Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 55

           Admittedly,theeasewithwhichhehadaccomplishedthetasklefthimwithanaggingdisquietude.HewasachildofthePuritanworkethic.HecouldstillhearhisfatherspeakingtheoldNewEnglandaphorism:Ifitwasn’tpainfullydifficult,youdiditwrong.Langdonhopedthesayingwasfalse."Idecipheredit,"hesaid,movingfasternow."Iknowwherethefirstkillingisgoingtohappen.WeneedtowarnOlivetti."

           Vittoriaclosedinonhim."Howcouldyoualreadyknow?Letmeseethatthingagain."Withthesleightofaboxer,sheslippedalissomehandintohispocketandpulledoutthefolioagain.

           "Careful!"Langdonsaid."Youcan’t—"

           Vittoriaignoredhim.Folioinhand,shefloatedbesidehim,holdingthedocumentuptotheeveninglight,examiningthemargins.Asshebeganreadingaloud,LangdonmovedtoretrievethefoliobutinsteadfoundhimselfbewitchedbyVittoria’saccentedaltospeakingthesyllablesinperfectrhythmwithhergait.

           Foramoment,hearingtheversealoud,Langdonfelttransportedintime…asthoughhewereoneofGalileo’scontemporaries,listeningtothepoemforthefirsttime…knowingitwasatest,amap,aclueunveilingthefouraltarsofscience…thefourmarkersthatblazedasecretpathacrossRome.TheverseflowedfromVittoria’slipslikeasong.

           FromSanti’searthlytombwithdemon’shole,

           ‘CrossRomethemysticelementsunfold.

           Thepathoflightislaid,thesacredtest,

           Letangelsguideyouonyourloftyquest.

           Vittoriareadittwiceandthenfellsilent,asiflettingtheancientwordsresonateontheirown.

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