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Chapter 72

           «AndtheverseisinEnglish!Lalinguapura!»

           Langdonnodded.ThePriory,likemanyEuropeansecretsocietiesatoddswiththeChurch,hadconsideredEnglishtheonlyEuropeanpurelanguageforcenturies.UnlikeFrench,Spanish,andItalian,whichwererootedinLatinthetongueoftheVaticanEnglishwaslinguisticallyremovedfromRome’spropagandamachine,andthereforebecameasacred,secrettongueforthosebrotherhoodseducatedenoughtolearnit.

           «Thispoem,»Teabinggushed,»referencesnotonlytheGrail,buttheKnightsTemplarandthescatteredfamilyofMaryMagdalene!Whatmorecouldweaskfor?»

           «Thepassword,»Sophiesaid,lookingagainatthepoem.«Itsoundslikeweneedsomekindofancientwordofwisdom?»

           «Abracadabra?»Teabingventured,hiseyestwinkling.

           Awordoffiveletters,Langdonthought,ponderingthestaggeringnumberofancientwordsthatmightbeconsideredwordsofwisdomselectionsfrommysticchants,astrologicalprophecies,secretsocietyinductions,Wiccaincantations,Egyptianmagicspells,paganmantrasthelistwasendless.

           «Thepassword,»Sophiesaid,«appearstohavesomethingtodowiththeTemplars.»Shereadthetextaloud.«‘AheadstonepraisedbyTemplarsisthekey.‘»

           «Leigh,»Langdonsaid,«you’retheTemplarspecialist.Anyideas?»

           Teabingwassilentforseveralsecondsandthensighed.«Well,aheadstoneisobviouslyagravemarkerofsomesort.It’spossiblethepoemisreferencingagravestonetheTemplarspraisedatthetombofMagdalene,butthatdoesn’thelpusmuchbecausewehavenoideawherehertombis.

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