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The moment the helicopter took off, I almost thought he was a hero
Lacy 2022-03-17 09:01:03
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Robert Langdon: [Swiss Guards Offices Corridor. As Langdon and Olivetti walk, Langdon studies the row of statues of male nudes that line both sides of the hallway, all wearing fig leaves] The Great Castration.
Inspector Olivetti: I beg your pardon?
Robert Langdon: 1857. Pius IX felt the male form might inspire lust, so he got a hammer and chisel and unmanned two hundred statues. These plaster figs were added later.
Inspector Olivetti: [Olivetti stops abruptly, outside a heavy steel door with a security keyboard beside it] Are you anti-Catholic, Professor Langdon?
Robert Langdon: Me? No, I'm anti-vandalism.
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Robert Langdon: [Swiss Guards Offices corridor. As Langdon and Olivetti walk, Langdon studies the row of statues of Male nudes that line both sides of the hallway, all wearing fig leaves] The Great Castration.
Inspector Olivetti: I beg your pardon?
Robert Langdon: 1857. Pius IX felt that the male form might inspire lust, so he took a hammer and chisel and unmanned hundreds of these statues. These plaster fig leaves were added later.
Robert Langdon: [Olivetti stops abruptly outside a heavy steel door with a security keyboard beside it] Are you anti-Catholic, Professor Langdon?
Robert Langdon: Me? No, I'm anti-vandalism?