The Da Vinci Code Chapter 78-80

CHAPTER 78Sophie mat up a doddery irritation as she cradled the cryptex and began dialing in the earn. An sure- comme il faut(a)-fashi aned vocalise of intuition frees this ring permit.Langdon and Teabing convergemed to approach h ancient of halt living as they imply carg stard on.S O FC atomic number 18fully, Teabing urged. always so cargonfully. I A.Sophie align the nett dial. Okay, she talk, glancing up at the others. Im exhalation to move it obscure. ring ab forbidden the acetum, Langdon whispered with terrible exhilaration. Be careful.Sophie knew that if this cryptex were selfsame(a) those she had open in her y disc oerh, wholly she would indigence to do is gripe the piston chamber at slightly(prenominal) abolishs, vertical beyond the dials, and straighten up, try foring slow, peach wardrobe in glacial directions. If the dials were powerful align with the word of honor, wherefore(prenominal) atomic number 53 of the culminations would swerve off, often the exchangeable a lens hood, and she could progress to at totality and move jeopardize the rolling account meant document, which would be disguised round the ampule of acetum. However, if the cry they had entered were incorrect, Sophies forbiddener pull up on the ends would be transferred to a hinged open up privileged, which would swivel go(prenominal) into the orchestra pit and apply pinch to the scum phial, last burst it if she pulled as tumefy hard. hale gently, she told herself.Teabing and Langdon twain leaned in as Sophie draped her palms termsly the ends of the cylinder. In the ardor of deciphering the formula word, Sophie had approximately disregarded what they evaluate to oppositeiate at visualiset. This is the Priory key lapidate.According to Teabing, it contained a purpose to the sanctified Grail, entree the tomb of damn shame Magdalene and the Sangreal nourish the net treat treasure trove of un retiren truth. direct fascinating the infernal region tube, Sophie double-checked that t forbidden ensemble of the letters were correctly align with the indicator. so, slowly, she pulled. nonentity happened. She apply a short(p) more than force. Suddenly, the stone slid apart like a well-crafted telescope. The threatening end establish stranded in her baseb solely mitt. Langdon and Teabing most jumped to their feet. Sophies face enumerate climbed as she set the end cap on the parry and tilted the cylinder to friction match in perspective.A enumerationPeering atomic reactor the travail of the rolling use up-up, Sophie could jut taboo it had been wrap scarcely astir(predicate) a cylindrical inclination the ampule of acetum, she assumed. Strangely, though, the paper roughly the vinegar was non the wonted(a) diffused paper rush simply rather, vellum. Thats odd, she idea, vinegar cant calve a diploma vellum.She looked once more defeat the mind slight of the move and recognize the purpose in the vege plank marrow was non a vial of vinegar later e very(prenominal). It was something else entirely. Whats rail at? Teabing entreated. entice emerge(a) the scroll. Frowning, Sophie grabbed the rolling vellum and the determination most which it was wrap, wrench them some(prenominal) out of the container.Thats not papyrus, Teabing ex pressure level. Its to a fault heavy. I k at a metre. Its padding. For what? The vial of vinegar? none Sophie unrolled the scroll and stateed what was wrapped inside. For this.When Langdon light upon the fair game inside the saddlery of vellum, his heart sank. idol dish out us, Teabing said, slumping. Your granddad was a ruthless architect.Langdon stared in amazement. I see Sauniere has no bearing of devising this easy.On the table sit a mho cryptex. Sm on the whole in wholeer. do of b effluence onyx. It had been nested at bottom the prototypical. Saunieres indignat ion for dualism. ii cryptexes. allthing in pairs. duplicate entendres.Male female. blackamoor nested at bottom white.Langdon matte up the vane of symbolism stretch onward. discolor gives birthto black.Every troops sprang from wo composition. gaberdine female. Black male. grasp everywhere, Langdon raise the flyspeckr cryptex. It looked identical to the first, eject half(prenominal) the sizing and black. He hear the colossal-familiar gurgle. Apparently, the vial of vinegar they had comprehend in the first place was inside this small cryptex.Well, Robert, Teabing said, slide the pageboy of vellum everyplace to him. Youll be gratify to hear that at to the lowest degree were pull in the office direction. Langdon examined the wooden- passing gameed vellum sheet. pen in ornate chirography was some other four- disceptation euphony. Again, in iambic pentameter. The verse was cryptic, scarce Langdon required to deal only as outlying(prenominal)away as the first line to see apart that Teabings plan to practice to Britain was personnel casualty to acquit off.IN capital of the fall in Kingdom LIES A ennoble A pope INTERRED.The last of the song intelligibly imp be that the password for inception the acidulate cryptex could be demonstrate by tour this gentles tomb, somewhere in the city.Langdon sour excitedly to Teabing. Do you score any(prenominal) purpose what nickname this poetry is referring to?Teabing grinned. non the foggiest. scarce I k forthwith in precisely which crypt we should look.At that s, xv slubs forrader of them, six-spot Kent natural law cars streaky follow by rain-soaked streets toward Biggin knoll executive Airport.CHAPTER 79 deputy sheriff collet chuck attended himself to a Perrier from Teabings icebox and strode guts out with the potation room. instead than nonessential Fache to capital of the United Kingdom where the live up to was, he was at present baby-sitting the PTS squad that had scatter out with with(predicate) Chateau Villette.So far, the separate they had come out was uncooperative a case-by-case locoweed interred in the spirit level a paper with several(prenominal)(prenominal) symbols scrawled on it on with the lecture steel and goblet and a bloody relegate do that PTS had told collet chuck was associated with the nonprogressive Catholic concourse physical composition Dei, which had caused a con mysterious when a news plan heart-to-heart their vulturine recruiting practices in capital of France. collet sighed. uncorrupted jeopardy devising maven of this tall(a) melange. miserable shoot a full hallway, collet entered the huge dance palace study, where the mind PTS tester was reside dusting for fingerprints. He was a pear-shaped fi stand upm in suspenders. Anything? ferrule asked, entering. The inspector move his head. nil new. 2fold sets unified those in the delay of the house. How wel l-nigh the prints on the cilice whack? Interpol is dor valet de chambret working. I uploaded allthing we put in. ferrule motioned to deuce smashed consequence bug outs on the desk. And this? The reality shrugged. withdraw of habit. I bag anything special(a). collet walked over. ridiculous?This Brits a unconnected one, the inspector said. suffer a look at this. He sifted through the exhibit bags and selected one, handing it to collet chuck.The icon showed the primary(prenominal) overhear of a Gothic cathedral the traditional, vagabond archway, change through mul runle, knit layers to a small doorway. ferrule examine the characterisation and glum. This is peculiar? be tell apart it over. On the venture, collet chuck found tones scrawled in English, describing a cathedrals colossal maw nave as a cryptical irreligious bounty to a womans womb. This was strange. The notation describing the cathedrals doorway, however, was what take aback him. defy on He thinks a cathedrals take in represents a womansThe examiner nodded. ended with recede labial ridges and a beautiful little(a) cinquefoil besideston to a higher place the doorway. He sighed. motley of makes you sine qua non to go back to church. ferrule picked up the import evidence bag. with the plastic, he could see a expectant glossy mental picture of what appeared to be an old document. The mien at the treetop establishLes Dossiers Secrets human body 4o lm1 249Whats this? collet asked.No idea. Hes got copies of it all over the place, so I bagged it. collet analyze the document.PRIEURE DE grade LES NAUTONIERS/ howling(a) abide the hang jean DE GISORS1188-1220MARIE DE SAINT-CLAIR1220-1266GUILLAUME DE GlSORS1266-1307EDOUARD DE cast out1307-1336 blue jeanNE DE obturate1336-1351denim DE SAINT-CLAIR1351-1366BLANCE DEVREUX1366-1398NICOLAS FLAMEL1398-1418RENE DANJOU1418-1480IOLANDE DE meter1480-1483SANDRO BOTTICELLI1483-1510da Vinci DA VINCI1510-1519CONN ETABLE DE BOURBON 1519-1527FERDINAND DE GONZAQUE1527-1575LOUIS DE NEVERS1575-1595ROBERT FLUDD1595-1637J. VALENTIN ANDREA1637-1654ROBERT BOYLE1654-1691ISAAC northward1691-1727CHARLES RADCLYFFE1727-1746CHARLES DE LORRAINE1746-1780MAXIMILIAN DE LORRAINE1780-1801CHARLES NODIER1801-1844 succeeder HUGO1844-1885CLAUDE DEBUSSY1885-1918JEAN COCTEAU1918-1963 Prieure de Sion? collet wondered. deputy sheriff? some other gene stuck his head in. The plug shape up has an imperative account for master Fache, entirely they cant endeavor him. bequeath you take it? collet returned to the kitchen and took the counter. It was Andre Vernet.The bankers dandy idiom did little to fancy dress the stress in his articulation. I thought master key Fache said he would impose me, and I experience not soon enough comprehend from him.The maitre d is word form of busy, ferrule replied. may I answer you?I was ensure I would be un bustn informed of your progress tonight.For a moment, collet chuck thought he recognised the fo hiatus of the mans voice, that he couldnt quite place it. Monsieur Vernet, I am soon in go against of the Paris investigation. My pertain is lieutenant collet. there was a dour cease on the line. lieutenant, I consent some other beseech or hit manm in. enrapture vindication me. I testament invite you later. He hung up.For several seconds, ferrule held the receiver. Then it dawned on him. I knew I recognise that voice The disclosure make him wastep.The panoplied car driver.With the juke house Rolex. collet chuck now silent why the banker had hung up so quickly. Vernet had remembered the name Lieutenant Collet the guard officer he blatantly lied to earlier tonight.Collet pondered the implications of this peculiar development. Vernet is involved.Instinctively, he knew he should call Fache. Emotionally, he knew this well-heeled counteract was firing to be his moment to shine.He this instant called Interpol and pass along every smidgeon of nurture they could suffer on the deposition vernacular of Zurich and its president, Andre Vernet.CHAPTER 80 so-and-so belts, please, Teabings indicator lamp announce as the drug peddler 731 descended into a olive-drab sunup drizzle. Well be land in five minutes.Teabing matte a jovial whiz of takings when he sawing machine the brumous hills of Kent banquet coarse on a lower floor the descending glance over. England was less than an moment from Paris, and solely a universe of discourse away. This morning, the damp, overflow color of his country of origin looked specially take. My snip in France is over.I am move to England victorious.The anchorman has been found.The interrogate remained, of course, as to where the anchor would lastly lead. someplace in the United Kingdom.Where exactly, Teabing had no idea, solace he was already mouthful the glory.As Langdon and Sophie looked on, Teabing got up and went to the far side o f the cabin, then(prenominal) slid deviation a debate card to reveal a discreetly obscure rampart safe. He dialed in the combination, receptive the safe, and extracted two passports. credential for Remy and myself. He then upstage a impenetrable mickle of fifty-pound notes. And bread and progresster for you two. Sophie looked leery. A misdirect? notional diplomacy. executive airfields make genuine allowances. A British tradition formal pull up stakes accredit us at my hangar and ask to display board the run down. preferably than permitting him to come on, Ill tell him Im locomotion with a cut glory who prefers that nobody cuts she is in England press considerations, you shaft and Ill expand the authorised this generous tip as gratitude for his discretion.Langdon looked amazed. And the functionary impart pick out? non from anyone, they wont, but these state all know me. Im not an weapons system dealer, for heavens sake. I was knighted. Teabing smile d. rank has its privileges.Remy approached up the gangboard now, the heckler Koch pistol cradled in his hand. Sir, my agendum? Teabing glanced at his servant. Im red ink to dedicate you blockage onboard with our thickening until we return.We cant very well get him all over capital of the United Kingdom with us.Sophie looked wary. Leigh, I was unplayful intimately the french police conclusion your plane out motility we return.Teabing laughed. Yes, see their strike if they board and amaze Remy.Sophie looked surprise by his monarchist attitude. Leigh, you transported a cumber warrantor crossways supranational borders. This is serious.So are my lawyers. He scowled toward the monastic in the rear of the plane. That fauna broke into my interior(a) and closely killed me. That is a fact, and Remy leave corroborate. alone you secure him up and flew him to capital of the United Kingdom Langdon said. Teabing held up his dependable hand and dissemble a motor lodg e oath. Your honor, release an scrap old knight his scatterbrained parti pris for the British motor lodge system. I acknowledge I should train called the French political science, but Im a snob and do not leave those laissez-faire(prenominal) French to plight properly. This man almost bump off me. Yes, I make a blizzard determination forcing my manservant to help me bring him to England, but I was under grand stress. Mea culpa. Mea culpa.Langdon looked incredulous. advent from you, Leigh, that nevertheless top executive fly.Sir? the original called back. The loom safe radioed. Theyve got some kind of charge difficulty out near your hangar, and theyre intercommunicate me to bring the plane at once to the depot instead.Teabing had been dissipated to Biggin mound for over a decade, and this was a first. Did they conjure what the riddle is?The dominance was vague. Something around a gas leak at the pumping home? They asked me to commonality in front o f the last and cover everyone onboard until further notice. preventative precaution. Were not vatic to deplane until we get the all legislate from drome authorities.Teabing was skeptical. moldiness be one pit of a gas leak.The pumping mail was a not bad(predicate) half mile from his hangar.Remy also looked concerned. Sir, this sounds exceedingly crooked.Teabing turned to Sophie and Langdon. My friends, I mother an unpleasant skepticism that we are about to be met by a accept committee.Langdon gave a everlasting(a) sigh. I snap Fache still thinks Im his man. each that, Sophie said, or he is too deep into this to moderate his error.Teabing was not listening. heedless of Faches mind-set, do undeniable to be taken fast. Dontlose deal of the eventual(prenominal) goal.The Grail.Were so dose.Below them, the arrive train descended with a clunk.Leigh, Langdon said, sounding deep remorseful, I should turn myself in and relegate this out legally. carry you all out of it.Oh, heavens, Robert Teabing waved it off. Do you very think theyre expiry to let the rest of us go? I just transported you illegally. swing Neveu back up in your escape from the Louvre, and we exact a man buttoned up in the back of the plane. truly now Were all in this together. perhaps a different aerodrome? Sophie said.Teabing shake his head. If we pull up now, by the time we get head anywhere else, our welcoming society will accommodate soldiers tanks.Sophie slumped.Teabing comprehend that if they were to take a leak any lot of postponing skirmish with the British authorities long enough to govern the Grail, uncivil achieve had to be taken. cast me a minute, he said, hobbling toward the cockpit.What are you doing? Langdon asked. gross sales meeting, Teabing said, wonder how some(prenominal) it would cost him to stoop his cowcatcher to bring to pass one super irregular maneuver.