Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 65

           Whenhefinallyopenedhiseyesagain,theimagebeforehimwastotallyinexplicable.

           Hewasnowstaringatacryptbathedinaneeriebluishlight.Afainthissingsoundreverberatedinhisears.Lightflickeredonthesteepwallsoftheshaft.Suddenly,alongshadowmaterializedoverhim.Startled,Langdonscrambledup.

           "Lookout!"someoneexclaimedbehindhim.

           BeforeLangdoncouldturn,hefeltasharppainonthebackofhisneck.HespuntoseeVittoriatwistingalitblowtorchawayfromhim,thehissingflamethrowingbluelightaroundthechapel.

           Langdongrabbedhisneck."Whatthehellareyoudoing?"

           "Iwasgivingyousomelight,"shesaid."Youbackedrightintome."

           Langdonglaredattheportableblowtorchinherhand.

           "BestIcoulddo,"shesaid."Noflashlights."

           Langdonrubbedhisneck."Ididn’thearyoucomein."

           Vittoriahandedhimthetorch,wincingagainatthestenchofthecrypt."Youthinkthosefumesarecombustible?"

           "Let’shopenot."

           Hetookthetorchandmovedslowlytowardthehole.Cautiously,headvancedtotherimandpointedtheflamedownintothehole,lightingthesidewall.Ashedirectedthelight,hiseyestracedtheoutlineofthewalldownward.Thecryptwascircularandabouttwentyfeetacross.Thirtyfeetdown,theglowfoundthefloor.Thegroundwasdarkandmottled.Earthy.ThenLangdonsawthebody.

           Hisinstinctwastorecoil."He’shere,"Langdonsaid,forcinghimselfnottoturnaway.Thefigurewasapallidoutlineagainsttheearthenfloor."Ithinkhe’sbeenstrippednaked."LangdonflashedonthenudecorpseofLeonardoVetra

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