Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 32

           WhenLangdon’sstudentsquestionedhisfashionsense,hetoldthemheworeMickeyasadailyremindertostayyoungatheart.

           "It’ssixo’clock,"hesaid.

           Vittorianodded,eyesstillclosed."Ithinkourride’shere."

           Langdonheardthedistantwhine,lookedup,andfeltasinkingfeeling.Approachingfromthenorthwasahelicopter,slicinglowacrosstherunway.LangdonhadbeenonahelicopteronceintheAndeanPalpaValleylookingattheNazcasanddrawingsandhadnotenjoyeditonebit.Aflyingshoebox.Afteramorningofspaceplanerides,LangdonhadhopedtheVaticanwouldsendacar.

           Apparentlynot.

           Thechopperslowedoverhead,hoveredamoment,anddroppedtowardtherunwayinfrontofthem.Thecraftwaswhiteandcarriedacoatofarmsemblazonedontheside—twoskeletonkeyscrossingashieldandpapalcrown.Heknewthesymbolwell.ItwasthetraditionalsealoftheVatican—thesacredsymboloftheHolySeeor"holyseat"ofgovernment,theseatbeingliterallytheancientthroneofSt.Peter.

           TheHolyChopper,Langdongroaned,watchingthecraftland.He’dforgottentheVaticanownedoneofthesethings,usedfortransportingthePopetotheairport,tomeetings,ortohissummerpalaceinGandolfo.Langdondefinitelywouldhavepreferredacar.

           Thepilotjumpedfromthecockpitandstrodetowardthemacrossthetarmac.

           NowitwasVittoriawholookeduneasy."That’sourpilot?"

           Langdonsharedherconcern."Tofly,ornottofly.Thatisthequestion."

           ThepilotlookedlikehewasfestoonedforaShakespeareanmelodrama.Hispuffytunicwasverticallystripedinbrilliantblueandgold.

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