Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 86

           Then,withathunderingofbooksslidingofftheshelves,Langdonandtheshelfwerefallingforward.

           Halfwaytotheground,theshelfhitthestacknexttoit.Langdonhungon,throwinghisweightforward,urgingthesecondshelftotopple.Therewasamomentofmotionlesspanic,andthen,creakingundertheweight,thesecondstackbegantotip.Langdonwasfallingagain.

           Likeenormousdominoes,thestacksbegantotopple,oneafteranother.Metalonmetal,bookstumblingeverywhere.Langdonheldonashisinclinedstackbounceddownwardlikearatchetonajack.Hewonderedhowmanystackstherewereinall.Howmuchwouldtheyweigh?Theglassatthefarendwasthick…

           Langdon’sstackhadfallenalmosttothehorizontalwhenheheardwhathewaswaitingfor—adifferentkindofcollision.Faroff.Attheendofthevault.Thesharpsmackofmetalonglass.Thevaultaroundhimshook,andLangdonknewthefinalstack,weighteddownbytheothers,hadhittheglasshard.ThesoundthatfollowedwasthemostunwelcomesoundLangdonhadeverheard.

           Silence.

           Therewasnocrashingofglass,onlytheresoundingthudasthewallacceptedtheweightofthestacksnowproppedagainstit.Helaywide-eyedonthepileofbooks.Somewhereinthedistancetherewasacreaking.Langdonwouldhaveheldhisbreathtolisten,buthehadnonelefttohold.

           Onesecond.Two…

           Then,asheteeteredonthebrinkofunconsciousness,Langdonheardadistantyielding…aripplespideringoutwardthroughtheglass.Suddenly,likeacannon,theglassexploded.ThestackbeneathLangdoncollapsedtothefloor

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