Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 134

           Thenheturned,lookingbackupthestairs.

           God’smeaningwasclear.

           ThreeminuteshadpassedinthechaotichallwaysoutsidetheSistineChapel,andstillnobodycouldlocatethecamerlegno.Itwasasifthemanhadbeenswallowedupbythenight.Mortatiwasabouttodemandafull-scalesearchofVaticanCitywhenaroarofjubilationeruptedoutsideinSt.Peter’sSquare.Thespontaneouscelebrationofthecrowdwastumultuous.Thecardinalsallexchangedstartledlooks.

           Mortaticlosedhiseyes."Godhelpus."

           Forthesecondtimethatevening,theCollegeofCardinalsfloodedontoSt.Peter’sSquare.LangdonandVittoriaweresweptupinthejostlingcrowdofcardinals,andtheytooemergedintothenightair.Themedialightsandcameraswereallpivotedtowardthebasilica.Andthere,havingjuststeppedontothesacredPapalBalconylocatedintheexactcenterofthetoweringfaçade,CamerlegnoCarloVentrescastoodwithhisarmsraisedtotheheavens.Evenfaraway,helookedlikepurityincarnate.Afigurine.Dressedinwhite.Floodedwithlight.

           Theenergyinthesquareseemedtogrowlikeacrestingwave,andallatoncetheSwissGuardbarriersgaveway.Themassesstreamedtowardthebasilicainaeuphorictorrentofhumanity.Theonslaughtrushedforward—peoplecrying,singing,mediacamerasflashing.Pandemonium.Asthepeoplefloodedinaroundthefrontofthebasilica,thechaosintensified,untilitseemednothingcouldstopit.

           Andthensomethingdid.

           Highabove,thecamerlegnomadethesmallestofgestures.Hefoldedhishandsbeforehim.Thenhebowedhisheadinsilentprayer.

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