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Chapter 83

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           Langdonglancedover.«IthoughtCaesarwasdeadinthatscene.»

           Teabingsmirked.«Yes,butmytogatoreopenwhenIfell,andIhadtolieonstageforhalfanhourwithmytodgerhangingout.Evenso,Inevermovedamuscle.Iwasbrilliant,Itellyou.»

           Langdoncringed.SorryImissedit.

           Asthegroupmovedthroughtherectangularannextowardthearchwayleadingintothemainchurch,Langdonwassurprisedbythebarrenausterity.AlthoughthealtarlayoutresembledthatofalinearChristianchapel,thefurnishingswerestarkandcold,bearingnoneofthetraditionalornamentation.«Bleak,»hewhispered.

           Teabingchuckled.«ChurchofEngland.Anglicansdrinktheirreligionstraight.Nothingtodistractfromtheirmisery.»

           Sophiemotionedthroughthevastopeningthatgavewaytothecircularsectionofthechurch.«Itlookslikeafortressinthere,»shewhispered.

           Langdonagreed.Evenfromhere,thewallslookedunusuallyrobust.

           «TheKnightsTemplarwerewarriors,»Teabingreminded,thesoundofhisaluminumcrutchesechoinginthisreverberantspace.«Areligio-militarysociety.Theirchurchesweretheirstrongholdsandtheirbanks.»

           «Banks?»Sophieasked,glancingatLeigh.

           «Heavens,yes.TheTemplarsinventedtheconceptofmodernbanking.ForEuropeannobility,travelingwithgoldwasperilous,sotheTemplarsallowednoblestodepositgoldintheirnearestTempleChurchandthendrawitfromanyotherTempleChurchacrossEurope.Alltheyneededwasproperdocumentation.»Hewinked.«Andasmallcommission.TheyweretheoriginalATMs.

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