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Chapter 98

           Anothercouplescurriedpastthemtheotherway,hurryingtogetoutoftheworseningweather.Thecloisterslookeddesertednow,admittedlytheabbey’sleastenticingsectioninthewindandrain.

           Fortyyardsdowntheeastcloister,anarchwaymaterializedontheirleft,givingwaytoanotherhallway.Althoughthiswastheentrancetheywerelookingfor,theopeningwascordonedoffbyaswagandanofficial-lookingsign.

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           PYXCHAMBER

           ST.FAITH’SCHAPEL

           CHAPTERHOUSE

           Thelong,desertedcorridorbeyondtheswagwaslitteredwithscaffoldinganddropcloths.Immediatelybeyondtheswag,LangdoncouldseetheentrancestothePyxChamberandSt.Faith’sChapelontherightandleft.TheentrancetotheChapterHouse,however,wasmuchfartheraway,atthefarendofthelonghallway.Evenfromhere,Langdoncouldseethatitsheavywoodendoorwaswideopen,andthespaciousoctagonalinteriorwasbathedinagrayishnaturallightfromtheroom’senormouswindowsthatlookedoutonCollegeGarden.GothroughChapterHouse,outsouthexit,topublicgarden.

           «Wejustlefttheeastcloister,»Langdonsaid,»sothesouthexittothegardenmustbethroughthereandtotheright.»

           Sophiewasalreadysteppingovertheswagandmovingforward.

           Astheyhurrieddownthedarkcorridor,thesoundsofthewindandrainfromtheopencloisterfadedbehindthem.TheChapterHousewasakindofsatellitestructureafreestandingannexattheendofthelonghallwaytoensuretheprivacyoftheParliamentproceedingshousedthere.

           «Itlookshuge,»Sophiewhisperedastheyapproached

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