Chapter 103

           ItwaslateafternoonwhentheLondonsunbrokethroughandthecitybegantodry.BezuFachefeltwearyasheemergedfromtheinterrogationroomandhailedacab.SirLeighTeabinghadvociferouslyproclaimedhisinnocence,andyetfromhisincoherentrantingsabouttheHolyGrail,secretdocuments,andmysteriousbrotherhoods,Fachesuspectedthewilyhistorianwassettingthestageforhislawyerstopleadaninsanitydefense.

           Sure,Fachethought.Insane.Teabinghaddisplayedingeniousprecisioninformulatingaplanthatprotectedhisinnocenceateveryturn.HehadexploitedboththeVaticanandOpusDei,twogroupsthatturnedouttobecompletelyinnocent.Hisdirtyworkhadbeencarriedoutunknowinglybyafanaticalmonkandadesperatebishop.Morecleverstill,Teabinghadsituatedhiselectroniclisteningpostintheoneplaceamanwithpoliocouldnotpossiblyreach.Theactualsurveillancehadbeencarriedoutbyhismanservant,RémythelonepersonprivytoTeabing’strueidentitynowconvenientlydeadofanallergicreaction.

           Hardlythehandiworkofsomeonelackingmentalfaculties,Fachethought.

           TheinformationcomingfromColletoutofChâteauVillettesuggestedthatTeabing’scunningransodeepthatFachehimselfmightevenlearnfromit.TosuccessfullyhidebugsinsomeofParis’smostpowerfuloffices,theBritishhistorianhadturnedtotheGreeks.Trojanhorses.SomeofTeabing’sintendedtargetsreceivedlavishgiftsofartwork,othersunwittinglybidatauctionsinwhichTeabinghadplacedspecificlots.

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