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Chapter 26

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           Langdonwasnotfamiliarwiththebrandname,buthewasgladtoheartheprophylacticmanufacturershadgottentheirhieroglyphsright.«Welldone.Amonisindeedrepresentedasamanwitharam’shead,andhispromiscuityandcurvedhornsarerelatedtoourmodernsexualslang’horny.«Noshit!»«Noshit,»Langdonsaid.«AnddoyouknowwhoAmon’scounterpartwas?TheEgyptiangoddessoffertility?»

           Thequestionmetwithseveralsecondsofsilence.

           «ItwasIsis,»Langdontoldthem,grabbingagreasepen.«Sowehavethemalegod,Amon.»Hewroteitdown.«Andthefemalegoddess,Isis,whoseancientpictogramwasoncecalledL’ISA.»

           Langdonfinishedwritingandsteppedbackfromtheprojector.

           AMONL’ISA

           «Ringanybells?»heasked.

           «MonaLisa…holycrap,»somebodygasped.

           Langdonnodded.«Gentlemen,notonlydoesthefaceofMonaLisalookandrogynous,buthernameisananagramofthedivineunionofmaleandfemale.Andthat,myfriends,isDaVinci’slittlesecret,andthereasonforMonaLisa’sknowingsmile.»

           «Mygrandfatherwashere,»Sophiesaid,droppingsuddenlytoherknees,nowonlytenfeetfromtheMonaLisa.Shepointedtheblacklighttentativelytoaspotontheparquetfloor.

           AtfirstLangdonsawnothing.Then,ashekneltbesideher,hesawatinydropletofdriedliquidthatwasluminescing.Ink?Suddenlyherecalledwhatblacklightswereactuallyusedfor.Blood.Hissensestingled.Sophiewasright.JacquesSaunièrehadindeedpaidavisittotheMonaLisabeforehedied.

           «Hewouldn’thavecomeherewithoutareason,»Sophiewhispered,standingup

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