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Chapter 97

           

           TheTeacher’sconcentrationwasbrokenbyseveralapproachingtourists.Heslippedthecryptexbackinhispocketandwatchedwarilyasthevisitorswenttoanearbytable,leftadonationinthecup,andrestockedonthecomplimentarygrave-rubbingsuppliessetoutbytheabbey.Armedwithfreshcharcoalpencilsandlargesheetsofheavypaper,theyheadedofftowardthefrontoftheabbey,probablytothepopularPoets’CornertopaytheirrespectstoChaucer,Tennyson,andDickensbyrubbingfuriouslyontheirgraves.

           Aloneagain,hesteppedclosertothetomb,scanningitfrombottomtotop.Hebeganwiththeclawedfeetbeneaththesarcophagus,movedupwardpastNewton,pasthisbooksonscience,pastthetwoboyswiththeirmathematicalscroll,upthefaceofthepyramidtothegiantorbwithitsconstellations,andfinallyuptotheniche’sstar-filledcanopy.

           Whatorboughttobehere…andyetismissing?HetouchedthecryptexinhispocketasifhecouldsomehowdivinetheanswerfromSaunière’scraftedmarble.OnlyfivelettersseparatemefromtheGrail.

           Pacingnownearthecornerofthechoirscreen,hetookadeepbreathandglancedupthelongnavetowardthemainaltarinthedistance.Hisgazedroppedfromthegildedaltardowntothebrightcrimsonrobeofanabbeydocentwhowasbeingwavedoverbytwoveryfamiliarindividuals.

           LangdonandNeveu.

           Calmly,theTeachermovedtwostepsbackbehindthechoirscreen.Thatwasfast.HehadanticipatedLangdonandSophiewouldeventuallydecipherthepoem’smeaningandcometoNewton’stomb,butthiswassoonerthanhehadimagined

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