Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 105

           Still,Langdonventured,maybeBerninihadcarvedanadditionalsymbol?Onethatwouldgounnoticedamongallthehieroglyphs?

           Feelingashimmerofhope,Langdoncircumnavigatedthefountainonemoretimeandstudiedallfourfaçadesoftheobelisk.Ittookhimtwominutes,andwhenhereachedtheendofthefinalface,hishopessank.Nothinginthehieroglyphsstoodoutasanykindofaddition.Certainlynoangels.

           Langdoncheckedhiswatch.Itwaselevenonthedot.Hecouldn’ttellwhethertimewasflyingorcrawling.ImagesofVittoriaandtheHassassinstartedtoswirlhauntinglyasLangdonclamberedhiswayaroundthefountain,thefrustrationmountingashefranticallycompletedyetanotherfruitlesscircle.Beatenandexhausted,Langdonfeltreadytocollapse.Hethrewbackhisheadtoscreamintothenight.

           Thesoundjammedinhisthroat.

           Langdonwasstaringstraightuptheobelisk.Theobjectperchedattheverytopwasonehehadseenearlierandignored.Now,however,itstoppedhimshort.Itwasnotanangel.Farfromit.Infact,hehadnotevenperceiveditaspartofBernini’sfountain.Hethoughtitwasalivingcreature,anotheroneofthecity’sscavengersperchedonaloftytower.

           Apigeon.

           Langdonsquintedskywardattheobject,hisvisionblurredbytheglowingmistaroundhim.Itwasapigeon,wasn’tit?Hecouldclearlyseetheheadandbeaksilhouettedagainstaclusterofstars.AndyetthebirdhadnotbudgedsinceLangdon’sarrival,evenwiththebattlebelow.ThebirdsatnowexactlyasithadbeenwhenLangdonenteredthesquare.

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