Код да Винчи

Chapter 47

           Reachingforthelid,hestoleonemoreadmiringglanceattheintricatewoodworkandthen,unhookingtheclasp,heopenedthelid,revealingtheobjectwithin.

           Langdonhadharboredseveralfantasiesaboutwhattheymightfindinsidethisbox,butclearlyhehadbeenwrongoneveryaccount.Nestledsnuglyinsidethebox’sheavilypaddedinteriorofcrimsonsilklayanobjectLangdoncouldnotevenbegintocomprehend.

           Craftedofpolishedwhitemarble,itwasastonecylinderapproximatelythedimensionsofatennisballcan.Morecomplicatedthanasimplecolumnofstone,however,thecylinderappearedtohavebeenassembledinmanypieces.Sixdoughnut-sizeddisksofmarblehadbeenstackedandaffixedtooneanotherwithinadelicatebrassframework.Itlookedlikesomekindoftubular,multi-wheeledkaleidoscope.Eachendofthecylinderwasaffixedwithanendcap,alsomarble,makingitimpossibletoseeinside.Havingheardliquidwithin,Langdonassumedthecylinderwashollow.

           Asmystifyingastheconstructionofthecylinderwas,however,itwastheengravingsaroundthetube’scircumferencethatdrewLangdon’sprimaryfocus.Eachofthesixdiskshadbeencarefullycarvedwiththesameunlikelyseriesofletterstheentirealphabet.TheletteredcylinderremindedLangdonofoneofhischildhoodtoysarodthreadedwithletteredtumblersthatcouldberotatedtospelldifferentwords.

           «Amazing,isn’tit?»Sophiewhispered.

           Langdonglancedup.«Idon’tknow.Whatthehellisit?»

           NowtherewasaglintinSophie’seye.«Mygrandfatherusedtocrafttheseasahobby.

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