Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 106

           

           LangdonknewthroughthecenturiesthebuildinghadbeenusedbytheVaticanasatomb,afortress,apapalhideout,aprisonforenemiesofthechurch,andamuseum.Apparently,thecastlehadothertenantsaswell—theIlluminati.Somehowitmadeeeriesense.AlthoughthecastlewaspropertyoftheVatican,itwasusedonlysporadically,andBerninihadmadenumerousrenovationstoitovertheyears.Thebuildingwasnowrumoredtobehoneycombedwithsecretentries,passageways,andhiddenchambers.LangdonhadlittledoubtthattheangelandsurroundingpentagonalparkwereBernini’sdoingaswell.

           Arrivingatthecastle’selephantinedoubledoors,Langdonshovedthemhard.Notsurprisingly,theywereimmovable.Twoironknockershungateyelevel.Langdondidn’tbother.Hesteppedback,hiseyesclimbingthesheerouterwall.TheserampartshadfendedoffarmiesofBerbers,heathens,andMoors.Somehowhesensedhischancesofbreakinginwereslim.

           Vittoria,Langdonthought.Areyouinthere?

           Langdonhurriedaroundtheouterwall.Theremustbeanotherentrance!

           Roundingthesecondbulwarktothewest,LangdonarrivedbreathlessinasmallparkingareaoffLungotereAngelo.Onthiswallhefoundasecondcastleentrance,adrawbridge-typeingress,raisedandsealedshut.Langdongazedupwardagain.

           Theonlylightsonthecastlewereexteriorfloodsilluminatingthefaçade.Allthetinywindowsinsideseemedblack.Langdon’seyesclimbedhigher.Attheverypeakofthecentraltower,ahundredfeetabove,directlybeneaththeangel’ssword,asinglebalconyprotruded.

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