Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 46

           TheAltarsofScience."

           Vittoriafrowned."I’msorry,thatmeansnoth—"Shestoppedshort."L’altarediscienza?"sheexclaimed."TheIlluminatiassassin.Hewarnedthatthecardinalswouldbevirginsacrificesonthealtarsofscience!"

           Langdongaveherasmile."Fourcardinals.Fourchurches.Thefouraltarsofscience."

           Shelookedstunned."You’resayingthefourchurcheswherethecardinalswillbesacrificedarethesamefourchurchesthatmarktheancientPathofIllumination?"

           "Ibelieveso,yes."

           "Butwhywouldthekillerhavegivenusthatclue?"

           "Whynot?"Langdonreplied."Veryfewhistoriansknowaboutthesesculptures.Evenfewerbelievetheyexist.Andtheirlocationshaveremainedsecretforfourhundredyears.NodoubttheIlluminatitrustedthesecretforanotherfivehours.Besides,theIlluminatidon’tneedtheirPathofIlluminationanymore.Theirsecretlairisprobablylonggoneanyway.Theyliveinthemodernworld.Theymeetinbankboardrooms,eatingclubs,privategolfcourses.Tonighttheywanttomaketheirsecretspublic.Thisistheirmoment.Theirgrandunveiling."

           LangdonfearedtheIlluminatiunveilingwouldhaveaspecialsymmetrytoitthathehadnotyetmentioned.Thefourbrands.Thekillerhadsworneachcardinalwouldbebrandedwithadifferentsymbol.Prooftheancientlegendsaretrue,thekillerhadsaid.ThelegendofthefourambigrammaticbrandswasasoldastheIlluminatiitself:earth,air,fire,water—fourwordscraftedinperfectsymmetry.JustlikethewordIlluminati.Eachcardinalwastobebrandedwithoneoftheancientelementsofscience.

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