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All of it was to catch my attention." "The pentacle has meaning to you?" "Yes.
I didn't get a chance to tell you, but the pentacle was a special symbol between my grandfather and me when I was growing up.
We used to play Tarot cards for fun, and my indicator card always turned out to be from the suit of pentacles.
I'm sure he stacked the deck, but pentacles got to be our little joke." Langdon felt a chill.
They played Tarot? The medieval Italian card game was so replete with hidden heretical symbolism that Langdon had dedicated an entire chapter in his new manuscript to the Tarot.
The game's twenty-two cards bore names like The Female Pope, The Empress, and The Star.
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