Chapter 84

           

           Thedarklightsglowedhotinsidethearchivalvault.ThisvaultwasmuchsmallerthanthepreviousoneLangdonhadbeenin.Lessair.Lesstime.Hewishedhe’daskedOlivettitoturnontherecirculatingfans.

           LangdonquicklylocatedthesectionofassetscontainingtheledgerscatalogingBelleArti.Thesectionwasimpossibletomiss.Itoccupiedalmosteightfullstacks.TheCatholicchurchownedmillionsofindividualpiecesworldwide.

           LangdonscannedtheshelvessearchingforGianlorenzoBernini.Hebeganhissearchaboutmidwaydownthefirststack,ataboutthespothethoughttheB’swouldbegin.Afteramomentofpanicfearingtheledgerwasmissing,herealized,tohisgreaterdismay,thattheledgerswerenotarrangedalphabetically.WhyamInotsurprised?

           ItwasnotuntilLangdoncircledbacktothebeginningofthecollectionandclimbedarollingladdertothetopshelfthatheunderstoodthevault’sorganization.Perchedprecariouslyontheupperstackshefoundthefattestledgersofall—thosebelongingtothemastersoftheRenaissance—Michelangelo,Raphael,daVinci,Botticelli.Langdonnowrealized,appropriatetoavaultcalled"VaticanAssets,"theledgerswerearrangedbytheoverallmonetaryvalueofeachartist’scollection.SandwichedbetweenRaphaelandMichelangelo,LangdonfoundtheledgermarkedBernini.Itwasoverfiveinchesthick.

           Alreadyshortofbreathandstrugglingwiththecumbersomevolume,Langdondescendedtheladder.Then,likeakidwithacomicbook,hespreadhimselfoutonthefloorandopenedthecover.

           Thebookwascloth-boundandverysolid.

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