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Chapter 101

           

           WithSophieatgunpointacrosstheroom,Langdonfearedthatdiscoveringthecryptex’selusivepasswordwouldbehisonlyremaininghopeofbarteringherrelease.IfIcanfreethemap,Teabingwillnegotiate.Forcinghismindtothiscriticaltask,Langdonmovedslowlytowardthefarwindows…allowinghismindtofillwiththenumerousastronomicalimagesonNewton’stomb.

           Youseektheorbthatoughtbeonhistomb.ItspeaksofRosyfleshandseededwomb.

           Turninghisbacktotheothers,hewalkedtowardthetoweringwindows,searchingforanyinspirationintheirstained-glassmosaics.Therewasnone.

           PlaceyourselfinSaunière’smind,heurged,gazingoutwardnowintoCollegeGarden.WhatwouldhebelieveistheorbthatoughtbeonNewton’stomb?Imagesofstars,comets,andplanetstwinkledinthefallingrain,butLangdonignoredthem.Saunièrewasnotamanofscience.Hewasamanofhumanity,ofart,ofhistory.Thesacredfeminine…thechalice…theRose…thebanishedMaryMagdalene…thedeclineofthegoddess…theHolyGrail.

           LegendhadalwaysportrayedtheGrailasacruelmistress,dancingintheshadowsjustoutofsight,whisperinginyourear,luringyouonemorestepandthenevaporatingintothemist.

           GazingoutattherustlingtreesofCollegeGarden,Langdonsensedherplayfulpresence.Thesignswereeverywhere.Likeatauntingsilhouetteemergingfromthefog,thebranchesofBritain’soldestappletreeburgeonedwithfive-petaledblossoms,allglisteninglikeVenus.Thegoddesswasinthegardennow.

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