Chapter 39

           

           TheApostolicPalaceisaconglomerationofbuildingslocatedneartheSistineChapelinthenortheastcornerofVaticanCity.WithacommandingviewofSt.Peter’sSquare,thepalacehousesboththePapalApartmentsandtheOfficeofthePope.

           VittoriaandLangdonfollowedinsilenceasCommanderOlivettiledthemdownalongrocococorridor,themusclesinhisneckpulsingwithrage.Afterclimbingthreesetsofstairs,theyenteredawide,dimlylithallway.

           Langdoncouldnotbelievetheartworkonthewalls—mint-conditionbusts,tapestries,friezes—worksworthhundredsofthousandsofdollars.Two-thirdsofthewaydownthehalltheypassedanalabasterfountain.OlivettiturnedleftintoanalcoveandstrodetooneofthelargestdoorsLangdonhadeverseen.

           "UfficiodiPapa,"thecommanderdeclared,givingVittoriaanacrimoniousscowl.Vittoriadidn’tflinch.ShereachedoverOlivettiandknockedloudlyonthedoor.

           OfficeofthePope,Langdonthought,havingdifficultyfathomingthathewasstandingoutsideoneofthemostsacredroomsinallofworldreligion.

           "Avanti!"someonecalledfromwithin.

           Whenthedooropened,Langdonhadtoshieldhiseyes.Thesunlightwasblinding.Slowly,theimagebeforehimcameintofocus.

           TheOfficeofthePopeseemedmoreofaballroomthananoffice.Redmarblefloorssprawledoutinalldirectionstowallsadornedwithvividfrescoes.Acolossalchandelierhungoverhead,beyondwhichabankofarchedwindowsofferedastunningpanoramaofthesun-drenchedSt.Peter’sSquare.

           MyGod,Langdonthought.Thisisaroomwithaview.

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