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Chapter 6

           

           Fachewassilentnow,stridingbrisklyuptherightsideofthecorridorwithhisgazedeadahead.Langdonfeltalmostdisrespectfultoberacingpastsomanymasterpieceswithoutpausingforsomuchasaglance.

           NotthatIcouldseeanythinginthislighting,hethought.

           ThemutedcrimsonlightingunfortunatelyconjuredmemoriesofLangdon’slastexperienceinnoninvasivelightingintheVaticanSecretArchives.Thiswastonight’ssecondunsettlingparallelwithhisnear-deathinRome.HeflashedonVittoriaagain.Shehadbeenabsentfromhisdreamsformonths.LangdoncouldnotbelieveRomehadbeenonlyayearago;itfeltlikedecades.Anotherlife.HislastcorrespondencefromVittoriahadbeeninDecemberapostcardsayingshewasheadedtotheJavaSeatocontinueherresearchinentanglementphysics…somethingaboutusingsatellitestotrackmantaraymigrations.LangdonhadneverharboreddelusionsthatawomanlikeVittoriaVetracouldhavebeenhappylivingwithhimonacollegecampus,buttheirencounterinRomehadunlockedinhimalongingheneverimaginedhecouldfeel.Hislifelongaffinityforbachelorhoodandthesimplefreedomsitallowedhadbeenshakensomehow…replacedbyanunexpectedemptinessthatseemedtohavegrownoverthepastyear.

           Theycontinuedwalkingbriskly,yetLangdonstillsawnocorpse.«JacquesSaunièrewentthisfar?»

           «Mr.Saunièresufferedabulletwoundtohisstomach.Hediedveryslowly.Perhapsoverfifteenortwentyminutes.Hewasobviouslyamanofgreatpersonalstrength.»

           Langdonturned,appalled.

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