Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 79

           Peter’sSquare."Thisiswhereweare.ThecentrallineofWestPonente’sbreathpointsdueeast,directlyawayfromVaticanCity."TheguardtracedalinewithhisfingerfromSt.Peter’sSquareacrosstheTiberRiverandupintotheheartofoldRome."Asyoucansee,thelinepassesthroughalmostallofRome.ThereareabouttwentyCatholicchurchesthatfallnearthisline."

           Langdonslumped."Twenty?"

           "Maybemore."

           "Doanyofthechurchesfalldirectlyontheline?"

           "Somelookcloserthanothers,"theguardsaid,"buttranslatingtheexactbearingoftheWestPonenteontoamapleavesmarginforerror."

           LangdonlookedoutatSt.Peter’sSquareamoment.Thenhescowled,strokinghischin."Howaboutfire?AnyofthemhaveBerniniartworkthathastodowithfire?"

           Silence.

           "Howaboutobelisks?"hedemanded."Areanyofthechurcheslocatednearobelisks?"

           Theguardbegancheckingthemap.

           VittoriasawaglimmerofhopeinLangdon’seyesandrealizedwhathewasthinking.He’sright!Thefirsttwomarkershadbeenlocatedonornearpiazzasthatcontainedobelisks!Maybeobeliskswereatheme?SoaringpyramidsmarkingtheIlluminatipath?ThemoreVittoriathoughtaboutit,themoreperfectitseemed…fourtoweringbeaconsrisingoverRometomarkthealtarsofscience.

           "It’salongshot,"Langdonsaid,"butIknowthatmanyofRome’sobeliskswereerectedormovedduringBernini’sreign.Hewasnodoubtinvolvedintheirplacement."

           "Or,"Vittoriaadded,"Berninicouldhaveplacedhismarkersnearexistingobelisks."

           Langdonnodded."True."

           "Badnews,"theguardsaid."Noobelisksontheline.

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