The Da Vinci Code

PRIEURE DE SIGN—LES NAUTONIERS/GRAND MASTERS
JEAN DE GISORS
1188-1220
MARIE DE SAINT-CLAIR
1220-1266
GUILLAUME DE GlSORS
1266-1307
EDOUARD DE BAR
1307-1336
JEANNE DE BAR
1336-1351
JEAN DE SAINT-CLAIR
1351-1366
BLANCE D'EVREUX
1366-1398
NICOLAS FLAMEL
1398-1418
RENE D'ANJOU
1418-1480
IOLANDE DE BAR
1480-1483
SANDRO BOTTICELLI
1483-1510
LEONARDO DA VINCI
1510-1519
CONNETABLE DE BOURBON
1519-1527
FERDINAND DE GONZAQUE
1527-1575
LOUIS DE NEVERS
1575-1595
ROBERT FLUDD
1595-1637
J. VALENTIN ANDREA
1637-1654
ROBERT BOYLE
1654-1691
ISAAC NEWTON
1691-1727

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CHARLES RADCLYFFE
1727-1746
CHARLES DE LORRAINE
1746-1780
MAXIMILIAN DE LORRAINE
1780-1801
CHARLES NODIER
1801-1844
VICTOR HUGO
1844-1885
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
1885-1918
JEAN COCTEAU
1918-1963
Prieuré de Sion? Collet wondered.
"Lieutenant?" Another agent stuck his head in. "The switchboard has an urgent call for Captain 
Fache, but they can't reach him. Will you take it?"
Collet returned to the kitchen and took the call.
It was André Vernet.
The banker's refined accent did little to mask the tension in his voice. "I thought Captain Fache said 
he would call me, but I have not yet heard from him."
"The captain is quite busy," Collet replied. "May I help you?"
"I was assured I would be kept abreast of your progress tonight."
For a moment, Collet thought he recognized the timbre of the man's voice, but he couldn't quite 
place it. "Monsieur Vernet, I am currently in charge of the Paris investigation. My name is 
Lieutenant Collet."
There was a long pause on the line. "Lieutenant, I have another call coming in. Please excuse me. I 
will call you later." He hung up.
For several seconds, Collet held the receiver. Then it dawned on him. I knew I recognized that 
voice! The revelation made him gasp.
The armored car driver.
With the fake Rolex.
Collet now understood why the banker had hung up so quickly. Vernet had remembered the name 
Lieutenant Collet—the officer he blatantly lied to earlier tonight.

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Collet pondered the implications of this bizarre development. Vernet is involved. Instinctively, he 
knew he should call Fache. Emotionally, he knew this lucky break was going to be his moment to 
shine.
He immediately called Interpol and requested every shred of information they could find on the 
Depository Bank of Zurich and its president, André Vernet.