Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 49

           Invisibletothosewhowerenotlookingforit.Andalsoinvisibletothosewhodidn’tunderstandit."

           "Meaning?"

           "MeaningGalileohiditwell.Accordingtohistoricrecord,thesegnowasrevealedinamodetheIlluminaticalledlinguapura."

           "Thepurelanguage?"

           "Yes."

           "Mathematics?"

           "That’smyguess.Seemsprettyobvious.Galileowasascientistafterall,andhewaswritingforscientists.Mathwouldbealogicallanguageinwhichtolayouttheclue.ThebookletiscalledDiagramma,somathematicaldiagramsmayalsobepartofthecode."

           Vittoriasoundedonlyslightlymorehopeful."IsupposeGalileocouldhavecreatedsomesortofmathematicalcodethatwentunnoticedbytheclergy."

           "Youdon’tsoundsold,"Langdonsaid,movingdowntherow.

           "I’mnot.Mainlybecauseyouaren’t.IfyouweresosureaboutDIII,whydidn’tyoupublish?ThensomeonewhodidhaveaccesstotheVaticanArchivescouldhavecomeinhereandcheckedoutDiagrammaalongtimeago."

           "Ididn’twanttopublish,"Langdonsaid."Ihadworkedhardtofindtheinformationand—"Hestoppedhimself,embarrassed.

           "Youwantedtheglory."

           Langdonfelthimselfflush."Inamannerofspeaking.It’sjustthat—"

           "Don’tlooksoembarrassed.You’retalkingtoascientist.Publishorperish.AtCERNwecallit‘Substantiateorsuffocate.’"

           "Itwasn’tonlywantingtobethefirst.IwasalsoconcernedthatifthewrongpeoplefoundoutabouttheinformationinDiagramma,itmightdisappear."

           "ThewrongpeoplebeingtheVatican?"

           "Notthattheyarewrong,perse,butthechurchhasalwaysdownplayedtheIlluminatithreat

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