Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 49

           "TheDickandConnieII."

           Langdonfeltsheepish.DickandConnieweretheweddingcouple.Thebargeobviouslyhadbeennamedintheirhonor."WhathappenedtotheDCI?"

           Themangroaned."Itsankyesterdayduringtherehearsalluncheon."

           Langdonlaughed."Sorrytohearthat."Helookedbackoutatthebarge.TheDCII,hethought.LikeaminiatureQEII.Asecondlater,ithadhithim.

           NowLangdonturnedtoVittoria."503,"hesaid,"asImentioned,isacode.It’sanIlluminatitrickforconcealingwhatwasactuallyintendedasaRomannumeral.Thenumber503inRomannumeralsis—"

           "DIII."

           Langdonglancedup."Thatwasfast.Pleasedon’ttellmeyou’reanIlluminata."

           Shelaughed."IuseRomannumeralstocodifypelagicstrata."

           Ofcourse,Langdonthought.Don’tweall.

           Vittorialookedover."SowhatisthemeaningofDIII?"

           "DIandDIIandDIIIareveryoldabbreviations.TheywereusedbyancientscientiststodistinguishbetweenthethreeGalileandocumentsmostcommonlyconfused.

           Vittoriadrewaquickbreath."Diàlogo…Discorsi…Diagramma."

           "D-one.D-two.D-three.Allscientific.Allcontroversial.503isDIII.Diagramma.Thethirdofhisbooks."

           Vittorialookedtroubled."Butonethingstilldoesn’tmakesense.Ifthissegno,thisclue,thisadvertisementaboutthePathofIlluminationwasreallyinGalileo’sDiagramma,whydidn’ttheVaticanseeitwhentheyrepossessedallthecopies?"

           "Theymayhaveseenitandnotnoticed.RemembertheIlluminatimarkers?Hidingthingsinplainview?Dissimulation?Thesegnoapparentlywashiddenthesameway—inplainview.

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