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Profitability, Da Vinci is a code well cracked

Source: www.theglobeandmail.com. Posted on 08 May 2006.

Paul Roumanet, curé of Saint-Sulpice in the 6th arrondissement's Luxembourg quarter, stands near the high altar of his magnificent baroque church, a bemused expression on his face, watching the tourists mill around him.

With the exquisite light from the 17th-century yellow stained-glass window of Jesus in glory bathing the interior of one of France's ecclesiastical architectural treasures, the priest mildly observes: 'I can always tell The Da Vinci Code tourists from the others. Always.' The corners of his mouth lift in a smile. 'They are not a great interruption right now.'

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