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Chapter 48

           Grailseekers,familiarwiththePriory’shistoryofcrypticdouble-talk,hadconcludedlaclefdevoûtewasaliteralkeystoneanarchitecturalwedgeanengraved,encryptedstone,insertedintoavaultedarchwayinachurch.BeneaththesignoftheRose.Inarchitecture,therewasnoshortageofroses.Rosewindows.Rosettereliefs.And,ofcourse,anabundanceofcinquefoilsthefive-petaleddecorativeflowersoftenfoundatthetopofarchways,directlyoverthekeystone.Thehidingplaceseemeddiabolicallysimple.ThemaptotheHolyGrailwasincorporatedhighinanarchwayofsomeforgottenchurch,mockingtheblindchurchgoerswhowanderedbeneathit.

           «Thiscryptexcan’tbethekeystone,»Sophieargued.«It’snotoldenough.I’mcertainmygrandfathermadethis.Itcan’tbepartofanyancientGraillegend.»

           «Actually,»Langdonreplied,feelingatingleofexcitementripplethroughhim,»thekeystoneisbelievedtohavebeencreatedbythePriorysometimeinthepastcoupleofdecades.»

           Sophie’seyesflasheddisbelief.«ButifthiscryptexrevealsthehidingplaceoftheHolyGrail,whywouldmygrandfathergiveittome?Ihavenoideahowtoopenitorwhattodowithit.Idon’tevenknowwhattheHolyGrailis!»

           Langdonrealizedtohissurprisethatshewasright.HehadnotyethadachancetoexplaintoSophiethetruenatureoftheHolyGrail.Thatstorywouldhavetowait.Atthemoment,theywerefocusedonthekeystone.

           Ifthatisindeedwhatthisis….

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