Код да Винчи

Chapter 6

           

           Theblack-lightpenorwatermarkstyluswasaspecializedfelt-tippedmarkeroriginallydesignedbymuseums,restorers,andforgerypolicetoplaceinvisiblemarksonitems.Thestyluswroteinanoncorrosive,alcohol-basedfluorescentinkthatwasvisibleonlyunderblacklight.Nowadays,museummaintenancestaffscarriedthesemarkersontheirdailyroundstoplaceinvisible»tickmarks»ontheframesofpaintingsthatneededrestoration.

           AsLangdonstoodup,Fachewalkedovertothespotlightandturneditoff.Thegalleryplungedintosuddendarkness.

           Momentarilyblinded,Langdonfeltarisinguncertainty.Fache’ssilhouetteappeared,illuminatedinbrightpurple.Heapproachedcarryingaportablelightsource,whichshroudedhiminaviolethaze.

           «Asyoumayknow,»Fachesaid,hiseyesluminescinginthevioletglow,»policeuseblack-lightilluminationtosearchcrimescenesforbloodandotherforensicevidence.Soyoucanimagineoursurprise…»Abruptly,hepointedthelightdownatthecorpse.

           Langdonlookeddownandjumpedbackinshock.

           Hisheartpoundedashetookinthebizarresightnowglowingbeforehimontheparquetfloor.Scrawledinluminescenthandwriting,thecurator’sfinalwordsglowedpurplebesidehiscorpse.AsLangdonstaredattheshimmeringtext,hefeltthefogthathadsurroundedthisentirenightgrowingthicker.

           LangdonreadthemessageagainandlookedupatFache.«Whatthehelldoesthismean!»Fache’seyesshonewhite.«That,monsieur,ispreciselythequestionyouareheretoanswer

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