Chapter 31

           

           TheX-33spaceplaneroaredintotheskyandarchedsouthtowardRome.Onboard,Langdonsatinsilence.Thelastfifteenminuteshadbeenablur.NowthathehadfinishedbriefingVittoriaontheIlluminatiandtheircovenantagainsttheVatican,thescopeofthissituationwasstartingtosinkin.

           WhatthehellamIdoing?Langdonwondered.IshouldhavegonehomewhenIhadthechance!Deepdown,though,heknewhe’dneverhadthechance.

           Langdon’sbetterjudgmenthadscreamedathimtoreturntoBoston.Nonetheless,academicastonishmenthadsomehowvetoedprudence.EverythinghehadeverbelievedaboutthedemiseoftheIlluminatiwassuddenlylookinglikeabrilliantsham.Partofhimcravedproof.Confirmation.Therewasalsoaquestionofconscience.WithKohlerailingandVittoriaonherown,LangdonknewthatifhisknowledgeoftheIlluminaticouldassistinanyway,hehadamoralobligationtobehere.

           Therewasmore,though.AlthoughLangdonwasashamedtoadmitit,hisinitialhorroronhearingabouttheantimatter’slocationwasnotonlythedangertohumanlifeinVaticanCity,butforsomethingelseaswell.

           Art.

           Theworld’slargestartcollectionwasnowsittingonatimebomb.TheVaticanMuseumhousedover60,000pricelesspiecesin1,407rooms—Michelangelo,daVinci,Bernini,Botticelli.Langdonwonderedifalloftheartcouldpossiblybeevacuatedifnecessary.Heknewitwasimpossible.Manyofthepiecesweresculpturesweighingtons.Nottomention,thegreatesttreasureswerearchitectural—theSistineChapel,St.

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