Langdon gave a quiet wave as he disappeared into the darkness.
Turning, Fache marched angrily in the opposite direction. Arriving at the gate, he slid under, exited the Grand Gallery, marched down the hall, and stormed into the command center at Saunière's office.
"Who gave the approval to let Sophie Neveu into this building!" Fache bellowed.
Collet was the first to answer. "She told the guards outside she'd broken the code."
Fache looked around. "Is she gone?"
"She's not with you?"
"She left." Fache glanced out at the darkened hallway. Apparently Sophie had been in no mood to stop by and chat with the other officers on her way out.
For a moment, Fache considered radioing the guards in the entresol and telling them to stop Sophie and drag her back up here before she could leave the premises. He thought better of it. That was only his pride talking... wanting the last word. He'd had enough distractions tonight.
Deal with Agent Neveu later, he told himself, already looking forward to firing her.
Pushing Sophie from his mind, Fache stared for a moment at the miniature knight standing on Saunière's desk. Then he turned back to Collet. "Do you have him?"
Collet gave a curt nod and spun the laptop toward Fache. The red dot was clearly visible on the floor plan overlay, blinking methodically in a room marked TOILETTES PUBLIQUES.
"Good," Fache said, lighting a cigarette and stalking into the hall. I've got a phone call to make. Be damned sure the rest room is the only place Langdon goes."
Entresol 夾層樓面
Curt 唐突無禮的
蘭登靜靜地揮一下手，消失在黑暗之中。
法希轉身氣哼哼地朝相反方向走去。到鐵柵處，他從底下鑽了過去，出了大畫廊，徑直沿大廳氣沖沖地衝向設在索尼埃辦公室的指揮部。
"誰批准讓索菲奈芙進來的？"法希咆哮道。
科萊先生回答道："她告訴外面的警衛說她已破譯了密碼。"
法希四處打量了一番。"她走了嗎？"
"她不是和你在一起嗎？"
"她走了。"法希望了望遠處陰森森的走廊。索菲顯然沒情趣停下來和她在外出路上碰到的其他警官聊天。
一時間，他考慮要呼叫入口處的衛兵，告訴他們在索菲離開盧浮宮之前把她拖回到指揮部來。但又一想，他放棄了這個念頭。那只是他的大話……想要說了算。他今晚夠煩的了。以後再找奈芙算賬，他這麼說，心裡已經想著要炒她魷魚了。
法希把索菲拋到腦後。他盯著索尼埃桌子上的武士小雕像看了一番。過一會他轉向科萊問："他還在嗎？"
科萊急忙點頭並把手提電腦轉向法希。一個紅點在地板圖飾上分明地顯現出來，在標有"公共廁所"的房間有條不紊地閃爍著。
"很好。"法希說。他點燃一支香菸大步走進大廳。
"我得打個電話。要確保蘭登不能去除洗手間之外的其他任何地方。"
