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Chapter 4

           

           ThetwomenwerenowhalfwayuptheDenonWing’sentrytunnel,andLangdoncouldseethetwinascendingescalatorsatthefarend,bothmotionless.

           «Soyousharedinterestswithhim?»Facheasked.

           «Yes.Infact,I’vespentmuchofthelastyearwritingthedraftforabookthatdealswithMr.Saunière’sprimaryareaofexpertise.Iwaslookingforwardtopickinghisbrain.»

           Facheglancedup.«Pardon?»

           Theidiomapparentlydidn’ttranslate.«Iwaslookingforwardtolearninghisthoughtsonthetopic.»

           «Isee.Andwhatisthetopic?»

           Langdonhesitated,uncertainexactlyhowtoputit.«Essentially,themanuscriptisabouttheiconographyofgoddessworshiptheconceptoffemalesanctityandtheartandsymbolsassociatedwithit.»

           Facheranameatyhandacrosshishair.«AndSaunièrewasknowledgeableaboutthis?»«Nobodymoreso.»«Isee.»

           LangdonsensedFachedidnotseeatall.JacquesSaunièrewasconsideredthepremieregoddessiconographeronearth.NotonlydidSaunièrehaveapersonalpassionforrelicsrelatingtofertility,goddesscults,Wicca,andthesacredfeminine,butduringhistwenty-yeartenureascurator,SaunièrehadhelpedtheLouvreamassthelargestcollectionofgoddessartonearthlabrysaxesfromthepriestesses’oldestGreekshrineinDelphi,goldcaduceiwands,hundredsofTjetankhsresemblingsmallstandingangels,sistrumrattlesusedinancientEgypttodispelevilspirits,andanastonishingarrayofstatuesdepictingHorusbeingnursedbythegoddessIsis.

           «PerhapsJacquesSaunièreknewofyourmanuscript?»Facheoffered.

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