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Chapter 42

           Becausedepositswereprotectedfrompoliceinspectionbyprivacylawsandwereattachedtonumberedaccountsratherthanpeople’snames,thievescouldresteasilyknowingtheirstolengoodsweresafeandcouldneverbetracedtothem.

           Sophiestoppedthetaxiatanimposinggatethatblockedthebank’sdrivewayacement-linedrampthatdescendedbeneaththebuilding.Avideocameraoverheadwasaimeddirectlyatthem,andLangdonhadthefeelingthatthiscamera,unlikethoseattheLouvre,wasauthentic.

           Sophierolleddownthewindowandsurveyedtheelectronicpodiumonthedriver’sside.AnLCDscreenprovideddirectionsinsevenlanguages.ToppingthelistwasEnglish.

           INSERTKEY.

           Sophietookthegoldlaser-pockedkeyfromherpocketandturnedherattentionbacktothepodium.Belowthescreenwasatriangularhole.

           «Somethingtellsmeitwillfit,»Langdonsaid.

           Sophiealignedthekey’striangularshaftwiththeholeandinsertedit,slidingitinuntiltheentireshafthaddisappeared.Thiskeyapparentlyrequirednoturning.Instantly,thegatebegantoswingopen.Sophietookherfootoffthebrakeandcoasteddowntoasecondgateandpodium.Behindher,thefirstgateclosed,trappingthemlikeashipinalock.

           Langdondislikedtheconstrictedsensation.Let’shopethissecondgateworkstoo.

           Thissecondpodiumborefamiliardirections.

           INSERTKEY.

           WhenSophieinsertedthekey,thesecondgateimmediatelyopened.Momentslatertheywerewindingdowntherampintothebellyofthestructure.

           Theprivategaragewassmallanddim,withspacesforaboutadozencars.

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