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THIS
WORK
IS
UNDERGOING
DIAGNOSTIC
TESTS
IN
PREPARATION
FOR
RESTORATION
.
In
the
bizarre
underworld
of
modern
Grail
seekers
,
Leonardo
Da
Vinci
remained
the
quest
’
s
great
enigma
.
His
artwork
seemed
bursting
to
tell
a
secret
,
and
yet
whatever
it
was
remained
hidden
,
perhaps
beneath
a
layer
of
paint
,
perhaps
enciphered
in
plain
view
,
or
perhaps
nowhere
at
all
.
Maybe
Da
Vinci
’
s
plethora
of
tantalizing
clues
was
nothing
but
an
empty
promise
left
behind
to
frustrate
the
curious
and
bring
a
smirk
to
the
face
of
his
knowing
Mona
Lisa
.
«
Is
it
possible
,
»
Sophie
asked
,
drawing
Langdon
back
,
»
that
the
key
you
’
re
holding
unlocks
the
hiding
place
of
the
Holy
Grail
?
»
Langdon
’
s
laugh
sounded
forced
,
even
to
him
.
«
I
really
can
’
t
imagine
.
Besides
,
the
Grail
is
believed
to
be
hidden
in
the
United
Kingdom
somewhere
,
not
France
.
»
He
gave
her
the
quick
history
.
«
But
the
Grail
seems
the
only
rational
conclusion
,
»
she
insisted
.
«
We
have
an
extremely
secure
key
,
stamped
with
the
Priory
of
Sion
seal
,
delivered
to
us
by
a
member
of
the
Priory
of
Sion
–
a
brotherhood
which
,
you
just
told
me
,
are
guardians
of
the
Holy
Grail
.
»
Langdon
knew
her
contention
was
logical
,
and
yet
intuitively
he
could
not
possibly
accept
it
.
Rumors
existed
that
the
Priory
had
vowed
someday
to
bring
the
Grail
back
to
France
to
a
final
resting
place
,
but
certainly
no
historical
evidence
existed
to
suggest
that
this
indeed
had
happened
.
Even
if
the
Priory
had
managed
to
bring
the
Grail
back
to
France
,
the
address
24
Rue
Haxo
near
a
tennis
stadium
hardly
sounded
like
a
noble
final
resting
place
.
«
Sophie
,
I
really
don
’
t
see
how
this
key
could
have
anything
to
do
with
the
Grail
.
»
«
Because
the
Grail
is
supposed
to
be
in
England
?
»
«
Not
only
that
.
The
location
of
the
Holy
Grail
is
one
of
the
best
kept
secrets
in
history
.
Priory
members
wait
decades
proving
themselves
trustworthy
before
being
elevated
to
the
highest
echelons
of
the
fraternity
and
learning
where
the
Grail
is
.
That
secret
is
protected
by
an
intricate
system
of
compartmentalized
knowledge
,
and
although
the
Priory
brotherhood
is
very
large
,
only
four
members
at
any
given
time
know
where
the
Grail
is
hidden
–
the
Grand
Master
and
his
three
sénéchaux
.
The
probability
of
your
grandfather
being
one
of
those
four
top
people
is
very
slim
.
»
My
grandfather
was
one
of
them
,
Sophie
thought
,
pressing
down
on
the
accelerator
.
She
had
an
image
stamped
in
her
memory
that
confirmed
her
grandfather
’
s
status
within
the
brotherhood
beyond
any
doubt
.
