Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 52

           TheIlluminati’sellipsewasprominenteventodayinmodernMasonictracingboardsandfootinginlays.

           "Next,"Vittoriasaid.

           Langdonflipped.

           "Lunarphasesandtidalmotion,"shesaid."Nonumbers.Nodiagrams."

           Langdonflippedagain.Nothing.Hekeptflippingthroughadozenorsopages.Nothing.Nothing.Nothing.

           "Ithoughtthisguywasamathematician,"Vittoriasaid."Thisisalltext."

           Langdonfelttheairinhislungsbeginningtothin.Hishopeswerethinningtoo.Thepilewaswaning.

           "Nothinghere,"Vittoriasaid."Nomath.Afewdates,afewstandardfigures,butnothingthatlookslikeitcouldbeaclue."

           Langdonflippedoverthelastfolioandsighed.It,too,wasanessay.

           "Shortbook,"Vittoriasaid,frowning.

           Langdonnodded.

           "Merda,aswesayinRome."

           Shitisright,Langdonthought.Hisreflectionintheglassseemedmocking,liketheimagestaringbackathimthismorningfromhisbaywindow.Anagingghost."There’sgottobesomething,"hesaid,thehoarsedesperationinhisvoicesurprisinghim."Thesegnoisheresomewhere.Iknowit!"

           "MaybeyouwerewrongaboutDIII?"

           Langdonturnedandstaredather.

           "Okay,"sheagreed,"DIIImakesperfectsense.Butmaybetheclueisn’tmathematical?"

           "Linguapura.Whatelsewoulditbe?"

           "Art?"

           "Excepttherearenodiagramsorpicturesinthebook."

           "AllIknowisthatlinguapurareferstosomethingotherthanItalian.Mathjustseemslogical."

           "Iagree."

           Langdonrefusedtoacceptdefeatsoquickly."Thenumbersmustbewrittenlonghand.Themathmustbeinwordsratherthanequations."

           "It’lltakesometimetoreadallthepages

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