Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 40

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           "Commander."Thecamerlegno’svoicesimmeredwithrage."MayIremindyouthatwhenyouaddressme,youareaddressingthisoffice.Irealizeyoudonottakemypositionseriously—nonetheless,bylaw,Iamincharge.IfIamnotmistaken,thecardinalsarenowsafelywithintheSistineChapel,andyoursecurityconcernsareataminimumuntiltheconclavebreaks.Idonotunderstandwhyyouarehesitanttolookforthisdevice.IfIdidnotknowbetteritwouldappearthatyouarecausingthisconclaveintentionaldanger."

           Olivettilookedscornful."Howdareyou!IhaveservedyourPopefortwelveyears!AndthePopebeforethatforfourteenyears!Since1438theSwissGuardhave—"

           Thewalkie-talkieonOlivetti’sbeltsquawkedloudly,cuttinghimoff."Comandante?"

           Olivettisnatcheditupandpressedthetransmitter."Stoocupato!Cosavoi!"

           "Scusi,"theSwissGuardontheradiosaid."Communicationshere.Ithoughtyouwouldwanttobeinformedthatwehavereceivedabombthreat."

           Olivetticouldnothavelookedlessinterested."Sohandleit!Runtheusualtrace,andwriteitup."

           "Wedid,sir,butthecaller…"Theguardpaused."Iwouldnottroubleyou,commander,exceptthathementionedthesubstanceyoujustaskedmetoresearch.Antimatter."

           Everyoneintheroomexchangedstunnedlooks.

           "Hementionedwhat?"Olivettistammered.

           "Antimatter,sir.Whileweweretryingtorunatrace,Ididsomeadditionalresearchonhisclaim.Theinformationonantimatteris…well,frankly,it’squitetroubling."

           "Ithoughtyousaidtheballisticsguideshowednomentionofit."

           "Ifounditon-line.

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