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Chapter 78

           AccordingtoTeabing,itcontainedamaptotheHolyGrail,unveilingthetombofMaryMagdaleneandtheSangrealtreasure…theultimatetreasuretroveofsecrettruth.

           Nowgrippingthestonetube,Sophiedouble-checkedthatalloftheletterswereproperlyalignedwiththeindicator.Then,slowly,shepulled.Nothinghappened.Sheappliedalittlemoreforce.Suddenly,thestoneslidapartlikeawell-craftedtelescope.Theheavyendpiecedetachedinherhand.LangdonandTeabingalmostjumpedtotheirfeet.Sophie’sheartrateclimbedasshesettheendcaponthetableandtippedthecylindertopeerinside.

           Ascroll!

           Peeringdownthehollowoftherolledpaper,Sophiecouldseeithadbeenwrappedaroundacylindricalobjectthevialofvinegar,sheassumed.Strangely,though,thepaperaroundthevinegarwasnotthecustomarydelicatepapyrusbutrather,vellum.That’sodd,shethought,vinegarcan’tdissolvealambskinvellum.Shelookedagaindownthehollowofthescrollandrealizedtheobjectinthecenterwasnotavialofvinegarafterall.Itwassomethingelseentirely.«What’swrong?»Teabingasked.«Pulloutthescroll.»Frowning,Sophiegrabbedtherolledvellumandtheobjectaroundwhichitwaswrapped,pullingthembothoutofthecontainer.

           «That’snotpapyrus,»Teabingsaid.«It’stooheavy.»«Iknow.It’spadding.»«Forwhat?Thevialofvinegar?»

           «No.»Sophieunrolledthescrollandrevealedwhatwaswrappedinside.«Forthis.»

           WhenLangdonsawtheobjectinsidethesheetofvellum,hisheartsank.

           «Godhelpus,»Teabingsaid,slumping.

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