Chapter 8

           Langdoncouldn’ttearhiseyesfromtheglowingpurpletextscrawledacrosstheparquetfloor.JacquesSaunière’sfinalcommunicationseemedasunlikelyadepartingmessageasanyLangdoncouldimagine.

           Themessageread:

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           O,Draconiandevil!

           Oh,lamesaint!

           AlthoughLangdonhadnottheslightestideawhatitmeant,hedidunderstandFache’sinstinctthatthepentaclehadsomethingtodowithdevilworship.

           O,Draconiandevil!

           Saunièrehadleftaliteralreferencetothedevil.Equallyasbizarrewastheseriesofnumbers.«Partofitlookslikeanumericcipher.»

           «Yes,»Fachesaid.«Ourcryptographersarealreadyworkingonit.Webelievethesenumbersmaybethekeytowhokilledhim.Maybeatelephoneexchangeorsomekindofsocialidentification.Dothenumbershaveanysymbolicmeaningtoyou?»

           Langdonlookedagainatthedigits,sensingitwouldtakehimhourstoextractanysymbolicmeaning.IfSaunièrehadevenintendedany.ToLangdon,thenumberslookedtotallyrandom.Hewasaccustomedtosymbolicprogressionsthatmadesomesemblanceofsense,buteverythingherethepentacle,thetext,thenumbersseemeddisparateatthemostfundamentallevel.

           «Youallegedearlier,»Fachesaid,»thatSaunière’sactionsherewereallinanefforttosendsomesortofmessage…goddessworshiporsomethinginthatvein?Howdoesthismessagefitin?»

           Langdonknewthequestionwasrhetorical.ThisbizarrecommuniquéobviouslydidnotfitLangdon’sscenarioofgoddessworshipatall.

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