Robert Langdon, #2
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
Contents
CHAPTER 91
Overview
Silas and Rémy escape Temple Church with the keystone and a bound Teabing hidden in the limousine, but the kidnapping creates a new problem for the Teacher. The Teacher orders Silas into hiding at an Opus Dei residence and directs Rémy to bring the keystone to St. James’s Park, while hinting to Silas that Rémy must be dealt with.
The chapter sharpens the conspiracy’s internal betrayal: Silas believes Rémy may be doomed, while Rémy believes Silas and Bishop Aringarosa are the Teacher’s disposable pawns. The shifting loyalties raise the stakes around the keystone’s delivery and expose how thoroughly the Teacher manipulates his followers.
Summary
Near Temple Church, Silas waits in the passenger seat of the Jaguar limousine while Rémy finishes binding and gagging Leigh Teabing in the back. Rémy confirms that Teabing is secure, seals the opaque partition, and cuts off Teabing’s muffled protests, making the kidnapping a controlled but dangerous complication.
As Rémy drives through London, the Teacher calls Silas. Silas reports that the keystone is in his possession and feels hopeful that the mission has recovered after the chaos at Temple Church. The Teacher praises the news but insists that Rémy, not Silas, must deliver the keystone.
Silas is disappointed, but the Teacher reframes the order as a matter of necessity: Rémy has disobeyed instructions by kidnapping Teabing and has endangered the whole mission. The Teacher tells Silas to leave the streets, go to the Opus Dei residence in London, and wait there for further contact, implying that Rémy must be punished or eliminated.
Silas hands the phone to Rémy, believing the call may seal Rémy’s fate. From Rémy’s perspective, however, Silas is the expendable one: Rémy understands that the Teacher has used Silas and manipulated Bishop Aringarosa through desperation. Rémy remains confident that his own service has earned him a reward.
The Teacher orders Rémy to drop Silas near the Opus Dei residence, then drive the limousine to St. James’s Park and park on Horse Guards Parade. The call ends, leaving Rémy to follow instructions while both conspirators misunderstand how the Teacher intends to use them.
Who Appears
- SilasCarries the keystone, obeys the Teacher, and is sent into hiding at Opus Dei.
- Rémy LegaludecDrives the limousine, restrains Teabing, and receives orders to deliver the keystone.
- The TeacherDirects Silas and Rémy by phone, manipulating both while reclaiming the keystone.
- Leigh TeabingBound and gagged captive in the limousine after the Temple Church confrontation.
- Bishop AringarosaMentioned as a desperate pawn whom the Teacher manipulated through Silas.