Gunther Glick is a news reporter and we know that in the previous chapter he got a call from the assassin saying that he will change the life of Gunther. As Gunther got off the phone, he told his camera women that there are four missing cardinals and they are going to be murdered at four different churches tonight. They will be expecting the first murder location pretty soon. Now as a news reporter that it a lot to take in especially on a topic like this. I would assume that this might be a prank but us a readers know that it is not.
In Vault 10 Vittoria has found the Galileo book. Langdon grabs the book and starts looking through it. He trying to find math but cant find anything. Langdon believes that the numbers are written out so they split up the task. Meanwhile we figure out that the four cardinals are somewhere in a tunnel in a stone cubicle by rusted iron bars.
Vittoria finds a clue in the book: she finds a footnote and it reads, "The path of light is laid, the sacred test" (216). The line was written in English and Langdon realizes that in the 1600 Vatican City did not have control over the English Language. He also realizes that the line is iambic pentameter. As Vittoria finds more line in the margins they discover that the lines are a poem from John Milton. They both run run to the door before they lose oxygen.
As Langdon and Vittoria are running from the archives building Langdon has deciphered the clue. It reads, "From Santi's earthly tomb with demon's hole, / 'Cross Rome the mystic elements unfold. / The path of light is laid, the sacred test, / Let angles guide you on your lofty quest" (222). Langdon believes that the path of the Illumination begins at Santi's tomb and then the markers will guide them. So then they head to the Swiss office.
It amazes me how fast they solved where to go in less than 20 minutes cause two special minds working together is incredible. I think they might be able to pull this off.
Twelve Swiss guards along with Olivetti, Langdon and Vittoria race toward the Pantheon. Langdon does seem confident that the path of Illumination begins there because it still might be intact anymore and the statues of the Pantheon ware removed and destroyed in the 1800's. Olivetti agrees with Vittoria to continue.
As they position themselves outside the Pantheon, Langdon still doesn't think that this is the right place. I think maybe cause of something that he might know that happened to this place... or maybe he thinks that he deciphered the clue to easy? I don't know but Langdon doesn't feel right about this location. And that is a problem.
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