Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 65

           Oneithersideofthechapel,inperfectsymmetry,weretwoten-foot-highmarblepyramids.

           "Idon’tseeacardinal,"Vittoriawhispered."Oranassassin."Shepulledasidetheplasticandsteppedin.

           Langdon’seyesweretransfixedonthepyramids.WhatarepyramidsdoinginsideaChristianchapel?Andincredibly,therewasmore.Deadcenterofeachpyramid,embeddedintheiranteriorfaçades,weregoldmedallions…medallionslikefewLangdonhadeverseen…perfectellipses.Theburnisheddisksglimmeredinthesettingsunasitsiftedthroughthecupola.Galileo’sellipses?Pyramids?Acupolaofstars?TheroomhadmoreIlluminatisignificancethananyroomLangdoncouldhavefabricatedinhismind.

           "Robert,"Vittoriablurted,hervoicecracking."Look!"

           Langdonwheeled,realityreturningashiseyesdroppedtowhereshewaspointing."Bloodyhell!"heshouted,jumpingbackward.

           Sneeringupatthemfromthefloorwastheimageofaskeleton—anintricatelydetailed,marblemosaicdepicting"deathinflight."Theskeletonwascarryingatabletportrayingthesamepyramidandstarstheyhadseenoutside.Itwasnottheimage,however,thathadturnedLangdon’sbloodcold.Itwasthefactthatthemosaicwasmountedonacircularstone—acupermento—thathadbeenliftedoutofthefloorlikeamanholecoverandwasnowsittingofftoonesideofadarkopeninginthefloor.

           "Demon’shole,"Langdongasped.Hehadbeensotakenwiththeceilinghehadnotevenseenit.Tentativelyhemovedtowardthepit.Thestenchcomingupwasoverwhelming.

           Vittoriaputahandoverhermouth."Chepuzzo.

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