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Chapter 3

           Tonight,however,thisplaceheldastrangeauraofforeboding.

           TheCitroënswervedleftnow,anglingwestdownthepark’scentralboulevard.Curlingaroundacircularpond,thedrivercutacrossadesolateavenueoutintoawidequadranglebeyond.LangdoncouldnowseetheendoftheTuileriesGardens,markedbyagiantstonearchway.

           ArcduCarrousel.

           DespitetheorgiasticritualsonceheldattheArcduCarrousel,artaficionadosreveredthisplaceforanotherreasonentirely.FromtheesplanadeattheendoftheTuileries,fourofthefinestartmuseumsintheworldcouldbeseen…oneateachpointofthecompass.

           Outtheright-handwindow,southacrosstheSeineandQuaiVoltaire,LangdoncouldseethedramaticallylitfacadeoftheoldtrainstationnowtheesteemedMuséed’Orsay.Glancingleft,hecouldmakeoutthetopoftheultramodernPompidouCenter,whichhousedtheMuseumofModernArt.Behindhimtothewest,LangdonknewtheancientobeliskofRamsesroseabovethetrees,markingtheMuséeduJeudePaume.

           Butitwasstraightahead,totheeast,throughthearchway,thatLangdoncouldnowseethemonolithicRenaissancepalacethathadbecomethemostfamousartmuseumintheworld.

           MuséeduLouvre.

           Langdonfeltafamiliartingeofwonderashiseyesmadeafutileattempttoabsorbtheentiremassoftheedifice.Acrossastaggeringlyexpansiveplaza,theimposingfacadeoftheLouvreroselikeacitadelagainsttheParissky.Shapedlikeanenormoushorseshoe,theLouvrewasthelongestbuildinginEurope,stretchingfartherthanthreeEiffelTowerslaidendtoend.

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