Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 54

           Butashespokethephraseagaininhismind,astrangefacthithim.Nowthat’sodd,hethought.Whatarethechancesofthat?

           "Weneedtogetoutofhere,"Vittoriasaid,soundinghoarse.

           Langdonwasn’tlistening.Thepathoflightislaid,thesacredtest."It’sadamnlineofiambicpentameter,"hesaidsuddenly,countingthesyllablesagain."Fivecoupletsofalternatingstressedandunstressedsyllables."

           Vittorialookedlost."Iambicwho?"

           ForaninstantLangdonwasbackatPhillipsExeterAcademysittinginaSaturdaymorningEnglishclass.Hellonearth.Theschoolbaseballstar,PeterGreer,washavingtroublerememberingthenumberofcoupletsnecessaryforalineofShakespeareaniambicpentameter.Theirprofessor,ananimatedschoolmasternamedBissell,leaptontothetableandbellowed,"Penta-meter,Greer!Thinkofhomeplate!Apenta-gon!Fivesides!Penta!Penta!Penta!Jeeeesh!"

           Fivecouplets,Langdonthought.Eachcouplet,bydefinition,havingtwosyllables.Hecouldnotbelieveinhisentirecareerhehadnevermadetheconnection.IambicpentameterwasasymmetricalmeterbasedonthesacredIlluminatinumbersof5and2!

           You’rereaching!Langdontoldhimself,tryingtopushitfromhismind.Ameaninglesscoincidence!Butthethoughtstuck.Five…forPythagorasandthepentagram.Two…forthedualityofallthings.

           Amomentlater,anotherrealizationsentanumbingsensationdownhislegs.Iambicpentameter,onaccountofitssimplicity,wasoftencalled"pureverse"or"puremeter.

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