Код да Винчи

Chapter 98

           TheonlylinkbetweentheplanetsandtheGrailthatLangdoncouldimaginewasthepentacleofVenus,andhehadalreadytriedthepassword»Venus»enroutetotheTempleChurch.

           Sophiemoveddirectlytothesarcophagus,butLangdonhungbackafewfeet,keepinganeyeontheabbeyaroundthem.

           «Divinity,»Sophiesaid,tiltingherheadandreadingthetitlesofthebooksonwhichNewtonwasleaning.«Chronology.Opticks.PhilosophiaeNaturalisPrincipiaMathematica?»Sheturnedtohim.«Ringanybells?»

           Langdonsteppedcloser,consideringit.«PrincipiaMathematica,asIremember,hassomethingtodowiththegravitationpullofplanets…whichadmittedlyareorbs,butitseemsalittlefar-fetched.»

           «Howaboutthesignsofthezodiac?»Sophieasked,pointingtotheconstellationsontheorb.«YouweretalkingaboutPiscesandAquariusearlier,weren’tyou?»

           TheEndofDays,Langdonthought.«TheendofPiscesandthebeginningofAquariuswasallegedlythehistoricalmarkeratwhichthePrioryplannedtoreleasetheSangrealdocumentstotheworld.»Butthemillenniumcameandwentwithoutincident,leavinghistoriansuncertainwhenthetruthwascoming.

           «Itseemspossible,»Sophiesaid,»thatthePriory’splanstorevealthetruthmightberelatedtothelastlineofthepoem.»

           ItspeaksofRosyfleshandseededwomb.Langdonfeltashiverofpotential.Hehadnotconsideredthelinethatwaybefore.

           «Youtoldmeearlier,»shesaid,»thatthetimingofthePriory’splanstounveilthetruthabout‘theRose’andherfertilewombwaslinkeddirectlytothepositionofplanetsorbs.

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