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Chapter 51

           TheBBCproducerslovedTeabing’shotpremise,hisresearch,andhiscredentials,buttheyhadconcernsthattheconceptwassoshockingandhardtoswallowthatthenetworkmightenduptarnishingitsreputationforqualityjournalism.AtTeabing’ssuggestion,theBBCsolveditscredibilityfearsbysolicitingthreecameosfromrespectedhistoriansfromaroundtheworld,allofwhomcorroboratedthestunningnatureoftheHolyGrailsecretwiththeirownresearch.Langdonhadbeenamongthosechosen.TheBBChadflownLangdontoTeabing’sParisestateforthefilming.HesatbeforecamerasinTeabing’sopulentdrawingroomandsharedhisstory,admittinghisinitialskepticismonhearingofthealternateHolyGrailstory,thendescribinghowyearsofresearchhadpersuadedhimthatthestorywastrue.Finally,Langdonofferedsomeofhisownresearchaseriesofsymbologicconnectionsthatstronglysupportedtheseeminglycontroversialclaims.

           WhentheprogramairedinBritain,despiteitsensemblecastandwell-documentedevidence,thepremiserubbedsohardagainstthegrainofpopularChristianthoughtthatitinstantlyconfrontedafirestormofhostility.ItneverairedintheStates,buttherepercussionsechoedacrosstheAtlantic.

           Shortlyafterward,LangdonreceivedapostcardfromanoldfriendtheCatholicBishopofPhiladelphia.Thecardsimplyread:Ettu,Robert?

           «Robert,»Sophieasked,»you’recertainwecantrustthisman?»

           «Absolutely.We’recolleagues,hedoesn’tneedmoney,andIhappentoknowhedespisestheFrenchauthorities.

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