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达芬奇密码|The Da Vinci Code

第24章|Chapter 23

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塞拉斯抬头看着圣叙尔皮斯方尖碑，估量着巨大的大理石碑面的高度。他身上的肌肉因为兴奋绷得紧紧的。他再次环视了一下教堂，确认四周无人。然后，他跪倒在石碑的基座前。当然，这并非是出于尊敬，只是出于实际需要。

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楔石藏在玫瑰线下。

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在圣叙尔皮斯方尖碑的基座处。

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所有隐修会的成员都这么说。

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塞拉斯跪在地上，双手在石块铺就的地面上摸索着。他没有发现哪块地砖上有表明可以移动的裂纹或标记，于是就开始用指关节敲击地面。他沿着铜线敲击着方尖碑附近的每一块地砖，最后终于发现有一块地砖的回音与众不同。

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地砖下是空的！

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塞拉斯笑了起来，看来他杀的那几个人都说了实话。

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他站起身来，在圣殿里寻找可以用来撬开地砖的东西。

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桑德琳嬷嬷蹲在塞拉斯上方那高高的唱诗班站台上，屏住了呼吸。她最担心的事终于发生了。这个来访者的身份与他的表象不符。这个神秘的天主事工会的僧侣另有所图。

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为了一个秘密的目的。

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有秘密的又何止你一人呢，她想。

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桑德琳嬷嬷不仅是这所教堂的看守人，还是一名卫士。今晚，那古老的隐修会机制又开始运行了。陌生人来到方尖碑的基座边是教友们发出的信号。

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那是无声的痛苦呼唤。

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Sophie arrived breathless outside the large wooden doors of the Salle des Etats—the room thathoused the Mona Lisa. Before entering, she gazed reluctantly farther down the hall, twenty yards orso, to the spot where her grandfather’s body still lay under the spotlight.

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The remorse that gripped her was powerful and sudden, a deep sadness laced with guilt. The manhad reached out to her so many times over the past ten years, and yet Sophie had remainedimmovable—leaving his letters and packages unopened in a bottom drawer and denying his effortsto see her. He lied to me! Kept appalling secrets! What was I supposed to do? And so she hadblocked him out. Completely.

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Now her grandfather was dead, and he was talking to her from the grave.

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The Mona Lisa.

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She reached for the huge wooden doors, and pushed. The entryway yawned open. Sophie stood onthe threshold a moment, scanning the large rectangular chamber beyond. It too was bathed in a softred light. The Salle des Etats was one of this museum’s rare culs-de-sac—a dead end and the onlyroom off the middle of the Grand Gallery. This door, the chamber’s sole point of entry, faced adominating fifteen-foot Botticelli on the far wall. Beneath it, centered on the parquet floor, animmense octagonal viewing divan served as a welcome respite for thousands of visitors to rest theirlegs while they admired the Louvre’s most valuable asset.

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Even before Sophie entered, though, she knew she was missing something. A black light. Shegazed down the hall at her grandfather under the lights in the distance, surrounded by electronicgear. If he had written anything in here, he almost certainly would have written it with thewatermark stylus.

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Taking a deep breath, Sophie hurried down to the well-lit crime scene. Unable to look at hergrandfather, she focused solely on the PTS tools. Finding a small ultraviolet penlight, she slipped itin the pocket of her sweater and hurried back up the hallway toward the open doors of the Salle desEtats.

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Sophie turned the corner and stepped over the threshold. Her entrance, however, was met by anunexpected sound of muffled footsteps racing toward her from inside the chamber. There’ssomeone in here! A ghostly figure emerged suddenly from out of the reddish haze. Sophie jumpedback.

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"There you are!" Langdon’s hoarse whisper cut the air as his silhouette slid to a stop in front of her.

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Her relief was only momentary. "Robert, I told you to get out of here! If Fache—""Where were you?""I had to get the black light," she whispered, holding it up. "If my grandfather left me a message—""Sophie, listen." Langdon caught his breath as his blue eyes held her firmly. "The letters P.S.... dothey mean anything else to you? Anything at all?"Afraid their voices might echo down the hall, Sophie pulled him into the Salle des Etats and closedthe enormous twin doors silently, sealing them inside. "I told you, the initials mean PrincessSophie.""I know, but did you ever see them anywhere else? Did your grandfather ever use P.S. in any otherway? As a monogram, or maybe on stationery or a personal item?"The question startled her. How would Robert know that? Sophie had indeed seen the initials P.S.

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once before, in a kind of monogram. It was the day before her ninth birthday. She was secretlycombing the house, searching for hidden birthday presents. Even then, she could not bear secretskept from her. What did Grand-père get for me this year? She dug through cupboards and drawers.

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Did he get me the doll I wanted? Where would he hide it?

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Finding nothing in the entire house, Sophie mustered the courage to sneak into her grandfather’sbedroom. The room was off-limits to her, but her grandfather was downstairs asleep on the couch.

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I’ll just take a fast peek!

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Tiptoeing across the creaky wood floor to his closet, Sophie peered on the shelves behind hisclothing. Nothing. Next she looked under the bed. Still nothing. Moving to his bureau, she openedthe drawers and one by one began pawing carefully through them. There must be something for mehere! As she reached the bottom drawer, she still had not found any hint of a doll. Dejected, sheopened the final drawer and pulled aside some black clothes she had never seen him wear. She wasabout to close the drawer when her eyes caught a glint of gold in the back of the drawer. It lookedlike a pocket watch chain, but she knew he didn’t wear one. Her heart raced as she realized what itmust be.

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A necklace!

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Sophie carefully pulled the chain from the drawer. To her surprise, on the end was a brilliant goldkey. Heavy and shimmering. Spellbound, she held it up. It looked like no key she had ever seen.

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Most keys were flat with jagged teeth, but this one had a triangular column with little pockmarksall over it. Its large golden head was in the shape of a cross, but not a normal cross. This was aneven-armed one, like a plus sign. Embossed in the middle of the cross was a strange symbol—twoletters intertwined with some kind of flowery design.

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"P.S.," she whispered, scowling as she read the letters. Whatever could this be?

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"Sophie?" her grandfather spoke from the doorway.

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Startled, she spun, dropping the key on the floor with a loud clang. She stared down at the key,afraid to look up at her grandfather’s face. "I... was looking for my birthday present," she said,hanging her head, knowing she had betrayed his trust.

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For what seemed like an eternity, her grandfather stood silently in the doorway. Finally, he let out along troubled breath. "Pick up the key, Sophie."Sophie retrieved the key.

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Her grandfather walked in. "Sophie, you need to respect other people’s privacy." Gently, he kneltdown and took the key from her. "This key is very special. If you had lost it..."Her grandfather’s quiet voice made Sophie feel even worse. "I’m sorry, Grand-père. I really am."She paused. "I thought it was a necklace for my birthday."He gazed at her for several seconds. "I’ll say this once more, Sophie, because it’s important. Youneed to learn to respect other people’s privacy.""Yes, Grand-père.""We’ll talk about this some other time. Right now, the garden needs to be weeded."Sophie hurried outside to do her chores.

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The next morning, Sophie received no birthday present from her grandfather. She hadn’t expectedone, not after what she had done. But he didn’t even wish her happy birthday all day. Sadly, shetrudged up to bed that night. As she climbed in, though, she found a note card lying on her pillow.

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On the card was written a simple riddle. Even before she solved the riddle, she was smiling. I knowwhat this is! Her grandfather had done this for her last Christmas morning.

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A treasure hunt!

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Eagerly, she pored over the riddle until she solved it. The solution pointed her to another part of thehouse, where she found another card and another riddle. She solved this one too, racing on to thenext card. Running wildly, she darted back and forth across the house, from clue to clue, until atlast she found a clue that directed her back to her own bedroom. Sophie dashed up the stairs,rushed into her room, and stopped in her tracks. There in the middle of the room sat a shining redbicycle with a ribbon tied to the handlebars. Sophie shrieked with delight.

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"I know you asked for a doll," her grandfather said, smiling in the corner. "I thought you might likethis even better."The next day, her grandfather taught her to ride, running beside her down the walkway. WhenSophie steered out over the thick lawn and lost her balance, they both went tumbling onto thegrass, rolling and laughing.

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"Grand-père," Sophie said, hugging him. "I’m really sorry about the key.""I know, sweetie. You’re forgiven. I can’t possibly stay mad at you. Grandfathers andgranddaughters always forgive each other."Sophie knew she shouldn’t ask, but she couldn’t help it. "What does it open? I never saw a key likethat. It was very pretty."Her grandfather was silent a long moment, and Sophie could see he was uncertain how to answer.

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Grand-père never lies. "It opens a box," he finally said. "Where I keep many secrets."Sophie pouted. "I hate secrets!""I know, but these are important secrets. And someday, you’ll learn to appreciate them as much as Ido.""I saw letters on the key, and a flower.""Yes, that’s my favorite flower. It’s called a fleur-de-lis. We have them in the garden. The whiteones. In English we call that kind of flower a lily.""I know those! They’re my favorite too!""Then I’ll make a deal with you." Her grandfather’s eyebrows raised the way they always did whenhe was about to give her a challenge. "If you can keep my key a secret, and never talk about it everagain, to me or anybody, then someday I will give it to you."Sophie couldn’t believe her ears. "You will?""I promise. When the time comes, the key will be yours. It has your name on it."Sophie scowled. "No it doesn’t. It said P.S. My name isn’t P.S.!"Her grandfather lowered his voice and looked around as if to make sure no one was listening.

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"Okay, Sophie, if you must know, P.S. is a code. It’s your secret initials."Her eyes went wide. "I have secret initials?""Of course. Granddaughters always have secret initials that only their grandfathers know.""P.S.?"He tickled her. "Princesse Sophie."She giggled. "I’m not a princess!"He winked. "You are to me."From that day on, they never again spoke of the key. And she became his Princess Sophie.

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Inside the Salle des Etats, Sophie stood in silence and endured the sharp pang of loss.

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"The initials," Langdon whispered, eyeing her strangely. "Have you seen them?"Sophie sensed her grandfather’s voice whispering in the corridors of the museum. Never speak ofthis key, Sophie. To me or to anyone. She knew she had failed him in forgiveness, and shewondered if she could break his trust again. P.S. Find Robert Langdon. Her grandfather wantedLangdon to help. Sophie nodded. "Yes, I saw the initials P.S. once. When I was very young.""Where?"Sophie hesitated. "On something very important to him."Langdon locked eyes with her. "Sophie, this is crucial. Can you tell me if the initials appeared witha symbol? A fleur-de-lis?"Sophie felt herself staggering backward in amazement. "But... how could you possibly know that!"Langdon exhaled and lowered his voice. "I’m fairly certain your grandfather was a member of asecret society. A very old covert brotherhood."Sophie felt a knot tighten in her stomach. She was certain of it too. For ten years she had tried toforget the incident that had confirmed that horrifying fact for her. She had witnessed somethingunthinkable. Unforgivable.

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"The fleur-de-lis," Langdon said, "combined with the initials P.S., that is the brotherhood’s officialdevice. Their coat of arms. Their logo.""How do you know this?" Sophie was praying Langdon was not going to tell her that he himselfwas a member.

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"I’ve written about this group," he said, his voice tremulous with excitement. "Researching thesymbols of secret societies is a specialty of mine. They call themselves the Prieuré de Sion—thePriory of Sion. They’re based here in France and attract powerful members from all over Europe. Infact, they are one of the oldest surviving secret societies on earth."Sophie had never heard of them.

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Langdon was talking in rapid bursts now. "The Priory’s membership has included some of history’smost cultured individuals: men like Botticelli, Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo." He paused, hisvoice brimming now with academic zeal. "And, Leonardo da Vinci."Sophie stared. "Da Vinci was in a secret society?""Da Vinci presided over the Priory between 1510 and 1519 as the brotherhood’s Grand Master,which might help explain your grandfather’s passion for Leonardo’s work. The two men share ahistorical fraternal bond. And it all fits perfectly with their fascination for goddess iconology,paganism, feminine deities, and contempt for the Church. The Priory has a well-documentedhistory of reverence for the sacred feminine.""You’re telling me this group is a pagan goddess worship cult?""More like the pagan goddess worship cult. But more important, they are known as the guardiansof an ancient secret. One that made them immeasurably powerful."Despite the total conviction in Langdon’s eyes, Sophie’s gut reaction was one of stark disbelief. Asecret pagan cult? Once headed by Leonardo da Vinci? It all sounded utterly absurd. And yet, evenas she dismissed it, she felt her mind reeling back ten years—to the night she had mistakenlysurprised her grandfather and witnessed what she still could not accept. Could that explain—?

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"The identities of living Priory members are kept extremely secret," Langdon said, "but the P.S.

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and fleur-de-lis that you saw as a child are proof. It could only have been related to the Priory."Sophie realized now that Langdon knew far more about her grandfather than she had previouslyimagined. This American obviously had volumes to share with her, but this was not the place. "Ican’t afford to let them catch you, Robert. There’s a lot we need to discuss. You need to go!"Langdon heard only the faint murmur of her voice. He wasn’t going anywhere. He was lost inanother place now. A place where ancient secrets rose to the surface. A place where forgottenhistories emerged from the shadows.

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Slowly, as if moving underwater, Langdon turned his head and gazed through the reddish hazetoward the Mona Lisa.

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The fleur-de-lis... the flower of Lisa... the Mona Lisa.

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