Код да Винчи

Chapter 78

           «Yourgrandfatherwasapitilessarchitect.»

           Langdonstaredinamazement.IseeSaunièrehasnointentionofmakingthiseasy.

           Onthetablesatasecondcryptex.Smaller.Madeofblackonyx.Ithadbeennestedwithinthefirst.Saunière’spassionfordualism.Twocryptexes.Everythinginpairs.Doubleentendres.Malefemale.Blacknestedwithinwhite.Langdonfeltthewebofsymbolismstretchingonward.Whitegivesbirthtoblack.

           Everymansprangfromwoman.Whitefemale.Blackmale.

           Reachingover,Langdonliftedthesmallercryptex.Itlookedidenticaltothefirst,excepthalfthesizeandblack.Heheardthefamiliargurgle.Apparently,thevialofvinegartheyhadheardearlierwasinsidethissmallercryptex.

           «Well,Robert,»Teabingsaid,slidingthepageofvellumovertohim.«You’llbepleasedtohearthatatleastwe’reflyingintherightdirection.»Langdonexaminedthethickvellumsheet.Writteninornatepenmanshipwasanotherfour-lineverse.Again,iniambicpentameter.Theversewascryptic,butLangdonneededtoreadonlyasfarasthefirstlinetorealizethatTeabing’splantocometoBritainwasgoingtopayoff.

           INLONDONLIESAKNIGHTAPOPEINTERRED.

           Theremainderofthepoemclearlyimpliedthatthepasswordforopeningthesecondcryptexcouldbefoundbyvisitingthisknight’stomb,somewhereinthecity.

           LangdonturnedexcitedlytoTeabing.«Doyouhaveanyideawhatknightthispoemisreferringto?»

           Teabinggrinned.«Notthefoggiest.ButIknowinpreciselywhichcryptweshouldlook

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