Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 65

           Vittorialeveledthegunaroundacornerattheplastic.ThenshesignaledforLangdontopullbacktheshroud.

           Agoodtimetostartpraying,hethought.Reluctantly,hereachedoverhershoulder.Ascarefullyaspossible,hebegantopulltheplasticaside.Itmovedaninchandthencrinkledloudly.Theybothfroze.Silence.Afteramoment,movinginslowmotion,Vittorialeanedforwardandpeeredthroughthenarrowslit.Langdonlookedoverhershoulder.

           Foramoment,neitheroneofthembreathed.

           "Empty,"Vittoriafinallysaid,loweringthegun."We’retoolate."

           Langdondidnothear.Hewasinawe,transportedforaninstanttoanotherworld.Inhislife,hehadneverimaginedachapelthatlookedlikethis.Finishedentirelyinchestnutmarble,theChigiChapelwasbreathtaking.Langdon’strainedeyedevoureditingulps.ItwasasearthlyachapelasLangdoncouldfathom,almostasifGalileoandtheIlluminatihaddesigneditthemselves.

           Overhead,thedomedcupolashonewithafieldofilluminatedstarsandthesevenastronomicalplanets.Belowthatthetwelvesignsofthezodiac—pagan,earthlysymbolsrootedinastronomy.ThezodiacwasalsotieddirectlytoEarth,Air,Fire,Water…thequadrantsrepresentingpower,intellect,ardor,emotion.Earthisforpower,Langdonrecalled.

           Fartherdownthewall,LangdonsawtributestotheEarth’sfourtemporalseasons—primavera,estate,autunno,invérno.Butfarmoreincrediblethananyofthiswerethetwohugestructuresdominatingtheroom.Langdonstaredattheminsilentwonder.Itcan’tbe,hethought.Itjustcan’tbe!Butitwas.

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