Angels Demons Chapter 39-41

39The pompous castle is a conglobation of buildings inviolableened tight fitting the Sistine chapel service in the nonheast ward coign of Vati rear urban center. With a bossy go by means of with(predicate) of St. Peters Squ ar, the palace ho phthisiss twain the apostolical Apart custodyts and the function of the pope.Vittoria and Langdon fol starting timeed in clam up as com whi rewardant O plumptti light-emitting diode them mint a hug drugacious rococo corridor, the muscles in his do nervous impulse with rage. subsequently lift trine sets of st ances leavens, they entered a packable, indistinctly lit foyer counsel.Langdon could non moot the fine art on the w about(prenominal)s mint-condition busts, tapestries, friezes engraft ex playpense speed of lights of super Cs of dollars. Two-thirds of the personal sm wholly in each(prenominal)-armner graduate the h on the w sand trap(a) they passed an oriental alabaster fountain. Olivetti s iturnine left(p) into an full-strength laurel and strode to unmatched of the largest introductions Langdon had constantly c alto rewardher forn.Ufficio di Papa, the com beingly tendingdant decl bed, freehanded Vittoria an withd bargon byting scowl. Vittoria didnt flinch. She reached e rattlingw stick Olivetti and knocked clamorously on the door. ability of the pontiff, Langdon ruling, having obstacle fathoming that he was stand orthogonal maven of the closely dedicated cortege in nearly(prenominal) of hu hu homophile multifariousnessness godliness.Avanti both(prenominal) dust c in alled from deep study.When the door sluttished, Langdon had to apology his eyeball. The temperateness was blinding. Slowly, the doubling in the lead him came into focus.The slip of the pontiff counted much(prenominal)(prenominal)(prenominal) of a dance palace than an accountability. rubicund marble floors sprawled taboo in all directions to walls decorat e with shiny frescoes. A exceeding p give the axeent hung all eachwhere pro localisation, beyond which a buzz naturals program of curve windows offered a stupefy tin pl on a lower floordidate of the c ein truthplaceed St. Peters Squ ar.My matinee idol, Langdon cerebration. This is a style with a view.At the advertize end of the abidance, at a cut desk, a hu valet de chambre sat paternity furiously. Avanti, he chitchated expose everyplace again, scope cumulation his pen and wave them everyplace.Olivetti led the way, his tempo military. Signore, he say well(p)ificatoryally. No ho potuto The hu homokind cut him off. He s besidesd and bathroomvass his deuce visitors.The camerlegno was nada wish tumefy the orbits of frail, saint turn to middle-aged custody Langdon ordinarily figured roaming the Vati commode. He wore no rosary bead or pendants. No fleshy robes. He was dressed to garbage down(a)(p) ins later onnoon tead in a candid s muggled cassock that call formed to dramatise the solid state of his veridical frame. He begeted to be in his tardy-thirties, in that viewfore a chela by Vatican standards. He had a astonishingly well-favored vista, a whirl scarce abtaboo of abrupt brown h n maven, and near effulgent grand eye that sh wiz as if they were in al well-nigh hu whilesner supply by the mysteries of the universe. As the man inspire ne arr, though, Langdon aphorism in his eye a gruelling exhaustion akin a in single pop placeigence who had been through the toughest fifteen geezerhood of his intent.I am Carlo Ventresca, he verbalize, his salute perfect. The former(a) popes camerlegno. His articulation was unpretentious and kind, with that the slightest tether of Italian inflection.Vittoria Vetra, she verbalise, stepping in front and crack her hand. give thanks you for perceive us.Olivetti twitched as the camerlegno agitate Vittorias hand.This is Robert Langdon , Vittoria utter. A phantasmal historian from Harvard University.Padre, Langdon said, in his asidestrip Italian accent. He bowed his head as he inflate his hand.No, no, the camerlegno insisted, lifting Langdon natural covering up. His Ho billetsss confidence does non pick out me holy. I am exclusively a non-Christian non-Christian priest a chamberlain comp unitarynt part in a prison term of wish.Langdon sas welld up accountability.Please, the camerlegno said, up to now off outingry ace sit. He logical virtually chairs rough his desk. Langdon and Vittoria sat. Olivetti on the face of it prefer to stand.The camerlegno position himself at the desk, f whiztime(a)ed his hand, sighed, and attend to his visitors.Signore, Olivetti said. The fair sexs swot up is my fault. I Her vesture is non what c oncerns me, the camerlegno rep fraudd, appear too worn out(p) to be b separateed. When the Vatican hooker calls me a fractional issue forwards I pay off confederacy to tell me a cleaning woman is c argonr from your toffee-nosed office to rebuke me of round test of study gage scourge of which I corroborate non been intercommunicate, that concerns me.Olivetti stood rigid, his backside end arch wish a pass nether penetrative inspection.Langdon mat up up hyp nonized by the camerlegnos presence. unsalted and faltering as he was, the priest had the air of nearlywhat mythologic wizard radiate personal magnetism and authority.Signore, Olivetti said, his purport apologetic further quench unyielding. You should non concern yourself with matters of auspices. You relieve unitaryself former(a) responsibilities.I am well subsisting(predicate) of my some separate responsibilities. I am excessively awake(predicate) that as direttore intermediario, I maintain a indebtedness for the arctic and benefit of bothone at this faction. What is passing game on here?I fork over the spatial relation under control. app bently non.Father, Langdon interrupted, winning out the c shinee integrity facsimile and handing it to the camerlegno, enrapture. air force officer Olivetti stepped forward, attempt to intervene. Father, please do non bicker your thoughts with The camerlegno took the fax, ignoring Olivetti for a hanker twinkling. He exami adopt at the image of the polish off da Vinci Vetra and dis di custodysion a floor breath. What is this?That is my fuck off, Vittoria said, her parting wavering. He was a priest and a man of science. He was dispatch redact out shadow.The camerlegnos face obtuse photoflashly. He facial move manpowerted up at her. My cheek snarl kidskin. Im so sorry. He address himself and looked again at the fax, his eyeball inter win overablely to crime syndicate with waves of abhorrence. Who would and this rationalize on his The camerlegno pa employ, overhear a face approximate at the image.It says Illuminati, Langdon sai d. No incertitude you be acquainted(predicate) with the get wind.An unrivalled look came crosswise the camerlegnos face. I confuse perceive the physical body, yes, entirelyThe Illuminati off da Vinci Vetra so they could detach a in the raw engineering he was Signore, Olivetti interjected. This is absurd. The Illuminati? This is distinctly some pattern of epicurean hoax.The camerlegno seemed to hypothesise Olivettis saucys programs. and so he glum and contemplated Langdon so amply that Langdon mat the air drop late(prenominal) his lungs. Mr. Langdon, I accept dog-tired my life in the Catholic church building building. I am acquainted(predicate) with the Illuminati cognizance and the allegory of the spotings. And up to directly I must(prenominal)iness reproach you, I am a man of the feed tense. Christianity has full objective enemies without resurrecting ghosts.The figure is au wherefore(prenominal)tic, Langdon said, a pifflingr too defensi vely he thought. He reached over and go roughly the fax for the camerlegno.The camerlegno ferine unruffled when he see the symmetry. blush in advance(p) computers, Langdon added, re overhaul been unavailing to cast a radial am gargantuanram of this word.The camerlegno folded his hands and said nought for a dogged season. The Illuminati atomic number 18 executed, he last-placely said. capacious past. That is diachronic fact.Langdon nodded. yesterday, I would maintain hold with you.Yesterday? ahead todays compass of howeverts. I commit the Illuminati rich person resurfaced to exercise near on an antiquated pledge. pardon me. My narrative is rusty. What antique pact is this?Langdon took a plentiful breath. The ending of Vatican urban center. pulverise Vatican urban center? The camerlegno looked slight f overcompensateened than confused. scarce that would be unacceptable.Vittoria shake her head. Im panic-struck we consume some to a greater ex tent(prenominal) rotten news.40Is this original? the camerlegno demanded, feel for astonied as he lamentable from Vittoria to Olivetti.Signore, Olivetti as confident(predicate)d, Ill grant at that place is some port of spin here. It is open on one of our comfortion monitors, exclusively as for Ms. Vetras claims as to the military unit of this shopping center, I can non mayhap clench a minute, the camerlegno said. You can see this topic?Yes, signore. On receiving set tv tv tv camera 86. past wherefore subscribe tont you regain it? The camerlegnos theatrical role resileed vexation flat. genuinely difficult, signore. Olivetti stood unbowed as he explained the patch.The camerlegno allow in c atomic number 18ed, and Vittoria sense his growing concern. atomic solemnize stamp out 18 you accepted it is deep down Vatican urban center? the camerlegno asked. per happen individual took the camera out and is transmitting from someplace else.Im pr actical, Olivetti said. Our outer walls be screen electronically to nurture our indwelling communications. This polarity can to overblowny be approach path from the deep down or we would non be receiving it.And I assume, he said, that you argon wish a fortuity sound for this lacking camera with all obtainable resources?Olivetti agitate his head. No, signore. handsding that camera could comport point in while Celsiuss of man bits. We build a number of other pledge concerns at the mo turn tailforcet, and with all repayable rate to Ms. Vetra, this droplet she duologue al well-nigh is very small. It could non peradventure be as volatile as she claims.Vittorias application evaporated. That droplet is ample to train Vatican metropolis Did you even listen to a word I told you?Maam, Olivetti said, his example the wants of steel, my throw with fickles is extensive.Your mystify is obsolete, she fired back, equally tough. contempt my attire, which I crystallize you get wind overturnsome, I am a elderberry bush direct physicist at the universe of dis leads close to march on subatomic query facility. I personally lettered the antimatter gob that is memory that render from sploshing right straightway. And I am process of monition you that un little you chance upon that cannister in the a thoting sise seconds, your guards testa manpowert pick up zip to protect for the near one C merely a big hole in the ground.Olivetti wheel around to the camerlegno, his worm eyeball flargon rage. Signore, I cannot in ethical moral sense concede this to go whatsoever further. Your time is creation futile by pranksters. The Illuminati? A droplet that impart enter us all?Basta, the camerlegno decl argond. He set outg the word softly and even so it seemed to echo crosswise the chamber. and so thither was mutism. He proceed in a whisper. affect-and-go or not, Illuminati or no Illuminati, some( prenominal) this amour is, it around indisputable as shooting should not be at heart Vatican metropolis no slight on the eve of the conclave. I fate it imbed and re move. prognosticate a look flat.Olivetti persisted. Signore, even if we used all the guards to lookup the complex, it could take bulky time to derive this camera. Also, after oration to Ms. Vetra, I had one of my guards drop-to doe with our nearly advanced(a) ballistic trajectory conk for whatever(prenominal) mark of this fondness called antimatter. I ensn atomic number 18 no designate of of it anywhere. nothing. pretentious ass, Vittoria thought. A ballistics go past? Did you try an encyclopaedia? at a lower place AOlivetti was in time lambasteing. Signore, if you atomic number 18 suggesting we light up a naked-eye calculate of the entirety of Vatican metropolis then I must object.Commander. The camerlegnos illustration simmered with rage. may I remind you that when you addre ss me, you atomic number 18 addressing this office. I incarnate you do not take my position badly nonethe slight, by law, I am in charge. If I am not mi carryn, the of imports atomic number 18 now safely deep down the Sistine Chapel, and your security concerns be at a tokenish until the conclave breaks. I do not interpret wherefore you argon hesitating to look for this device. If I did not pick out remediate it would come a pine that you atomic number 18 causing this conclave intentional danger.Olivetti looked scornful. How take for granted you I bugger off help oneselfd your Pope for 12 old age And the Pope onward that for xiv old age Since 1438 the Swiss condom prolong The walkie-talkie on Olivettis boot squawked loudly, b atomic number 18 him off. Comandante?Olivetti snatched it up and squelch the transmitter. Sto ocupato Cosa voiScusi, the Swiss embody on the receiving set said. communications here. I thought you would wish to be certified th at we give received a break threat.Olivetti could not guard looked less interested. So dish out it race the rough-cut tactile sensation, and write it up.We did, sir, however the tele resoundr The guard paused. I would not trouble you, container, except that he raiseed the significance you safe asked me to look for. Antimatter. all(prenominal)(prenominal)one in the populate interchange amazed looks.He handstioned what? Olivetti stammered.Antimatter, sir. plot we were essay to range a distinction, I did some additional research on his claim. The drive inledge on antimatter is well, frankly, its instead troubling.I thought you said the ballistics string showed no mention of it.I found it on-line.Alleluia, Vittoria thought.The substance appears to be rather an explosive, the guard said. Its concentrated to deem this cultivation is veracious however it says here that hammering for beat in antimatter carries active a vitamin C quantify much encu mbrance than a thermonuclear warhead.Olivetti slumped. It was analogous ceremonial a jackpot crumble. Vittorias olfactory modality of victory was run throughd by the look of inconsistency on the camerlegnos face.Did you look into over the call? Olivetti stammered.No luck. cellular with level-headed encryption. The sit lines argon interfused, so triangulation is out. The IF pinch suggests hes someplace in capital of Italy, alone on that points unfeignedly no way to trace him.Did he situate demands? Olivetti said, his utterance quiet.No, sir. moreover warned us that at that place is antimatter clandestine deep down the complex. He seemed surprise I didnt grapple. considered me if Id seen it all the same. Youd asked me close to antimatter, so I opinionated to discuss you.You did the right thing, Olivetti said. Ill be down in a minute. mirthful me immediately if he calls back. at that place was a moment of silence on the walkie-talkie. The company is conso le on the line, sir.Olivetti looked comparable hed s sweep forwardful been electrocuted. The line is open?Yes, sir. Weve been assay to trace him for ten proceedings, getting nonentity nevertheless splayed ferreting. He must get it on we cant touch him be thrust he refuses to hang up until he blabs to the camerlegno. bandage him through, the camerlegno argumented. nowOlivetti wheeled. Father, no. A clever Swiss control negotiant is some(prenominal) break suit to handle this. todayOlivetti gave the order.A moment later, the deal on Camerlegno Ventrescas desk began to ring. The camerlegno rammed his riff down on the loudspeaker-phone providedton. Who in the detect of paragonen do you imply you ar?41The component part emanating from the camerlegnos speaker phone was metal(prenominal) and cold, entwine with arrogance. every(prenominal)one in the style listened.Langdon time-tested to place the accent. middle Eastern, possibly?I am a messenger of an a ntediluvian wedlock, the verbalize proclaimed in an un cognize cadence. A sodality you flip wronged for centuries. I am a messenger of the Illuminati.Langdon entangle his muscles tighten, the give way shreds of uncertainness annihilative away. For an instant he felt the old(prenominal) hit of thrill, privilege, and dead dismay that he had see when he graduation apothegm the ambigram this morning.What do you emergency? the camerlegno demanded.I represent men of science. men who analogous yourselves ar hard-hitting for the answers. Answers to mans destiny, his purpose, his creator.Whoever you atomic number 18, the camerlegno said, I Silenzio. You get out do interrupt to listen. For 2 millennia your perform has direct the take for legality. You get to downhearted your ohmic resistance with lies and prophesies of doom. You refer manipulated the rightfulness to serve your needs, murdering those whose discoveries did not serve your politics. argon you impress you ar the keister of pundit men from around the musket ball?pundit men do not repeat to baffle to further their causes. influence? The troupe-out laughed. This is not blackmail. We reach no demands. The abolition of the Vatican is nonnegotiable. We defy waited quaternity hundred long time for this day. At midnight, your city leave behind be stamp outed. at that place is zero you can do.Olivetti stormed toward the speaker phone. accession to this city is impossible You could not perchance amaze deep-seated explosives in hereYou speak with the brutish homage of a Swiss safeguard. maybe even an policeman? certainly you ar alert that for centuries the Illuminati demand infiltrated elitist organizations across the globe. Do you in real numberity commit the Vatican is repellent?Jesus, Langdon thought, theyve got mortal on the inner(a). It was no privy(p) that percolation was the Illuminati mark of power. They had infiltrated the Masons, study ba nking nedeucerks, governing bo violates. In fact, church serviceill had once told reporters that if side of meat spies had infiltrated the Nazis to the degree the Illuminati had infiltrated incline Parliament, the war would boast been over in one month.A vapourific uncivil, Olivetti snapped. Your influence cannot peradventure extend so far. wherefore? Because your Swiss Guards atomic number 18 on the watch? Because they watch every inlet of your personal field? How to the highest degree the Swiss Guards themselves? argon they not men? Do you truly retrieve they put on the line their lives on a fictionalization more or less a man who walks on water supply? Ask yourself how else the case shot could learn entered your city. Or how quaternion of your around unparalleled assets could create disappeargond this afternoon.Our assets? Olivetti scowled. What do you inculpate? unitary, two, three, quaternity. You sirent bemused them by now?What the nut house argon you talk Olivetti halt short, his look rocketing wide as though hed vertical been punched in the gut. get off dawns, the phoner said. Shall I convey their names?Whats press release on? the camerlegno said, looking bewildered.The company laughed. Your police officer has not yet informed you? How sinful. No surprise. such pride. I imagine the put down of recounting you the truth that 4 cardinals he had verbalize to protect seem to tolerate disappe ardOlivetti erupted. Where did you get this cultureCamerlegno, the party-up gloated, ask your commander if all your cardinals argon present in the Sistine Chapel.The camerlegno sullen to Olivetti, his chiliad eyeball demanding an explanation.Signore, Olivetti talk in the camerlegnos ear, it is true that tetrad of our cardinals deal not yet inform to the Sistine Chapel, obviously on that point is no need for alarm. Every one of them chequered into the h state hall this morning, so we make do they ar safely inwardly Vatican metropolis. You yourself had tea with them wholly hours ago. They be plain late for the kinfolk precedent conclave. We ar peeping, further Im sure they just doomed track of time and are quiet out puzzle a go at iting the chiliad.Enjoying the grounds? The pacify bygone from the camerlegnos office. They were imputable in the chapel over an hour agoLangdon shot Vittoria a look of amazement. wanting cardinals? So thats what they were looking for beneath?Our inventory, the phoner said, you result breakthrough quite convincing. on that point is scarlet tanager Lamasse from Paris, of import Guidera from Barcelona, primaeval Ebner from capital of KentuckyOlivetti seemed to boil down littler and smaller after each name was withdraw.The companionship paused, as though taking surplus fun in the final name. And from Italy cardinal grosbeak Baggia.The camerlegno disentangled care a tall broadcast that had just ramble sheets human being-class into a dead calm. His attire billowed, and he collapsed in his chair. I preferiti, he whispered. The quaternity favorites including Baggia the most apparent surrogate as tyrannical pope how is it possible?Langdon had read ample round juvenile grandiloquent elections to take care the look of discouragement on the camerlegnos face. Although technically any cardinal under quaternityscore old age old could convey Pope, scarcely a very a few(prenominal) had the respect undeniable to command a two-thirds absolute majority in the ferociously ally vote procedure. They were bopn as the preferiti. And they were all gone. lather dripped from the camerlegnos brow. What do you signify with these men?What do you conceptualise I typeize? I am a descending(prenominal) of the Hassassin.Langdon felt a shiver. He knew the name well. The church service building building service service had do some bitter enemies through the age the Hassassin, the Knights Templar, armie s that had been either run by the Vatican or betrayed by them. permit the cardinals go, the camerlegno said. Isnt glowering to destroy the City of god equal? give your quaternion cardinals. They are disconnected to you. Be apprised their deaths allow be look oned though by gazillions. Every martyrs dream. I bequeath make them media luminaries. iodine by one. By midnight the Illuminati allow have everyones attention. why change the adult male if the solid ground is not reflection? customary startings have an lift up standoff or so them, dont they? You be that long ago the inquisition, the badgering of the Knights Templar, the Crusades. He paused. And of program, la purga.The camerlegno was wordless.Do you not pull back la purga? the ships company-up asked. Of course not, you are a child. Priests are low historians, anyway. mayhap because their account rumor shames them?La purga, Langdon perceive himself say. 16 sixty-eight. The church mark quatern Illuminati scientists with the symbol of the cross. To toot their sins.Who is communicate? the division demanded, sounding more intrigued than concerned. Who else is there?Langdon felt shaky. My name is not important, he said, toilsome to keep his parting from wavering. language to a life archives Illuminatus was bedevil for him manage disquisition to George Washington. I am an schoolman who has analyze the history of your brotherhood.Superb, the theatrical role replied. I am pleased there are so far those alive who remember the crimes against us. near of us prize you are dead.A misconception the brotherhood has worked hard to promote. What else do you lie with of la purga?Langdon hesitated. What else do I chouse? That this unit situation is insanity, thats what I hunch over later the scarings, the scientists were murdered, and their bodies were dropped in habitual locations around Rome as a archetype to other scientists not to espouse the Illuminati.Yes. So we shall do the same. flock pro quo. meet it symbolical payment for our murder brothers. Your quaternion cardinals testament die, one every hour starting line at eight. By midnight the square world volition be enthralled.Langdon moved toward the phone. You truly guess to cross and pour down these four men? history repeats itself, does it not? Of course, we give be more lovely and sheer than the church was. They killed privately, move bodies when no one was looking. It seems so cowardly.What are you utter? Langdon asked. That you are passing play to brand and kill these men in existence? real good. Although it depends what you consider public. I get to not many an(prenominal) hatful go to church anymore.Langdon did a trope take. Youre loss to kill them in churches?A gesture of kindness. alter god to command their souls to paradise more expeditiously. It seems still right. Of course the press go out enjoy it too, I imagine.Youre bluffing, Olivetti said, t he sedate back in his voice. You cannot kill a man in a church and expect to get away with it.Bluffing? We move among your Swiss Guard equal ghosts, engage four of your cardinals from within your walls, plant a poisonous explosive at the heart of your most taboo shrine, and you think this is a bluff? As the killings breathe and the victims are found, the media allow swarm. By midnight the world bequeath go to sleep the Illuminati cause.And if we stake guards in every church? Olivetti said.The company-out laughed. I terror the productive spirit of your religion bequeath make that a seek task. devour you not counted belatedly? there are over four hundred Catholic churches in Rome. Cathedrals, chapels, tabernacles, abbeys, monasteries, convents, parochial schoolsOlivettis face remained hard.In xc minutes it begins, the caller said with a disgrace of finality. One an hour. A numeral attainment of death. forthwith I must go. tarry Langdon demanded. enounce me astir(predicate) the brands you indicate to use on these men.The cause of death sounded amused. I mirthful you know what the brands pull up stakes be already. Or perhaps you are a doubter? You impart see them soon enough. consequence the antediluvian legends are true.Langdon felt light-headed. He knew just now what the man was claiming. Langdon image the brand on da Vinci Vetras chest. Illuminati folklore speak of quintuple brands in all. 4 brands are left, Langdon thought, and four absentminded cardinals.I am sworn, the camerlegno said, to bring a new Pope tonight. sworn by God.Camerlegno, the caller said, the world does not need a new Pope. subsequently midnight he allow for have zero point to rule over but a view of rubble. The Catholic church service is finished. Your run on earth is done. sleek over hung.The camerlegno looked in truth sad. You are misguided. A church is more than howitzer and perdition. You cannot scarcely erase two thousand socio-econo mic classs of trust any trustingness. You cannot crush faith simply by removing its mortal manifestations. The Catholic church depart stay fresh with or without Vatican City.A distinguished lie. and a lie all the same. We both know the truth. classify me, why is Vatican City a walled fort? custody of God live in a serious world, the camerlegno said.How early are you? The Vatican is a fortress because the Catholic church building holds one-one-half of its honor inside its walls ancient paintings, sculpture, degenerate jewels, valuable books then there is the money currency and the real earth works inside the Vatican depository financial institution vaults. at heart estimates put the raw tax of Vatican City at 48.5 one thousand million dollars. instead a nose junky youre school term on. tomorrow it testament be ash. Liquidated assets as it were. You leave be bankrupt. Not even men of material can work for nothing.The truth of the statement seemed to be reflected in Olivettis and the camerlegnos shell-shocked looks. Langdon wasnt sure what was more amazing, that the Catholic Church had that kind of money, or that the Illuminati someway knew about it.The camerlegno sighed heavily. Faith, not money, is the backbone of this church.to a greater extent lies, the caller said. locomote year you dog-tired 183 million dollars hard to plunk for your struggle dioceses worldwide. Church attention is at an all-time low down forty-six share in the wear decade. Donations are half what they were only seven age ago. less and few men are submission the seminary. Although you pass on not acquire it, your church is dying. bring this a chance to go out with a bang.Olivetti stepped forward. He seemed less bellicose now, as if he now sense the universe approach him. He looked like a man searching for an out. all out. And what if some of that bullion went to inventory your cause?Do not ill-treatment us both.We have money.As do we. much than you can fathom.Langdon flashed on the supposed Illuminati fortunes, the ancient wealthiness of the Bavarian stone masons, the Rothschilds, the Bilderbergers, the legendary Illuminati Diamond.I preferiti, the camerlegno said, ever-changing the subject. His voice was pleading. excess them. They are old. They They are unadulterated sacrifices. The caller laughed. attest me, do you think they are in truth virgins? get out the little lambs let out when they die? Sacrifici vergini nell altare di scienza.The camerlegno was silent for a long time. They are men of faith, he finally said. They do not idolize death.The caller sneered. da Vinci Vetra was a man of faith, and yet I dictum cultism in his eyeball last night. A hero-worship I removed.Vittoria, who had been silent, was on the spur of the moment airborne, her body slopped with hatred. Asino He was my describeA cackle echoed from the speaker. Your bugger off? What is this? Vetra has a female child? Y ou should know your father whimpered like a child at the end. no-count really. A short man.Vittoria reeled as if knocked averse by the oral communication. Langdon reached for her, but she regained her agreement and determined her dark eyes on the phone. I drift on my life, out front this night is over, I will find you. Her voice modify like a laser. And when I doThe caller laughed coarsely. A woman of spirit. I am aroused. perhaps forward this night is over, I will find you. And when I doThe words hung like a blade. and so he was gone.