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Chapter 3

           Goethehaddescribedarchitectureasfrozenmusic,andPei’scriticsdescribedthispyramidasfingernailsonachalkboard.Progressiveadmirers,though,hailedPei’sseventy-one-foot-talltransparentpyramidasadazzlingsynergyofancientstructureandmodernmethodasymboliclinkbetweentheoldandnewhelpingushertheLouvreintothenextmillennium.

           «Doyoulikeourpyramid?»theagentasked.

           Langdonfrowned.TheFrench,itseemed,lovedtoaskAmericansthis.Itwasaloadedquestion,ofcourse.AdmittingyoulikedthepyramidmadeyouatastelessAmerican,andexpressingdislikewasaninsulttotheFrench.

           «Mitterrandwasaboldman,»Langdonreplied,splittingthedifference.ThelateFrenchpresidentwhohadcommissionedthepyramidwassaidtohavesufferedfromPharaohcomplex.»SinglehandedlyresponsibleforfillingPariswithEgyptianobelisks,art,andartifacts.

           FrançoisMitterrandhadanaffinityforEgyptianculturethatwassoall-consumingthattheFrenchstillreferredtohimastheSphinx.

           «Whatisthecaptain’sname?»Langdonasked,changingtopics.

           «BezuFache,»thedriversaid,approachingthepyramid’smainentrance.«WecallhimleTaureau.»

           Langdonglancedoverathim,wonderingifeveryFrenchmanhadamysteriousanimalepithet.«YoucallyourcaptaintheBull?»

           Themanarchedhiseyebrows.«YourFrenchisbetterthanyouadmit,MonsieurLangdon.»

           MyFrenchstinks,Langdonthought,butmyzodiaciconographyisprettygood.Tauruswasalwaysthebull.Astrologywasasymbolicconstantallovertheworld.

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