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Chapter 104

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           Standingwiththedocent,Langdonhadbeenscanningthechapelwallsandfeelingarisingwarinessthatadeadendmightbelooming.SophiehadwanderedofftolookatthecodeandleftLangdonholdingtherosewoodbox,whichcontainedaGrailmapthatnowappearedtobenohelpatall.AlthoughSaunière’spoemclearlyindicatedRosslyn,Langdonwasnotsurewhattodonowthattheyhadarrived.Thepoemmadereferencetoa‘bladeandchalice’,whichLangdonsawnowhere.

           TheHolyGrail‘neathancientRoslinwaits.

           Thebladeandchaliceguardingo’erHergates.

           AgainLangdonsensedthereremainedsomefacetofthismysteryyettorevealitself.

           «Ihatetopry,»thedocentsaid,eyeingtherosewoodboxinLangdon’shands.«Butthisbox…mightIaskwhereyougotit?»

           Langdongaveawearylaugh.«That’sanexceptionallylongstory.»

           Theyoungmanhesitated,hiseyesontheboxagain.«It’sthestrangestthingmygrandmotherhasaboxexactlylikethatajewelrybox.Identicalpolishedrosewood,sameinlaidrose,eventhehingeslookthesame.»

           Langdonknewtheyoungmanmustbemistaken.Ifeveraboxhadbeenoneofakind,itwasthisonetheboxcustom-madeforthePriorykeystone.«Thetwoboxesmaybesimilarbut»

           Thesidedoorclosedloudly,drawingbothoftheirgazes.Sophiehadexitedwithoutawordandwasnowwanderingdowntheblufftowardafieldstonehousenearby.Langdonstaredafterher.Whereisshegoing?Shehadbeenactingstrangelyeversincetheyenteredthebuilding.Heturnedtothedocent.

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