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Chapter 40

           Visitorsatthegallery’sLeonardoRoomnowfoundamisleadingandunapologeticplaquewheretheAdorationoncehung.

           THISWORKISUNDERGOINGDIAGNOSTICTESTSINPREPARATIONFORRESTORATION.

           InthebizarreunderworldofmodernGrailseekers,LeonardoDaVinciremainedthequest’sgreatenigma.Hisartworkseemedburstingtotellasecret,andyetwhateveritwasremainedhidden,perhapsbeneathalayerofpaint,perhapsencipheredinplainview,orperhapsnowhereatall.MaybeDaVinci’splethoraoftantalizingclueswasnothingbutanemptypromiseleftbehindtofrustratethecuriousandbringasmirktothefaceofhisknowingMonaLisa.

           «Isitpossible,»Sophieasked,drawingLangdonback,»thatthekeyyou’reholdingunlocksthehidingplaceoftheHolyGrail?»

           Langdon’slaughsoundedforced,eventohim.«Ireallycan’timagine.Besides,theGrailisbelievedtobehiddenintheUnitedKingdomsomewhere,notFrance.»Hegaveherthequickhistory.

           «ButtheGrailseemstheonlyrationalconclusion,»sheinsisted.«Wehaveanextremelysecurekey,stampedwiththePrioryofSionseal,deliveredtousbyamemberofthePrioryofSionabrotherhoodwhich,youjusttoldme,areguardiansoftheHolyGrail.»

           Langdonknewhercontentionwaslogical,andyetintuitivelyhecouldnotpossiblyacceptit.RumorsexistedthatthePrioryhadvowedsomedaytobringtheGrailbacktoFrancetoafinalrestingplace,butcertainlynohistoricalevidenceexistedtosuggestthatthisindeedhadhappened.

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