Chapter 104

           RosslynChapeloftencalledtheCathedralofCodesstandssevenmilessouthofEdinburgh,Scotland,onthesiteofanancientMithraictemple.BuiltbytheKnightsTemplarin1446,thechapelisengravedwithamind-bogglingarrayofsymbolsfromtheJewish,Christian,Egyptian,Masonic,andpagantraditions.

           Thechapel’sgeographiccoordinatesfallpreciselyonthenorth-southmeridianthatrunsthroughGlastonbury.ThislongitudinalRoseLineisthetraditionalmarkerofKingArthur’sIsleofAvalonandisconsideredthecentralpillarofBritain’ssacredgeometry.ItisfromthishallowedRoseLinethatRosslynoriginallyspelledRoslintakesitsname.

           Rosslyn’sruggedspireswerecastinglongeveningshadowsasRobertLangdonandSophieNeveupulledtheirrentalcarintothegrassyparkingareaatthefootofthebluffonwhichthechapelstood.TheirshortflightfromLondontoEdinburghhadbeenrestful,althoughneitherofthemhadsleptfortheanticipationofwhatlayahead.Gazingupatthestarkedificeframedagainstacloud-sweptsky,LangdonfeltlikeAlicefallingheadlongintotherabbithole.Thismustbeadream.AndyetheknewthetextofSaunière’sfinalmessagecouldnothavebeenmorespecific.

           TheHolyGrail‘neathancientRoslinwaits.

           LangdonhadfantasizedthatSaunière’s«Grailmap»wouldbeadiagramadrawingwithanX-marks-the-spotandyetthePriory’sfinalsecrethadbeenunveiledinthesamewaySaunièrehadspokentothemfromthebeginning.Simpleverse.Fourexplicitlinesthatpointedwithoutadoubttothisveryspot.

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