Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 105

           Langdontriedtofollowitsgaze,buthecouldnotseeoverthebuildings.Heclimbedhigher.AquotefromSt.GregoryofNyssaemergedfromhismemorymostunexpectedly.Asthesoulbecomesenlightened…ittakesthebeautifulshapeofthedove.

           Langdonroseheavenward.Towardthedove.Hewasalmostflyingnow.Hereachedtheplatformfromwhichtheobeliskroseandcouldclimbnohigher.Withonelookaround,though,heknewhedidn’thaveto.AllofRomespreadoutbeforehim.Theviewwasstunning.

           Tohisleft,thechaoticmedialightssurroundingSt.Peter’s.Tohisright,thesmokingcupolaofSantaMariadellaVittoria.Infrontofhiminthedistance,PiazzadelPopolo.Beneathhim,thefourthandfinalpoint.Agiantcrossofobelisks.

           Trembling,Langdonlookedtothedoveoverhead.Heturnedandfacedtheproperdirection,andthenheloweredhiseyestotheskyline.

           Inaninstanthesawit.

           Soobvious.Soclear.Sodeviouslysimple.

           Staringatitnow,LangdoncouldnotbelievetheIlluminatilairhadstayedhiddenforsomanyyears.Theentirecityseemedtofadeawayashelookedoutatthemonstrousstonestructureacrosstheriverinfrontofhim.ThebuildingwasasfamousasanyinRome.ItstoodonthebanksoftheTiberRiverdiagonallyadjacenttotheVatican.Thebuilding’sgeometrywasstark—acircularcastle,withinasquarefortress,andthen,outsideitswalls,surroundingtheentirestructure,aparkintheshapeofapentagram.

           Theancientstonerampartsbeforehimweredramaticallylitbysoftfloodlights.Highatopthecastlestoodthemammothbronzeangel

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