Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 85

           Vittoriarecalledthecamerlegnospeakingthosewordsinreferencetothecardinalwhohad"saved"himfromthearmy.Now,however,Vittoriaunderstoodtherestofthestory.Thatverycardinalwhohadtakenthecamerlegnounderhiswinghadapparentlylaterrisentothepapacyandbroughtwithhimhisyoungprotégétoserveaschamberlain.

           Thatexplainsalot,Vittoriathought.Shehadalwayspossessedawell-tunedperceptionforothers’inneremotions,andsomethingaboutthecamerlegnohadbeennaggingherallday.Sincemeetinghim,shehadsensedananguishmoresoulfulandprivatethantheoverwhelmingcrisishenowfaced.Behindhispiouscalm,shesawamantormentedbypersonaldemons.Nowsheknewherinstinctshadbeencorrect.NotonlywashefacingthemostdevastatingthreatinVaticanhistory,buthewasdoingitwithouthismentorandfriend…flyingsolo.

           Theguardsslowednow,asifunsurewhereexactlyinthedarknessthemostrecentPopewasburied.Thecamerlegnocontinuedassuredlyandstoppedbeforeamarbletombthatseemedtoglistenbrighterthantheothers.LyingatopwasacarvedfigureofthelatePope.WhenVittoriarecognizedhisfacefromtelevision,ashotoffeargrippedher.Whatarewedoing?

           "Irealizewedonothavemuchtime,"thecamerlegnosaid."Istillaskwetakeamomentofprayer."

           TheSwissGuardallbowedtheirheadswheretheywerestanding.Vittoriafollowedsuit,herheartpoundinginthesilence.ThecamerlegnokneltbeforethetombandprayedinItalian.

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