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Chapter 9

           AyoungParisiandéchiffreusewhohadstudiedcryptographyinEnglandattheRoyalHolloway,SophieNeveuhadbeenfoistedonFachetwoyearsagoaspartoftheministry’sattempttoincorporatemorewomenintothepoliceforce.Theministry’songoingforayintopoliticalcorrectness,Facheargued,wasweakeningthedepartment.Womennotonlylackedthephysicalitynecessaryforpolicework,buttheirmerepresenceposedadangerousdistractiontothemeninthefield.AsFachehadfeared,SophieNeveuwasprovingfarmoredistractingthanmost.

           Atthirty-twoyearsold,shehadadoggeddeterminationthatborderedonobstinate.HereagerespousalofBritain’snewcryptologicmethodologycontinuallyexasperatedtheveteranFrenchcryptographersaboveher.AndbyfarthemosttroublingtoFachewastheinescapableuniversaltruththatinanofficeofmiddle-agedmen,anattractiveyoungwomanalwaysdreweyesawayfromtheworkathand.

           Themanontheradiosaid,»AgentNeveuinsistedonspeakingtoyouimmediately,Captain.Itriedtostopher,butshe’sonherwayintothegallery.»

           Facherecoiledindisbelief.«Unacceptable!Imadeitveryclear«

           Foramoment,RobertLangdonthoughtBezuFachewassufferingastroke.Thecaptainwasmid-sentencewhenhisjawstoppedmovingandhiseyesbulged.HisblisteringgazeseemedfixatedonsomethingoverLangdon’sshoulder.BeforeLangdoncouldturntoseewhatitwas,heheardawoman’svoicechimeoutbehindhim.

           «Excusez-moi,messieurs.»

           Langdonturnedtoseeayoungwomanapproaching.

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