Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 100

           Improbably,thethreechurchesseemedtobeseparatedsystematically,inanenormouscity-widetriangle.Langdondouble-checked.Hewasnotimaginingthings."Penna,"hesaidsuddenly,withoutlookingup.

           Someonehandedhimaballpointpen.

           Langdoncircledthethreechurches.Hispulsequickened.Hetriple-checkedhismarkings.Asymmetricaltriangle!

           Langdon’sfirstthoughtwasfortheGreatSealontheone-dollarbill—thetrianglecontainingtheall-seeingeye.Butitdidn’tmakesense.Hehadmarkedonlythreepoints.Thereweresupposedtobefourinall.

           SowherethehellisWater?Langdonknewthatanywhereheplacedthefourthpoint,thetrianglewouldbedestroyed.Theonlyoptiontoretainthesymmetrywastoplacethefourthmarkerinsidethetriangle,atthecenter.Helookedatthespotonthemap.Nothing.Theideabotheredhimanyway.Thefourelementsofsciencewereconsideredequal.Waterwasnotspecial;Waterwouldnotbeatthecenteroftheothers.

           Still,hisinstincttoldhimthesystematicarrangementcouldnotpossiblybeaccidental.I’mnotyetseeingthewholepicture.Therewasonlyonealternative.Thefourpointsdidnotmakeatriangle;theymadesomeothershape.

           Langdonlookedatthemap.Asquare,perhaps?Althoughasquaremadenosymbolicsense,squaresweresymmetricalatleast.Langdonputhisfingeronthemapatoneofthepointsthatwouldturnthetriangleintoasquare.Hesawimmediatelythataperfectsquarewasimpossible.Theanglesoftheoriginaltrianglewereobliqueandcreatedmoreofadistortedquadrilateral.

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