheobeliskwasasignalfromthebrotherhood.

           Itwasasilentcallofdistress.

           

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