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Chapter 98

           LangdonvaguelyrecalledtheChapterHouseasahugeoctagonalhallwheretheoriginalBritishParliamentconvenedinthedaysbeforethemodernParliamentbuildingexisted.Ithadbeenyearssincehehadbeenthere,butheremembereditbeingoutthroughthecloistersomewhere.Takingseveralstepsbackfromthetomb,Langdonpeeredaroundthechoirscreentohisright,acrossthenavetothesideoppositethatwhichtheyhaddescended.

           Agapingvaultedpassagewaystoodnearby,withalargesign.

           THISWAYTO:

           CLOISTERS

           DEANERY

           COLLEGEHALL

           MUSEUM

           PYXCHAMBER

           ST.FAITH’SCHAPEL

           CHAPTERHOUSE

           LangdonandSophiewerejoggingastheypassedbeneaththesign,movingtooquicklytonoticethesmallannouncementapologizingthatcertainareaswereclosedforrenovations.

           Theyemergedimmediatelyintoahigh-walled,open-roofcourtyardthroughwhichmorningrainwasfalling.Abovethem,thewindhowledacrosstheopeningwithalowdrone,likesomeoneblowingoverthemouthofabottle.Enteringthenarrow,low-hangingwalkwaysthatborderedthecourtyardperimeter,Langdonfeltthefamiliaruneasinesshealwaysfeltinenclosedspaces.Thesewalkwayswerecalledcloisters,andLangdonnotedwithuneasinessthattheseparticularcloistersliveduptotheirLatintiestothewordclaustrophobic.

           Focusinghismindstraightaheadtowardtheendofthetunnel,LangdonfollowedthesignsfortheChapterHouse.Therainwasspittingnow,andthewalkwaywascoldanddampwithgustsofrainthatblewthroughthelonepillaredwallthatwasthecloister’sonlysourceoflight.

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