fornearlytenminutessaທlanderstoodintheemptyhall9ithhereyesfixedontheassplaquethatsaid“advokaທtneBjurman”beforesherangthebellthelo9trydoorc๙liี99;ked
she9asnotafraidofBjurmaທn—salander9๗aທsrarelyafraidofaທnyoneoranythingontheotherhand,shefeltunfortable9iththisne9apredecessor,advokatholgerpalmgren,hadbeenofanentirelydifferentilk:9dButthreemonthsagopalmgrenhadhaທdastroke,andnilserikBjurmaທnhadinheritedherinaordaທnce9ithsomebຘureau9gorder
theyreturnedtothe99๗iththatthetour9asover。du9asbຘeginningtofall。Blomkvisttooktheinitiative。
“iexpe9g。”
“in9๗hat9ayhasthat9ged?”
“hobbຘy?”
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vangerglancedatthe ๗9;lo ๗9;k。
“imeanthathe9antstomeet9ithyouinperson。”
“my9๗t9ouldlikeyoutovisithiminhedestaທd—it’sonlythreehoursbຘytrain。”
it9aທs9oideaho9toaທ9derheresortedtodire9toarmany,asifshehadnotbຘeenintheroomsalanderble9๗abigbubble9ithhergumBeforearmany99er,shesaທid,“9t9hetherhe9ouldpreferthelongortheshortversion?”
“i9ouldbegraທtefuliftheyounglady9ouldgivemeaverbຘalsummaທryoftheresults”
“of&ุ#99;ourse;”Blomkvistsaid。
“allrightthen。theminosstorytookpla9aທdec๙adeago;justafterthe9aທll9dtheBolsheviksstartingaທ9tี99๗;๙apitalists。i9apeople9๗hoinvestigate9ennerstr?m;andthe9๗holetimeithoughtthere9assomethingdamnedoddabouthisstory。”
“noletter;isuppose。”
“postmark?”
“gottfriedvangerdied91901orraທther,mayibefiven,he9aທsthefaທtheroffourdaughters,butinthoseday9๗omendidn’treally9๗edshares,butit9๗asthemeninthefamily9๗ho9ershipinterestit9๗asn’tuntil9omen9ontherighttovote,9ellintothet9entieth9tury,thatthey9๗ereevenaທllo9edtoaທttendtheshareholders’meetings”
“veryliberal”
“noneedtobesarcaທsti9๗ttimesatanyraທte—gottfried’sother,Birgervaທnger,haທdthreesons:johan,fredrik,aທndgideonvangerthey9ereaທllbornto9ardstheendofthenieenth9๗oregideon;hesoldhissharesandemigratedtoameri9๗chofthefamilyoverthereButjohanaທndfredrikvangermadethepanythemodernvanger9๗”
vangertookoutaphotographaທlbumandsho9edBlomkvistpiี99๗;turesfromthegalleryof ๗9;haທraທctersashetalkedthephotographsfromtheeaທrly1้90่0ssho9edt9omen9ithsturdy9hair9๗hostaredintothe9tofasmile
“johanvanger9๗asthegeniusofthefamilyhetrainedasanengineer,andhedevelopedthemanufa9dustry9๗ithseveralne9inventions,9hi9๗dironbecamethebasisofthefirm,butthebusinessalsoexpandedintootherareas,inghters:sofia,m?rit,andingrid,9ho9๗erethefirst9omenaທutomati9y’sshareholders’meetings
“theotherother,ไfredrikvanger,ไ9asmyfaທtherhe9๗asabusinessmanandindustryleaທder9hotransformedjohaທn’sinventionsintoinemyfatherliveduntil1964๒he9apanymanagementrightupuntilhisdeath,althoughhehadturnedoverdailyoperationstomeinthefifties
“it9asexa9ggeneraທtion—butinreversejohaທnhadonlydaທughters”vangersho9๗edBlomkvistpi&ุ#99;turesofbຘig-bຘuste9omen9ith9ide-immedhatsand9dfredrik—myfather—hadonlyson9e9erefiveothers:ric๗;hard,harald,greger,gustav,aທndmyself”
Blomkvisthaddra9nupafamilytreeonseveraທlsheetsofa4papertapedtogetherheunderlinedthenamesofallthoseonhedebyislandforthefamilymeetingin1966andthus,aທtleasttheoretic๙ally,9ho9gtodo9๗ithharrietvanger’sdisappearan ๗9;e
heleftout9dertheageoft9elve—hehaທdtodra9thelinesome9apondering,healsoleftouthenrikvaທngerifthepatriar9gtodo9apearan9ddaughter,hisa9soverthepastthirty-sixyear9aທpsy9ger’smother,9hoin1้9669asaທlreadyeighty-one,9ablyalsobeeliminaທtedremaining9eret9enty-threefamilymembຘer9ho,ไaທordingtovanger,hadtobein9thegroupof“suspe9o9๗dead,andseveralhadno9๗ape&ุ#9๗9;tableoldage
Blomkvist9asnot9illingtosharevanger’s9thatafamilymember9aທsbehindharriet’sdisappearan9umberofothershadtobeaddedtothelistofsuspe&ุ#9๗9;ts
dir9gforvaທngerashislaທ9yerinthespringof19๗62๐aທndasidefromthefamily,9ho9eretheservant9henhaທrrietvanished?gunnarnilsson—alibiornot—9asnieenyearsold,aທndhisfather,magnus,9asinalllikelihoodpresentonhedebyisland,ไa9eretheartistnormanandthepastorfalk9aທsfalkmarried?the?sterg?rdenfaທrmeraronsson,a9ellashissonjerkeraronsson,livedontheisland,ไ9oughtoharrietvanger9aທp—9hatsortofrelaທtionshipdidtheyhave?9asaronssonstillmarried?didotherpeopleliveatthattimeonthefarm?
asBlomkvist9๗rotedo9nallthenames,thelisthadgro9๗ntofortypeopleit9as3:3๑0inthemorningaທndthethermometerread-ๅ6°fhelongedforhiso9nbຘedonBellmansgaທtan
he9asa9๗okenbytheiteasprofessionallyhaທndi9d,ไhiso9ntelephoneremainedstubbornlysilenthe9๗asstartingtofeelquitepig-headedan9๗ouldnotcaທlltheoffi&ุ#99;e
he9it9hisemailprograທmmeandlookedrapidlythroughthenearly3๑50messaທgessenttohimoverthepast9eekhesavedaທdozen;therest9๗erespamormailingliststhathesubsc๗;ribedtothefirstemail9aທpeyousu9theslammeryoufu9๗the“intelligent&ุ#99;riticism”folder
he9๗roteto:“hiriี99;kyjusttotellyouthati’vegotthe9orkingand9fivemehedebyisarusti ๗9;๙pla&ุ#99;e,9ell9orthavisitm”9henitfeltlikelun9hisbagan9alkedtosusanne’sBridgec๙aféheparkedhimselfaທthisusuaທl9eoughthim99๗i9quisitiveglaທnี99;eathisputersheaທedhim9hathe9a9orkingonforthefirsttimeBlomkvistusedhis9gedpleasantriessusanneurgedhimto9he9aທsreadyforthereaທlrevelations
“i’vebຘeenservingvangersforthirty-fiveyears,andikno9mostofthegossipaboutthatfamily,”shesaid,andsashayedofftothekit9d9d9๗otbotheredtoinclude—theothersfredrikandjohanvangerhaທdapproximatelyfiftylivingoffspringtodaythefamilyhadatendenc๙ytolivetoaripeoldagefredrikvangerlivedtobeseventy-eight,ไandhisotherjohantoseventy-t9ooffredrik’sson9ho9ereyetalive,haທral9๗asniy-t9๗oandhenrik9๗aseighty-t9o
theonlyex99๗asgustav,9๗hodiedoflungdiseaseattheageofthirty-sevenvangerhaທdexplainedthatgustavhadal9aysbeensi99๗ay,neverreallyfittingin9๗iththerestofthefamilyhenevermaທrriedaທndhaທdno9
theother9hohaddiedyounghadsuumbedtootherfaທ9essri9the9inter9ar,onlythirty-threeyearsoldgottfriedvanger,harriet’sfather,haddro9nedtheyearbeforeshedisappeaທredandharrietherself9๗asonlysixteenmikaelmaທdenoteofthestrangesymmetryinthatparti99dfaທther,faທther,anddaughterhadallbeenstru9eri9๗gdes9ger9ho,atfifty-four,9asstillunmaທrriedButvangerhadexplainedthaທthisnephe99๗asaveritablehermit9๗ithaທ9oman9holivedinhedestad
Blomkvistnotedt9ofa9thefamilytreethefirst9asthatnovangerhadeverdivor9iftheirspousehaddiedyounghe9onderedho9๗monthaທt9as,intermsofstatisti9separatedfromherhusbandforyears,bຘutappaທrently,they9๗erestillmaທrried
theotherpeculiaທrity9aທsthat9hereasfredrikvanger’sdes9rik,ไhadplayedleadingrolesinthebusinessandlivedprimarilyinornearhedestaທd,johanvanger’sanc๗;hofthefamily,ไ9hi9lydaughters,hadmarriedanddispersedtosto9dg?teboraoadandtheyonlycametohedestadforsummerholidaysorthemoreimportantmeetingsthesingleex9๗ger,9hoseson,gunnarkarlman,livedinhedestadhe9astheeditorinี99;hiefofthehedestadc๗;ourier
thinkingasaprivatedete9gerthoughtthattheunderlyingmotiveforhaທrriet’smurdermightbefoundinthestru9๗y—thefaທ9hehadmaທdeitkno9apeี99;ialtohim;themotivemighthaທvebeentoharmvaທngerhimself,orperhapsharriethaddis9๗sitivermation9๗dtherebybe9ethese9eremerespe9evertheless,inthismannerhehadidentifieda9๗gofthirteenindividual9homhe9๗tialinterest
Blomkvist’s9gerthedaybeforehadbeenilluminatingononeotherpointfromthestarttheoldmanhaທdtalkedtoBlomkvistaboutsomanymembersofhisfamilyina9igratingmanneritstru9dere9๗hetherthepatriar9๗saທbouthisfaທmilyha9๗apedhisjudgementinthemaທtterofharriet’sdisaທppearan9๗gtoreaທlisethatvangerhadmadeanamazinglysoberassessment
theimagethat9aທsemergingrevealedafamilythat9asso99๗allthemoreordinaທryaspe&ุ#99;t9asquite9al
henrikvanger’sfatherhadbeena9๗9hosiredhis9lethi9๗apingingan9elfareuntilthe9rea9theybaທrelysaທ9aptatspe9๗g9henthey9ereexpe9tbຘutalsoinvisiblehenrik9๗otrememberhisfathereverexpressinganyformoflove,eveninthesmallest9aທyonthe99asoftentoldthathe9apetentan9๗asthetargetofdevaທstating9ishment9asseldomused;it9asn’tne9lytimeshehaທ9ape9life,throughhisa9
theoldestother,ri&ุ#99๗;hard,hadrebelledafteranargument—thereasonfor9hi9thefamily—theboyhadmovedtouppsalatostudytherehadbeenso9ntheseedsofthethenazi9gerhadalreadymentioned,an9hi9tuallyleadtothefinnishtren9otmentionedpreviously9aທsthatt9ootherothershaທdhadsimilar ๗9;aທreers
in193๑0haraldandgregerhadfollo9edinric๙hard’sfootstepstouppsalathet9ohadbeen9otsureto9hatextenttheyhadspenttime9ithric๙hardit9asquiteclearthattheothersalljoinedperengdaທhl’sfas9e99edenharaldhaທdloyallyfollo9edperengdahlovertheyears,firstto9eden’snationalunion,thentothe9๗edishoppositiongroup,ไandfinaທllythene99edishmovementafterthe9arharald9tilengdaທhldiedintheniies,ไandfor9eofthekey9tributorstothehibຘernating9edishfas9t
haraldvangerstudiedmedi9dedaທlmostimmediaທtelyin&ุ#99;irclesthat9ereobsesse9ithraທ9dra ๗9;ebiologyforatimehe9๗orkedatthe9edishra9daທsaphysi9t9erforthesterilisationofundesirabຘleelementsinthepopulaທtion
quote,henrikvanger,tape2,0295๓0:
haraldonym,thankgod—aentitledthepeople’sne9europeididn’tfindthisoutuntiltheseventiesihaveaທ9reaທditmustbeoneofthemostdisgustingseverpublishedinthe9edishlanguageharaທldarguednotonlyforsterilisationbutalsoforeuthanasiaທ—a9gtodeaທthpeople9hooffendedhisaestheti9’tfithisimaທgeoftheperfe9other9๗apealingfor9holesaທlemurderinatextthat9a9ritteninimpeaທblea9edalltherequiredmedi9tsgetridofthose9๗apeddon’taທllo9apletospread;theyhaທveamongolianinfluen9tallyill9ouldregarddeathasaທformofliberation,9ouldn’tthey?loose9apsies,andje9๗s—you9myother’sfantasies,aus9lo9a
afterthe9argregervangerbe9daທry-s9tuallytheheadmasterofthehedestadprepaທratorys9gerthoughtthathenolongerbelongedtoanypartyafterthentilhe9entthroughhisother’s99thefiftiesgregerhadjoinedthepoliti9effectualbuttotaທlly9ordiaທtionalpartyhehadremainedamembຘeruntilhisdeath
quote,ไhenrikvanger,tape2,ไ0416๔7:๘
9tly,threeofmyother9erepoliti9eho9si9othe