Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 69

           Bydefault,BerniniwastheIlluminati’sunknownmaster;nobodyelsehadcontributedartworktothischapel!TheimplicationscamealmosttoofastforLangdontoprocess.

           BerniniwasanIlluminatus.

           BerninidesignedtheIlluminatiambigrams.

           BerninilaidoutthepathofIllumination.

           Langdoncouldbarelyspeak.CoulditbethathereinthistinyChigiChapel,theworld-renownedBerninihadplacedasculpturethatpointedacrossRometowardthenextaltarofscience?

           "Bernini,"hesaid."Ineverwouldhaveguessed."

           "WhootherthanafamousVaticanartistwouldhavehadtheclouttoputhisartworkinspecificCatholicchapelsaroundRomeandcreatethePathofIllumination?Certainlynotanunknown."

           Langdonconsideredit.Helookedatthepyramids,wonderingifoneofthemcouldsomehowbethemarker.Maybebothofthem?"Thepyramidsfaceoppositedirections,"Langdonsaid,notsurewhattomakeofthem."Theyarealsoidentical,soIdon’tknowwhich…"

           "Idon’tthinkthepyramidsarewhatwe’relookingfor."

           "Butthey’retheonlysculptureshere."

           VittoriacuthimoffbypointingtowardOlivettiandsomeofhisguardswhoweregatherednearthedemon’shole.

           Langdonfollowedthelineofherhandtothefarwall.Atfirsthesawnothing.Thensomeonemovedandhecaughtaglimpse.Whitemarble.Anarm.Atorso.Andthenasculptedface.Partiallyhiddeninitsniche.Twolife-sizehumanfiguresintertwined.Langdon’spulseaccelerated.Hehadbeensotakenwiththepyramidsanddemon’shole,hehadnotevenseenthissculpture.Hemovedacrosstheroom,throughthecrowd.

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