Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 96

           

           Regrouping,heplacedthetaperededgeoftheboneagainstthecrack,andshiftinghisbody,hewedgedtheboneagainsthisshoulder,pinningitinplace.Carefulnottodislodgeit,heraisedbothhandsabovehim.Asthestiflingconfinebegantosmotherhim,hefeltawellingofintensifiedpanic.Itwasthesecondtimetodayhehadbeentrappedwithnoair.Holleringaloud,Langdonthrustupwardinoneexplosivemotion.Thecasketjostledoffthefloorforaninstant.Butlongenough.Theboneshardhehadbracedagainsthisshoulderslippedoutwardintothewideningcrack.Whenthecasketfellagain,theboneshattered.ButthistimeLangdoncouldseethecasketwasproppedup.Atinyslitoflightshowedbeneaththerim.

           Exhausted,Langdoncollapsed.Hopingthestranglingsensationinhisthroatwouldpass,hewaited.Butitonlyworsenedasthesecondspassed.Whateverairwascomingthroughtheslitseemedimperceptible.Langdonwonderedifitwouldbeenoughtokeephimalive.Andifso,forhowlong?Ifhepassedout,whowouldknowhewaseveninthere?

           Witharmslikelead,Langdonraisedhiswatchagain:10:12P.M.Fightingtremblingfingers,hefumbledwiththewatchandmadehisfinalplay.Hetwistedoneofthetinydialsandpressedabutton.

           Asconsciousnessfaded,andthewallssqueezedcloser,Langdonfelttheoldfearssweepoverhim.Hetriedtoimagine,ashehadsomanytimes,thathewasinanopenfield.Theimageheconjured,however,wasnohelp.

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