Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 120

           Theexplanation,whenitdawnedonhim,sentshiverstohiscore.ThetopographybeneathhisfeetwasthatofChrist’stime.HewasrunninguptheoriginalVaticanHill!LangdonhadheardVaticanscholarsclaimthatSt.Peter’stombwasnearthetopofVaticanHill,andhehadalwayswonderedhowtheyknew.Nowheunderstood.Thedamnhillisstillhere!

           Langdonfeltlikehewasrunningthroughthepagesofhistory.SomewhereaheadwasSt.Peter’stomb—theChristianrelic.Itwashardtoimaginethattheoriginalgravehadbeenmarkedonlywithamodestshrine.Notanymore.AsPeter’seminencespread,newshrineswerebuiltontopoftheold,andnow,thehomagestretched440feetoverheadtothetopofMichelangelo’sdome,theapexpositioneddirectlyovertheoriginaltombwithinafractionofaninch.

           Theycontinuedascendingthesinuouspassages.Langdoncheckedhiswatch.Eightminutes.HewasbeginningtowonderifheandVittoriawouldbejoiningthedeceasedherepermanently.

           "Lookout!"Glickyelledfrombehindthem."Snakeholes!"

           Langdonsawitintime.Aseriesofsmallholesriddledthepathbeforethem.Heleapt,justclearingthem.

           Vittoriajumpedtoo,barelyavoidingthenarrowhollows.Shelookeduneasyastheyranon."Snakeholes?"

           "Snackholes,actually,"Langdoncorrected."Trustme,youdon’twanttoknow."Theholes,hehadjustrealized,werelibationtubes.TheearlyChristianshadbelievedintheresurrectionoftheflesh,andthey’dusedtheholestoliterally"feedthedead"bypouringmilkandhoneyintocryptsbeneaththefloor.

           Thecamerlegnofeltweak.

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