Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 107

           Hehadheardofthistunnelmanytimes,neverknowingwhereexactlytheentrancewas.IlPassetto—TheLittlePassage—wasaslender,three-quarter-miletunnelbuiltbetweenCastleSt.AngeloandtheVatican.IthadbeenusedbyvariousPopestoescapetosafetyduringsiegesoftheVatican…aswellasbyafewlesspiousPopestosecretlyvisitmistressesoroverseethetortureoftheirenemies.NowadaysbothendsofthetunnelweresupposedlysealedwithimpenetrablelockswhosekeyswerekeptinsomeVaticanvault.LangdonsuddenlyfearedheknewhowtheIlluminatihadbeenmovinginandoutoftheVatican.Hefoundhimselfwonderingwhoontheinsidehadbetrayedthechurchandcoughedupthekeys.Olivetti?OneoftheSwissGuard?Noneofitmatteredanymore.

           Thebloodonthefloorledtotheoppositeendoftheprison.Langdonfollowed.Here,arustygatehungdrapedwithchains.Thelockhadbeenremovedandthegatestoodajar.Beyondthegatewasasteepascensionofspiralstairs.Thefloorherewasalsomarkedwithapentagramalblock.Langdonstaredattheblock,trembling,wonderingifBerninihimselfhadheldthechiselthathadshapedthesechunks.Overhead,thearchwaywasadornedwithatinycarvedcherub.Thiswasit.

           Thetrailofbloodcurvedupthestairs.

           Beforeascending,Langdonknewheneededaweapon,anyweapon.Hefoundafour-footsectionofironbarnearoneofthecells.Ithadasharp,splinteredend.Althoughabsurdlyheavy,itwasthebesthecoulddo.Hehopedtheelementofsurprise,combinedwiththeHassassin’swound,wouldbeenoughtotipthescalesinhisadvantage.

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