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Chapter 29

           WhatkindofGodwouldwantabodypunishedthisway?TheritualsofOpusDei,SisterSandrineknew,werenotsomethingshewouldeverunderstand.Butthatwashardlyherconcernatthisinstant.OpusDeiissearchingforthekeystone.Howtheyknewofit,SisterSandrinecouldnotimagine,althoughsheknewshedidnothavetimetothink.

           Thebloodymonkwasnowquietlydonninghiscloakagain,clutchinghisprizeashemovedtowardthealtar,towardtheBible.

           Inbreathlesssilence,SisterSandrineleftthebalconyandraceddownthehalltoherquarters.Gettingonherhandsandknees,shereachedbeneathherwoodenbedframeandretrievedthesealedenvelopeshehadhiddenthereyearsago.

           Tearingitopen,shefoundfourParisphonenumbers.Trembling,shebegantodial.

           Downstairs,SilaslaidthestonetabletonthealtarandturnedhiseagerhandstotheleatherBible.Hislongwhitefingersweresweatingnowasheturnedthepages.FlippingthroughtheOldTestament,hefoundtheBookofJob.Helocatedchapterthirty-eight.Asheranhisfingerdownthecolumnoftext,heanticipatedthewordshewasabouttoread.

           Theywillleadtheway!

           Findingversenumbereleven,Silasreadthetext.Itwasonlysevenwords.Confused,hereaditagain,sensingsomethinghadgoneterriblywrong.Theversesimplyread:

           HITHERTOSHALTTHOUCOME,BUTNOFURTHER.

           

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