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Chapter 82

           

           Despitetheapparentstraightforwardnessoftheverse,Langdonstillhadnoideawhothisknightwasorwherehewasburied.Moreover,oncetheylocatedthetomb,itsoundedasiftheywouldbesearchingforsomethingthatwasabsent.Theorbthatoughtbeonhistomb?

           «Nothoughts?»Teabingcluckedindisappointment,althoughLangdonsensedtheRoyalHistorianwasenjoyingbeingoneup.«MissNeveu?»

           Sheshookherhead.

           «Whatwouldyoutwodowithoutme?»Teabingsaid.«Verywell,Iwillwalkyouthroughit.It’squitesimplereally.Thefirstlineisthekey.Wouldyoureaditplease?»

           Langdonreadaloud.«‘InLondonliesaknightaPopeinterred.‘»

           «Precisely.AknightaPopeinterred.»HeeyedLangdon.«Whatdoesthatmeantoyou?»

           Langdonshrugged.«AknightburiedbyaPope?AknightwhosefuneralwaspresidedoverbyaPope?»

           Teabinglaughedloudly.«Oh,that’srich.Alwaystheoptimist,Robert.Lookatthesecondline.ThisknightobviouslydidsomethingthatincurredtheHolywrathoftheChurch.Thinkagain.ConsiderthedynamicbetweentheChurchandtheKnightsTemplar.AknightaPopeinterred?»

           «AknightaPopekilled?»Sophieasked.Teabingsmiledandpattedherknee.«Welldone,mydear.AknightaPopeburied.Orkilled.»LangdonthoughtofthenotoriousTemplarround-upin1307unluckyFridaythethirteenthwhenPopeClementkilledandinterredhundredsofKnightsTemplar.«Buttheremustbeendlessgravesof‘knightskilledbyPopes.‘»

           «Aha,notso!»Teabingsaid.«ManyofthemwereburnedatthestakeandtossedunceremoniouslyintotheTiberRiver.

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