Chapter 90

           

           LangdonandVittoriaobservedPiazzaBarberinifromtheshadowsofasmallalleywayonthewesterncorner.Thechurchwasoppositethem,ahazycupolaemergingfromafaintclusterofbuildingsacrossthesquare.Thenighthadbroughtwithitawelcomecool,andLangdonwassurprisedtofindthesquaredeserted.Abovethem,throughopenwindows,blaringtelevisionsremindedLangdonwhereeveryonehaddisappearedto.

           "…nocommentyetfromtheVatican…Illuminatimurdersoftwocardinals…satanicpresenceinRome…speculationaboutfurtherinfiltration…"

           ThenewshadspreadlikeNero’sfire.Romesatriveted,asdidtherestoftheworld.Langdonwonderediftheywouldreallybeabletostopthisrunawaytrain.Ashescannedthepiazzaandwaited,Langdonrealizedthatdespitetheencroachmentofmodernbuildings,thepiazzastilllookedremarkablyelliptical.Highabove,likesomesortofmodernshrinetoabygonehero,anenormousneonsignblinkedontheroofofaluxurioushotel.VittoriahadalreadypointeditouttoLangdon.Thesignseemedeerilybefitting.

           HOTELBERNINI

           "Fiveoften,"Vittoriasaid,cateyesdartingaroundthesquare.NosoonerhadshespokenthewordsthanshegrabbedLangdon’sarmandpulledhimbackintotheshadows.Shemotionedintothecenterofthesquare.

           Langdonfollowedhergaze.Whenhesawit,hestiffened.

           Crossinginfrontofthem,beneathastreetlamp,twodarkfiguresappeared.Bothwerecloaked,theirheadscoveredwithdarkmantles,thetraditionalblackcoveringofCatholicwidows.Langdonwouldhaveguessedtheywerewomen,buthecouldn’tbesureinthedark.

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