Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 61

           "Kindofyou,butI’mactuallyanarthistorianmyself,and—"

           "Superb!"Theman’seyeslituplikehe’dhitthejackpot."Thenyouwillnodoubtfindthisdelightful!"

           "IthinkI’dpreferto—"

           "ThePantheon,"themandeclared,launchingintohismemorizedspiel,"wasbuiltbyMarcusAgrippain27B.C."

           "Yes,"Langdoninterjected,"andrebuiltbyHadrianin119A.D."

           "Itwastheworld’slargestfree-standingdomeuntil1960whenitwaseclipsedbytheSuperdomeinNewOrleans!"

           Langdongroaned.Themanwasunstoppable.

           "Andafifth-centurytheologianoncecalledthePantheontheHouseoftheDevil,warningthattheholeintheroofwasanentrancefordemons!"

           Langdonblockedhimout.Hiseyesclimbedskywardtotheoculus,andthememoryofVittoria’ssuggestedplotflashedabone-numbingimageinhismind…abrandedcardinalfallingthroughtheholeandhittingthemarblefloor.Nowthatwouldbeamediaevent.LangdonfoundhimselfscanningthePantheonforreporters.None.Heinhaleddeeply.Itwasanabsurdidea.Thelogisticsofpullingoffastuntlikethatwouldberidiculous.

           AsLangdonmovedofftocontinuehisinspection,thebabblingdocentfollowedlikealove-starvedpuppy.Remindme,Langdonthoughttohimself,there’snothingworsethanagunghoarthistorian.

           Acrosstheroom,Vittoriawasimmersedinherownsearch.Standingallaloneforthefirsttimesinceshehadheardthenewsofherfather,shefeltthestarkrealityofthelasteighthoursclosinginaroundher.Herfatherhadbeenmurdered—cruellyandabruptly.

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