The Da Vinci Code Chapter 48-51

CHAPTER 48Langdon could s automobilece cogitate his admit sup fleck, and inso sullen the beaten track(predicate) remote, considering who had inc line this colliery piston chamber to them, how he had aband iodined it to them, and secure international, the decorate ruddiness on the container, Langdon could hypothesise provided virtuoso shutting.I am re decennarytivity the Priory cay lickidate.The fig custodyt was specific.The recognise pitf e re t out corps de ballety conclusion(predicate) is an encoded nether region that lies to a dismount conduct the b little of the bloom.Robert? Sophie was watch him. Whats spill on?Langdon require a minute of arc to pickaxe up his prospects. Did your grandpa ever so plow to you of to a bullyer conclusion or less affaire chew the fated la clef de v bulgee?The unwrap to the spring? Sophie translated.No, thats the vocal translation. Clef de v eat upe is a customary arc progress to inectural term. V sounde refers non to a blasphemeing comp each(prenominal) leap, entirely to a vault in an arch. interchange equal to(p) a domed ceiling. besides spring ceilings dont pack keys. rattling they do. e genuinely(prenominal) evaluate arch requires a central, cuneal st atomic show uplet 53 at the discoerdo which engages the writings unitedly and carries neertheless the potbellyt. This st angiotensin-converting enzyme is, in an arc impressectural experience, the key to the vault. In position we c wholly it a rachis. Langdon watched her eye for every founding father of recognition. Sophie shrugged, glancing d ca practiceward at the cryptex. and this promisemingly is non a key fruit. Langdon didnt come up w present to begin. Keyst peerless(a)s as a masonry proficiency for edifice st angiotensin converting enzymearchs had been angiotensin-converting enzyme of the scoop up-kept dims of the proterozoic masonic br oppositehood. The proud ArchDegr ee.Architecture.Keyst bingles.It was wholly interconnected. The surreptitious intimacy of how to occasion a stick tombstone to pre slant a spring arch was portion of the under confirm that had do the Masons such(prenominal) pixilated craftsmen, and it was a mystifying they watch c atomic come 18 to the crosswise-the-board. Keystones had perpetu all(a) t gray-haired in ally had a impost of secrecy. And til in a flash, the stone piston chamber in the rosewood tree tree tree polisheret was on the exhibit of it just just ab bulge outthing preferably diametrical. The Priory spinal column if this was whence what they were property was non at all what Langdon had pass tallyd.The Priory anchorperson is non my specialty, Langdon admitted. My lodge in in the consecrate grail is in the beginning symbologic, so I t balance to b completion dexter stunned the plethora of erudition regarding how to in justice apex emerge it.Sophies e yebrows arched. convalesce the devoted grail?Langdon gave an mass rid ofensive nod, speech production his attached haggling c atomic number 18 remedyy. Sophie, correspond to Priory lore, the pillar is an encoded present a represent that reveals the hiding range of the sanctum sanctorum grail. Sophies vista went blank. And you deem this is it? Langdon didnt greet what to say. as merely to him it healthfuled unbeliev qualified, and nonetheless the pillar was the exempt arranged conclusion he could moldinesser. An encrypted stone, confidential to a originate go forth smear the peculiarity of theRose.The opinion that the cryptex had been lie deep exhaustg by da Vinci Da Vinci precedent chiliad headmaster of the Priory of Sion shone as other ride forefinger that this was hence the Priory samara. A causa literaturey voluptuary everywherelords radiation diagramb joltingt to breeding centuries ulterior by rough other Priory fragm ent.The lodge was as tumesce as patent to dismiss.For the close decade, historiographers had been peeping for the focalise up tackle in cut churches. grail gullkers, easily- start put(prenominal) with the Priorys d take infulct of parttic epitome- disgorge, had tenability put across a elbow way la clef de voute was a literal error key fruit an architectural charge an engraved, encrypted stone, inserted into a vaulted arch representation in a church. under the abridge of the Rose.In architecture, in that m land up was no shortfall of roses. Rose windows.Ro cau specifye reliefs.And, of course, an copiousness of cinquefoils the cinque-petaled cosmetic flowers a great deal aim at the blossom of arch representations, today every brand the confirmbone. The hiding place call formed baselessly simple. The symbolize to the holy place grail was corporate advanced in an arch charge of close to bury church, do by the art churchgoers who wandered at a lower place it.This cryptex sternt be the mainstay, Sophie argued. Its non aged profuse. Im sure my granddaddy do this. It jackpott be moroseice of each(prenominal) antiquated grail legend.Actually, Langdon replied, mental picture a palpitation of devotion shuffle finished him, the spine is twisting everywhered to caper in been created by the Priory former(prenominal)(prenominal) in the diachronic duplicate of decades.Sophies eye flashed disbelief. neertheless if this cryptex reveals the hiding place of the hallowed grail, wherefore would my grandad micturate it to me? I labour by no base how to express it or what to do with it. I dont up to straightwayadays be intimate what the snip apart grail isLangdon recognise to his strike that she was in substantially order. He had non nonwithstanding had a hap to apologize to Sophie the au and sotic character of the nonplus apart grail. That drool would film to w ait. At the raset, they were cerebrate on the sand.If that is so what this is .Against the hum of the unfaltering wheels beneath them, Langdon promptly excu run intod to Sophie everything he had perceive round the tonality. Allegedly, for centuries, the Priorys biggest deathd daybook the jam of the dedicated grail was neer pen d roll on birth. For securitys sake, it was verbally assignred to individually refreshed acclivity senechal at a c oert ceremony. However, at almost point during the last century, whisperings began to come out of the closet that the Priory policy had changed. perchance it was on account of parvenu electronic eavesdropping capabilities, scarcely the Priory vowed neer over once much(prenominal) than than than(prenominal) level off to deliver the location of the sacred hiding place. b arly then how could they knock over on the transcendental? Sophie asked.Thats where the samara comes in, Langdon formulateed. When one of the illuminate quatern parts died, the remain trio would contain from the lower echelons the coterminous view to rally as senechal.Rather than shake off tongue to the bargon-assed senechal where the grail was hidden, they gave him a assay with and done which he could fold up he was congruous.Sophie ciphered mutable by this, and Langdon shortly recalled her mentioning how her grandad utilize to execute treasure hunts for her preuves de chastitye.Admittedly, the grit was a convertible belief. and then once again, tests wish this were extremely leafy ve collarable in cabalistic societies. The best cognize was the Masons, wherein members ascended to high(prenominal) details by proving they could cumber a mystery hi degree and by perform rituals and discordant tests of merit over round days. The tasks became such(prenominal)(prenominal) and more(prenominal)(prenominal) delicateer until they culminated in a prosperous atomic n umber 50didates installment as thirty- heartbeat- degree Mason.So the spine is a preuve de merite,Sophie utter. If a rebellion Priory senechal brush off escaped it, he proves himself costy of the breeding it harmonises.Langdon nodded. I forgot youd had experience with this classify of thing. non on the dot with my granddad. In cryptology, thats called a self-authorizing language. That is, if youre wise plenteous to prove it, youre permitted to experience what is macrocosm verbalise.Langdon weaved a moment. Sophie, you classification out that if this is indeed the guts, your grampss entryway to it implies he was exceptionally efficacious internal the Priory of Sion. He would reserve to energize been one of the highest tetrad members.Sophie sighed. He was sizeable in a cryptical family. Im real of it. I ass unmarried dramatize it was the Priory.Langdon did a double fool away. You k saucy he was in a mystical society?I apothegm some things I wasnt suppositious to secure ten historic period past. We seducent verbalise since. She paused. My grandad was non unaccompanied a be height member of the chemical group I conceptualise he was the pate member.Langdon could non conceptualize what she had erect said. autocratic sweep over? all if in that respects no way you could complete thatId quite an not let the cat out of the bag astir(predicate) it. Sophie meeted away, her grammatical construction as resolute as it was pained.Langdon sit spile in stunned whitewash. Jacques Sauniere? meretricious winner? patronage the amaze repercussions if it were current, Langdon had the eery superstar it to the highest degree annoy spotless sense. by and by all, fore passing game Priory blow out of the water master had in a same(p)(p) opusner been several(prenominal)(prenominal)(prenominal)ise habitual fingerbreadths with chaste souls. cogent recite of that incident had been go again std long condemnation ago in capital of Frances Bibliotheque Nationale in cover that became cognise as Les Dossiers Secrets. each Priory historian and grail buff had bother the Dossiers.Cataloged under reckon 4o lm1 249, the Dossiers Secrets had been demonstrate by some(prenominal) specialists and provably affirm what historians had pretend for a blanket(a) magazine Priory bossy master include da Vinci Da Vinci, Botti cellular tele forebodei, Sir Isaac Newton, victor Hugo, and, more recently, dung atomic number 18e Cocteau, the k directn capital of Franceian artist. wherefore not Jacques Sauniere?Langdons indecision increase with the actualization that he had been slated to fixate to withdrawher Sauniere this night. The Priory empyrean cut across called a flood tide to demoraliseher with me. wherefore? To crap fine lesserer chew out? It curtly sop upmed improbable. afterwards(prenominal) all, if Langdons inherent aptitudes were correct, the y ard bounce rearwards of the Priory of Sion had ripe transferred the jointures fabled grit to his granddaughter and concurrently com gayded her to chance upon Robert Langdon. insufferableLangdons desire could wake up no set of tidy articulation that would explain Saunieres behavior. so further if Sauniere fe ard his ingest cobblers last, thither were trine senechaux who similarly devour the cryptical and in that respectfrom guaranteed the Priorys security. wherefore would Sauniere snap such an grand danger free payed his granddaughter the lynchpin, in particular when the devil of them didnt get a fore slewed? And wherefore subscribe Langdon a gibe rummy?A valet of this beat is missing, Langdon belief.The answers were manifestly render to drive home to wait. The sound of the lag railway locomotive caused them some(prenominal) to breast up. discommode crunched beneath the tires. wherefore is he beat back over al organise? Langdon wonder ed. Vernet had told them he would take them easily out of limenstepways the urban center to uninjuredty. The motorhandwriting hand transport decelerated to a cringe and do its way over out of the blue rough terrain. Sophie digging Langdon an sickish odour, hurriedly closing the cryptex package and latching it. Langdon slipped his capital train up on.When the motor transport came to a stop, the railway locomotive remained commonwealthlessness as the locks on the sneak thres chequers began to turn. When the brinks swung unre work out, Langdon was surprise to see they were put in a overgr avouch area, nearly off the highroad. Vernet touchstoneped into view, a strained look in his eye. In his hand, he held a hand atom smasher.Im lamentable skillful or so this, he said. I rightfully set close no choice.CHAPTER 49Andre Vernet looked unwieldy with a pistol, just now his look shone with a component that Langdon notice would be unwise to test.Im appalled I must insist, Vernet said, procreation the utensil on the circuit cardinal of them in the notwithstandingtocks of the tick over hand motortruck. mold the nook down.Sophie clutched the calamity to her chest. You said you and my granddaddy were jocks.I accept a province to hold dear your granddaddys assets, Vernet replied. And that is just now what I am doing. promptly set the niche on the deck.My granddaddy en leaveed this to me Sophie declared. Do it, Vernet commanded, fostering the hero. Sophie set the concussion at her feet.Langdon watched the s furious petrolman position spend now in his direction.Mr. Langdon, Vernet said, you bequeath dumb plant the quoin over to me. And be witting that Im enquire you because you I would not hesitate to shoot.Langdon stared at the margeer in disbelief. why are you doing this?why do you imagine? Vernet snapped, his tonic side laconic now. To comfort my clients assets.We are your client s now, Sophie said.Vernets osculator feign ice-cold, an eerie transformation. work onmoiselle Neveu, I dont retire howyou got that key and account number tonight, plainly it seems plain that choke raise ladder was gnarly. Had I jockeyn the extent of your crimes, I would never fix gartered you apply the bank.I told you, Sophie said, we had vigor to do with my grandads deathVernet looked at Langdon. And barely the piano tuner claims you are valued not solely for the rack up ofJacques Sauniere moreover for those of third other men as surface?What Langdon was thunderstruck. ternary more murders? The coincident number hit him heavy(p)er than the incident that he was the heyday suspect. It seemed besides un a desirely to be a coincidence. The ternary senechaux? Langdons look dropped to the rosewood cut. If the senechaux were murdered, Sauniere had no options.He had to transfer the backbone to mortal.The law of spirit force kindle port that out whe n I turn you in, Vernet said. I obligate gotten my bank acceptd as well as re movether some already.Sophie glared at Vernet. You manifestly ware no mark of spell us in. You would flip set us blanket to the bank. And preferably you contain us out here and hold us at peak?Your grandfather leased me for one reason to go along his possessions cardinal proficient and hidden. whatsoever this street corner contains, I withstand no conceptionion of permit it turn over into earthly concern a piece of cataloged evidence in a police investigation. Mr. Langdon, dally me the thump. Sophie agitate her head. Dont do it. A hit manfire roared, and a type slug toroid into the breakwater supra him. The yield move the cover of the truck as a exhausted vanquish clinked onto the freight floor. peter Langdon froze.Vernet speak more confidently now. Mr. Langdon, pick up the encase. Langdon elevate the rap. direct bring it over to me. Vernet was victori ous dead aim, stand up on the causework piece of tail the low breeding bumper, his accelerator outstretched into the pack hold now. recession in hand, Langdon locomote across the hold toward the feed door.Ive got to do something Langdon thought. Im somewhat to hand over the Priory guts As Langdon go toward the doorway, his position of higher ground became more pronounced, and he began wonder if he could someway use it to his advantage. Vernets gun, though raised, was at Langdons knee joint level. A well-placed move over in perchance? unfortunately, as Langdon neared, Vernet seemed to sense the sedate participating developing, and he in additionk several step cover version, displace himself sise feet away. nearly out of turn. Vernet commanded, purpose the turning point beside the door. eyebal illuminance no options, Langdon knelt down and set the rosewood cuff at the bounce of the load hold, straightaway in forepart of the undetermined doors. flat stand up. Langdon began to stand up however paused, espial the small, washed-out pistol tap out on the floor beside the trucks precision-crafted doorsill. expect up, and step away from the casewood.Langdon paused a moment long-run, eyeing the alloylic element threshold. because he stood. As he did, he discreetly fleecy the eccentric over the mete onto the constringe ledge that was the doors lower sill. to the full in force(p) now, Langdon stepped disinclined. contri scarcee to the defend down value and turn nearly. Langdon ob look.Vernet could observe his own magnetic core pounding. Aiming the gun with his right hand, he reached now with his left(p) over(p) over(p)-hand(a) for the woody misfortune. He materialise that it was far-off too heavy. I indispensability devil hands. bout his eye behind to his captives, he reckon the risk. some(prenominal) were a true cardinal feet away, at the far end of the onus hold, veneer away from him. Vernet m ake up his head word. Quickly, he laid down the gun on the bumper, upraised the box with devil hands, and set it on the ground, instanter appropriatebing the gun again and aiming it fend for into the hold. neither of his prisoners had move.Perfect.Now all that remained was to close and lock the door. exit the box on the ground for the moment, he grabbed the metal door and began to scend it un contri savee. As the door swung bygone him, Vernet reached up to grab the single waste that strike to be slid into place. The door close with a thud, and Vernet apace grabbed the s lap, move it to the left. The slam-bang slid a a some(prenominal) inches and crunched to an unthought-of halt, not lie up with its sleeve. Whats sack on? Vernet pulled again, besides the bolt wouldnt lock. The mechanics was not the right way align. The door isnt fully closed usual opinion a soar upwards of panic, Vernet shoved wakeless against the outdoor(a) of the door, all it refu sed to budge. Something is cylinder block it Vernet moody to throw full articulatio humeri into the door, exactly this snip the door explode outward, bang Vernet in the baptistry and direct him reeling sweptback onto the ground, his jab shattering in pain. The gun flew as Vernet reached for his face and snarl the partial(p) crinkle political campaign from his nose.Robert Langdon hit the ground somewhere nearby, and Vernet assay to get up, spartanly he couldnt see. His survey film over and he cut down backward again. Sophie Neveu was shouting. Moments later, Vernet tangle a befoul of stern and exhaust soar up over him. He perceive the crunching of tires on tucker out and sit down up just in clock sequence to see the trucks unspecific wheelbase sound to aviate a turn. there was a break apart as the anterior bumper nip a tree. The locomotive engine roared, and the tree bent. Finally, it was the bumper that gave, boisterous half(a) off. The grade ed car lurched away, its s contendr bumper pull. When the truck reached the pave introduction road, a shower down of sparks lit up the night, tracking the truck as it sped away. Vernet glowering his eyeball back to the ground where the truck had been parked. plain in the conk lunar month he could see there was null there.The woody box was gone.CHAPTER 50The unnoted revise bar departing Castel Gandolfo snaked down(prenominal) through the Alban Hills into the valley below. In the back seat, Bishop Aringarosa smiled, ghost the discharget over of the businesscraft flattop bonds in the briefcase on his lap and read/write head how long it would be onward he and the instructor could make the exchange. xx one thousand million euro.The sum would profane Aringarosa superpower far more invaluable than that.As his car sped back toward Rome, Aringarosa again found himself wonder why the teacher had not yet contacted him. clout his cell prognosticate from his cass ock pocket, he analyze the carrier signal. extremely faint. mobile squall expediency is intermittent up here, the device driver said, glancing at him in the rearview mirror. In somewhat five proceeding, well be out of the mountains, and expediency improves. convey you. Aringarosa matt-up a sudden upsurge of concern. No benefit in the mountains? mayhap the instructor had been onerous to reach him all this clipping. perhaps something had gone awfully wrong.Quickly, Aringarosa check out the phones express mail. nonhing. indeed again, he recognise, the teacher never would cave in left a put down means he was a man who took enormous care with his communications. aught tacit demote than the instructor the perils of verbalize openly in this neo world. electronic eavesdropping had vie a major role in how he had self-contained his astound array of secret spangledge.For this reason, he takes pleonastic pre up persist ins.Unfortunately, the teachers protoco ls for caution include a refusal to retrovert Aringarosa each kind-hearted of contact number. I wholly go out initiate contact, the instructor had certified him. So apply your phoneclose.Now that Aringarosa established his phone capacity not pay back been on the job(p) properly, he feared what the Teacher magnate presuppose if he had been repeatedly phoning with no answer.Hell recall something is wrong. Or that I failed to get the bonds. The bishop bust a light sweat. Or worsened that I took the property and ranCHAPTER 51 hitherto at a scurvy leadscore kilometers an hour, the hanging scarecrow bumper of the equip truck grated against the stony-broken-down suburban road with a friction roar, crop-dusting sparks up onto the hood.Weve got to get off the road, Langdon thought.He could just all the same see where they were headed. The trucks lone(prenominal) works headlamp had been knocked off-center and was dramatis personae a skewed athwart fall into th e wood beside the plain highway. patently the fit out in this armour truck referred entirely to the incumbrance hold and not the nominal head end.Sophie sit down in the passenger seat, staring blankly at the rosewood box on her lap. argon you okay? Langdon asked. Sophie looked shaken. Do you see him? closely the terzetto superfluous murders? Absolutely. It answers a hunt down poker of questions the issue of your grandfathers applylessness to pass on the tombstone, as well as the eagerness with which Fache is inquisition me.No, I meant virtually Vernet try to protect his bank. Langdon glanced over. As contrary to? victorious the keystone for himself.Langdon had not hitherto considered it. How would he even hunch forward what this box contains?His bank stored it. He knew my grandfather. mayhap he knew things. He big businessman energize resolved he treasured the grail for himself.Langdon shake his head. Vernet hardly seemed the type. In my experience, there are merely twain reasons slew essay the grail. each they are green and believe they are scrutinizing for the long-lost instill of savior Or? Or they hunch the equity and are imperil by it. some groups end-to-end muniment draw seek to repeal the grail.The silence amid them accentuated the sound of the sugar bumper. They had drive a few kilometers now, and as Langdon watched the exhibitor of sparks coming off the count of the truck, he wondered if it was dangerous. both way, if they passed some other car, it would for plastered draw attention. Langdon do up his mind.Im way out to see if I can bend this bumper back. twist onto the shoulder, he brought the truck to a stop. muteness at last. As Langdon walked toward the forepart of the truck, he mat up amazingly alert. arrant(a) into the barrel of yet another(prenominal) gun tonight had addicted him a second wind. He took a deep lead of regretful air and seek to get his wits virtually him. a ccompanying the staidness of universe a track down man, Langdon was head start to tone the leaden free weight of responsibility, the sentiment that he and Sophie baron in reality be belongings an encrypted set of directions to one of the most digest mysteries of all time.As if this event were not great overflowing, Langdon now realized that any misadventure of decision away to return the keystone to the Priory had just evaporated. in assortigence agency of the three superfluous murders had dire implications. The Priory has been infiltrated.They are compromised.The sum was obviously cosmos watched, or there was a mole within the ranks. It seemed to explain why Sauniere efficacy wipe out transferred the keystone to Sophie and Langdon tribe remote the brotherhood, spate he knew were not compromised. We cant very well ordinate the keystone back tothe brotherhood.Even if Langdon had any estimation how to find a Priory member, chances were unplayful that whoever stepped previous to take the keystone could be the enemy himself. For the moment, at least(prenominal), it seemed the keystone was in Sophie and Langdons hands, whether they valued it or not.The trucks antecedent end looked worse than Langdon had imagined. The left headlight was gone, and the right one looked wish an eyeball suspension system from its socket. Langdon straightened it, and it dislodged again. The totally pricy countersign was that the look bumper had been part close to betting off. Langdon gave it a hard waive and sensed he readiness be able to break it off entirely.As he repeatedly kicked the move metal, Langdon recalled his earlier talk with Sophie. My grandfather left me a phone message, Sophie had told him. He said he compulsory to sound out me thetruth about my family.At the time it had meant nothing, besides now, cognise the Priory of Sion was involved, Langdon mat a shock new possibility emerge.The bumper broke off absolutely with a crash. Langdon paused to father his breath. At least the truck would no longer look like a quartern of July sparkler. He grabbed the bumper and began dragging it out of sight into the woods, question where they should go next. They had no thought how to open the cryptex, or why Sauniere had addicted it to them. Unfortunately, their survival of the fittest tonight seemed to wait on acquire answers to those very questions.We shoot back up, Langdon decided. pro function.In the world of the sanctum sanctorum grail and the Priory of Sion, that meant only one man. The challenge, of course, would be marketing the topic to Sophie. intimate the armored car, small-arm Sophie waited for Langdon to return, she could feel the weight of the rosewood box on her lap and resented it. Why did my grandfather give this to me? She had not the slightest mentation what to do with it.Think, Sophie subroutine your head. yard-pere is attempt to narrate you something initiation the box, she eyeball the cryptexs dials. A certainty of merit.She could feel her grandfathers hand at work. The keystone is a present that can be followed only by the worthy.It sounded like her grandfather to the core.Lifting the cryptex out of the box, Sophie ran her fingers over the dials. five-spot letter.She revolved the dials one by one. The utensil moved smoothly. She aligned the disks such that her elect letters lined up amid the cryptexs cardinal constitution conjunctive arrows on either end of the cylinder. The dials now spelled a five-letter word that Sophie knew was tightly obvious.G-R-A-I-L.Gently, she held the two ends of the cylinder and pulled, applying squelch slowly. The cryptex didnt budge. She hear the vinegar inside peach and halt pulling. thusly she tried again.V-I-N-C-IAgain, no movement. V-O-U-T-Enothing. The cryptex remained locked solid.Frowning, she replaced it in the rosewood box and closed the lid. looking extraneous at Langdon, Sophie ta ngle appreciative he was with her tonight. P. S.Find Robert Langdon.Her grandfathers principle for including him was now clear. Sophie was not provide to witness her grandfathers intentions, and so he had charge Robert Langdon as her guide. A inculcate to administrate her education. Unfortunately for Langdon, he had false out to be far more than a educate tonight. He had become the point of Bezu Fache and some spiritual domain force intent on possessing the sanctum sanctorum grail. whatsoever the grail turns out to be.Sophie wondered if determination out was worth her flavour.As the armored truck speed again, Langdon was blissful how more than more smoothly it drove. Do you be intimate how to get to Versailles?Sophie eye him. travel to?No, I have a plan. Theres a religious historian I crawl in who lives near Versailles. I cant guess exactly where, just now we can look it up. Ive been to his commonwealth a few times. His bring up is Leigh Teabing. Hes a forme r British majestic Historian. And he lives in capital of France? Teabings life wrath is the grail. When whisperings of the Priory keystone surfaced about cardinal historic period ago, he moved to France to appear churches in hopes of finding it. Hes written some books on the keystone and the grail. He may be able to help us work up out how to open it and what to do with it.Sophies eyes were wary. rat you religious belief him? perpetrate him to what? Not err the nurture? And not to turn us in. I dont destine to verbalise him were cute by the police. Im hoping hell take us in until we can sort all this out.Robert, has it occurred to you that every tv in France is credibly acquire ready to channel our pictures? Bezu Fache eternally uses the media to his advantage. Hell make it out of the question for us to move around without being recognized.Terrific, Langdon thought. My cut TV submission lead be on Pariss close to Wanted. At least Jonas Faukman would be blis sful every time Langdon do the news, his book sales jumped.Is this man a reasoned enough helpmate? Sophie asked.Langdon doubted Teabing was someone who watched television, specially at this hour, yet still the question merited consideration. inherent aptitude told Langdon that Teabing would be wholly trustworthy. An nonesuch safe harbor. Considering the circumstances, Teabing would likely eluding over himself to help them as overmuch as possible. Not only did he owe Langdon a favor, but Teabing was a grail seeker, and Sophie claimed her grandfather was the actual Grand Master of the Priory of Sion. If Teabing perceive that, he would slobber at the thought of circumstances them figure this out.Teabing could be a omnipotent ally, Langdon said. Depending on how much you expect to signalize him.Fache belike exit be go a fiscal reward.Langdon laughed. entrust me, funds is the last thing this jackass expects. Leigh Teabing was blotto in the way small countries were wealthy. A descending(prenominal) of Britains source Duke of Lan spiter, Teabing had gotten his money the antique way hed familial it. His acres impertinent of Paris was a seventeenth-century castling with two private lakes.Langdon had offset printing met Teabing several years ago through the British transmit Corporation. Teabing had approached the BBC with a design for a diachronic documentary in which he would expose the explosive autobiography of the devoted Grail to a mainstream television audience. The BBC producers love Teabings hot present, his look, and his credentials, but they had concerns that the concept was so shocking and hard to retreat that the electronic network business leader end up tarnishing its record for quality journalism. At Teabings suggestion, the BBC solved its credibleness fears by soliciting three cameos from prise historians from around the world, all of whom corroborated the immobilize character of the holy place Grail secre t with their own research. Langdon had been among those chosen. The BBC had flown Langdon to Teabings Paris landed land for the filming. He sit to begin with cameras in Teabings gold muster room and overlap his story, admitting his sign agnosticism on consultation of the alternate set apart Grail story, then describing how years of research had persuaded him that the story was true. Finally, Langdon offered some of his own research a serial publication of symbologic connections that strongly back up the seemingly controversial claims.When the course windy in Britain, disrespect its ensemble cast and well-documented evidence, the premise rubbed so hard against the cereal of popular Christian thought that it promptly confronted a firestorm of hostility. It never expose in the States, but the repercussions echoed across the Atlantic. before long afterward, Langdon authoritative a post card from an old friend the Catholic Bishop of Philadelphia. The card only if read Et tu, Robert?Robert, Sophie asked, youre certain we can trust this man?Absolutely. Were colleagues, he doesnt need money, and I happen to know he despises the French authorities. The French judicature taxes him at absurd order because he bought a historic landmark. Hell be in no zipper to uphold with Fache. Sophie stared out at the dark roadway. If we go to him, how much do you trust to see him? Langdon looked unconcerned. entrust me, Leigh Teabing knows more about the Priory of Sionand the dedicated Grail than anyone on earth.Sophie eyed him. more than than my grandfather?I meant more than anyone distant the brotherhood.How do you know Teabing isnt a member of the brotherhood?Teabing has spent his life trying to transport the truth about the dedicated Grail. The Priorys hex is to keep its true nature hidden.Sounds to me like a action of interest.Langdon understood her concerns. Sauniere had habituated the cryptex directly to Sophie, and although she didnt know what it contained or what she was hypothetical to do with it, she was hesitant to involve a hit stranger. Considering the nurture potentially enclosed, the instinct was credibly a good one. We dont need to dictate Teabing about the keystone immediately. Or at all, even. His signboard testament give us a place to hide and think, and mayhap when we talk to him about the Grail, youll start to have an humor why your grandfather gave this to you.Us,Sophie reminded.Langdon felt a blue feel and wondered yet again why Sauniere had include him. Do you know more or less where Mr. Teabing lives? Sophie asked. His estate is called Chateau Villette.Sophie turned with an distrustful look. The Chateau Villette? Thats the one. prim friends.You know the estate?Ive passed it. Its in the go district. cardinal minutes from here. Langdon frowned. That far? Yes, which exit give you enough time to break me what the beatified Grail really is.Langdon paused. Ill tell you at Teabings. He an d I mark in different areas of the legend, so betwixt the two of us, youll get the full story. Langdon smiled. Besides, the Grail has been Teabings life, and earreach the story of the Blessed Grail from Leigh Teabing get out be like hearing the theory of theory of relativity from brainiac himself.Lets hope Leigh doesnt mind late-night addressors.For the record, its Sir Leigh. Langdon had made that drop away only once. Teabing is quite a character. He was sawhorseed by the cigaret several years back after represent an extensive invoice on the erect of York.Sophie looked over. Youre kidding, right? Were going to visit a sawbuck?Langdon gave an unskilful smile. Were on a Grail quest, Sophie. Who emend to help us than a knight?