Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 13

           Ithasmovedfromthebattlefieldstotheboardrooms,butitisstillraging."

           LangdonrealizedKohlerwasright.JustlastweektheHarvardSchoolofDivinityhadmarchedontheBiologyBuilding,protestingthegeneticengineeringtakingplaceinthegraduateprogram.ThechairmanoftheBioDepartment,famedornithologistRichardAaronian,defendedhiscurriculumbyhangingahugebannerfromhisofficewindow.ThebannerdepictedtheChristian"fish"modifiedwithfourlittlefeet—atribute,Aaronianclaimed,totheAfricanlungfishes’evolutionontodryland.Beneaththefish,insteadoftheword"Jesus,"wastheproclamation"Darwin!"

           Asharpbeepingsoundcuttheair,andLangdonlookedup.Kohlerreacheddownintothearrayofelectronicsonhiswheelchair.Heslippedabeeperoutofitsholderandreadtheincomingmessage.

           "Good.ThatisLeonardo’sdaughter.Ms.Vetraisarrivingatthehelipadrightnow.Wewillmeetherthere.Ithinkitbestshenotcomeuphereandseeherfatherthisway."

           Langdonagreed.Itwouldbeashocknochilddeserved.

           "IwillaskMs.Vetratoexplaintheprojectsheandherfatherhavebeenworkingon…perhapssheddinglightonwhyhewasmurdered."

           "YouthinkVetra’sworkiswhyhewaskilled?"

           "Quitepossibly.Leonardotoldmehewasworkingonsomethinggroundbreaking.Thatisallhesaid.Hehadbecomeverysecretiveabouttheproject.Hehadaprivatelabanddemandedseclusion,whichIgladlyaffordedhimonaccountofhisbrilliance.Hisworkhadbeenconsuminghugeamountsofelectricpowerlately,butIrefrainedfromquestioninghim

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