Robert Langdon, #2
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
Contents
CHAPTER 25
Overview
Fache discovers that Langdon did not use his phone to contact the U.S. Embassy, but instead called Sophie Neveu's voicemail. This exposes Langdon's deception and shows that Sophie and Langdon were working together earlier than Fache understood.
The revelation escalates Fache's pursuit, turning his suspicion into fury and tightening the pressure on the fugitives.
Summary
At the U.S. Embassy in Paris, the night operator receives a call from a French-accented man claiming to be Robert Langdon. The caller says he was told the embassy has an automated phone message for him, but he has forgotten his three-digit access code.
The operator explains that the embassy no longer has an automated message system and that its old access codes were five digits, not three. Before the operator can learn more, the caller hangs up.
On the banks of the Seine, Bezu Fache realizes that Langdon could not have called the embassy after all. Remembering that Langdon used Fache's own phone, Fache checks the recent calls list and finds the number Langdon dialed, followed by the code 454.
Fache redials the number and hears Sophie Neveu's voicemail greeting. As Fache enters 454, he realizes Langdon had tricked him and secretly contacted Sophie, deepening Fache's anger and confirming that Langdon and Sophie are coordinating their escape.
Who Appears
- Bezu FacheInvestigates Langdon’s phone call and realizes Langdon secretly contacted Sophie.
- Robert LangdonAbsent but exposed as having deceived Fache with a false embassy-call explanation.
- Sophie NeveuAbsent but revealed as the real recipient of Langdon’s coded phone call.
- U.S. Embassy night operatorClarifies the embassy has no automated message system, prompting Fache’s realization.