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Chapter 6

           «Securitytookfifteenminutestogethere?»

           «Ofcoursenot.LouvresecurityrespondedimmediatelytothealarmandfoundtheGrandGallerysealed.Throughthegate,theycouldhearsomeonemovingaroundatthefarendofthecorridor,buttheycouldnotseewhoitwas.Theyshouted,buttheygotnoanswer.Assumingitcouldonlybeacriminal,theyfollowedprotocolandcalledintheJudicialPolice.Wetookuppositionswithinfifteenminutes.Whenwearrived,weraisedthebarricadeenoughtoslipunderneath,andIsentadozenarmedagentsinside.Theysweptthelengthofthegallerytocornertheintruder.»«And?»«Theyfoundnooneinside.Except…»Hepointedfartherdownthehall.«Him.»

           LangdonliftedhisgazeandfollowedFache’soutstretchedfinger.AtfirsthethoughtFachewaspointingtoalargemarblestatueinthemiddleofthehallway.Astheycontinued,though,Langdonbegantoseepastthestatue.Thirtyyardsdownthehall,asinglespotlightonaportablepolestandshonedownonthefloor,creatingastarkislandofwhitelightinthedarkcrimsongallery.Inthecenterofthelight,likeaninsectunderamicroscope,thecorpseofthecuratorlaynakedontheparquetfloor.

           «Yousawthephotograph,»Fachesaid,»sothisshouldbeofnosurprise.»

           Langdonfeltadeepchillastheyapproachedthebody.Beforehimwasoneofthestrangestimageshehadeverseen.

           ThepallidcorpseofJacquesSaunièrelayontheparquetfloorexactlyasitappearedinthephotograph.

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