Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 107

           Mostofall,though,hehopedhewasnottoolate.

           Thestaircase’sspiraltreadswerewornandtwistedsteeplyupward.Langdonascended,listeningforsounds.None.Asheclimbed,thelightfromtheprisonareafadedaway.Heascendedintothetotaldarkness,keepingonehandonthewall.Higher.Intheblackness,LangdonsensedtheghostofGalileo,climbingtheseverystairs,eagertosharehisvisionsofheavenwithothermenofscienceandfaith.

           Langdonwasstillinastateofshockoverthelocationofthelair.TheIlluminatimeetinghallwasinabuildingownedbytheVatican.NodoubtwhiletheVaticanguardswereoutsearchingbasementsandhomesofwell-knownscientists,theIlluminatiweremeetinghere…rightundertheVatican’snose.Itsuddenlyseemedsoperfect.Bernini,asheadarchitectofrenovationshere,wouldhavehadunlimitedaccesstothisstructure…remodelingittohisownspecificationswithnoquestionsasked.HowmanysecretentrieshadBerniniadded?Howmanysubtleembellishmentspointingtheway?

           TheChurchofIllumination.Langdonknewhewasclose.

           Asthestairsbegannarrowing,Langdonfeltthepassageclosingaroundhim.Theshadowsofhistorywerewhisperinginthedark,buthemovedon.Whenhesawthehorizontalshaftoflightbeforehim,herealizedhewasstandingafewstepsbeneathalanding,wheretheglowoftorchlightspilledoutbeneaththethresholdofadoorinfrontofhim.Silentlyhemovedup.

           Langdonhadnoideawhereinthecastlehewasrightnow,butheknewhehadclimbedfarenoughtobenearthepeak.

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