Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 113

           Wassomeonetrappedinthelibrary?HadtheSwissGuardnotproperlyevacuatedthebuilding?Chartrandhesitated,wonderingifheshouldgobackandconsultRocher.Thehellwiththat.Chartrandhadbeentrainedtomakedecisions,andhewouldmakeonenow.Hepulledouthissidearmandfiredasingleshotintothedoorlatch.Thewoodexploded,andthedoorswungopen.

           BeyondthethresholdChartrandsawnothingbutblackness.Heshonehisflashlight.Theroomwasrectangular—orientalcarpets,highoakshelvespackedwithbooks,astitchedleathercouch,andamarblefireplace.Chartrandhadheardstoriesofthisplace—threethousandancientvolumessidebysidewithhundredsofcurrentmagazinesandperiodicals,anythingHisHolinessrequested.Thecoffeetablewascoveredwithjournalsofscienceandpolitics.

           Thebangingwasclearernow.Chartrandshonehislightacrosstheroomtowardthesound.Onthefarwall,beyondthesittingarea,wasahugedoormadeofiron.Itlookedimpenetrableasavault.Ithadfourmammothlocks.ThetinyetchedlettersdeadcenterofthedoortookChartrand’sbreathaway.

           ILPASSETTO

           Chartrandstared.ThePope’ssecretescaperoute!ChartrandhadcertainlyheardofIlPassetto,andhehadevenheardrumorsthatithadoncehadanentrancehereinthelibrary,butthetunnelhadnotbeenusedinages!Whocouldbebangingontheotherside?

           Chartrandtookhisflashlightandrappedonthedoor.Therewasamuffledexultationfromtheotherside.Thebangingstopped,andthevoicesyelledlouder.Chartrandcouldbarelymakeouttheirwordsthroughthebarricade.

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