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Chapter 104

           

           Thesanctuarywasemptyexceptforahandfulofvisitorslisteningtoayoungmangivingtheday’slasttour.Hewasleadingtheminasingle-filelinealongawell-knownrouteontheflooraninvisiblepathwaylinkingsixkeyarchitecturalpointswithinthesanctuary.Generationsofvisitorshadwalkedthesestraightlines,connectingthepoints,andtheircountlessfootstepshadengravedanenormoussymbolonthefloor.

           TheStarofDavid,Langdonthought.Nocoincidencethere.AlsoknownasSolomon’sSeal,thishexagramhadoncebeenthesecretsymbolofthestargazingpriestsandwaslateradoptedbytheIsraelitekingsDavidandSolomon.

           ThedocenthadseenLangdonandSophieenter,andalthoughitwasclosingtime,offeredapleasantsmileandmotionedforthemtofeelfreetolookaround.

           Langdonnoddedhisthanksandbegantomovedeeperintothesanctuary.Sophie,however,stoodrivetedintheentryway,apuzzledlookonherface.

           «Whatisit?»Langdonasked.

           Sophiestaredoutatthechapel.«Ithink…I’vebeenhere.»

           Langdonwassurprised.«Butyousaidyouhadn’tevenheardofRosslyn.»

           «Ihadn’t…»Shescannedthesanctuary,lookinguncertain.«MygrandfathermusthavebroughtmeherewhenIwasveryyoung.Idon’tknow.Itfeelsfamiliar.»Ashereyesscannedtheroom,shebegannoddingwithmorecertainty.«Yes.»Shepointedtothefrontofthesanctuary.«Thosetwopillars…I’veseenthem.»

           Langdonlookedatthepairofintricatelysculptedcolumnsatthefarendofthesanctuary.

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