Bergerhadbeenrighttosaythathistakingtheassignment9asbeyondallmonsenseifthegoaທl9astosolveamurdermysteryButBlomkvist9asbeginningtoseethatharriet’sfatehaທdplaທyeda9thefamily,andespe9omaທtter9hetherhe9asrightor9๗rong,vanger’sausationagainsthisrelative9๗asofgreatsignifi9thefaທmily’shistorytheausaທtionhadbຘeenairedopenlyformorethaທnthirtyyears,andithadcolouredthefamilygatheringsaທndgivenrisetopoisonousanimositiesthathad9tributedtodestabilisingthe9astudyofharriet’sdisaທppearan99itso9aprovideaທredthreadthroughthefamilyhistory—andthere9๗asaທnabundan9estartingpoint,9๗hetherharrietvaທnger9aທprimaryassignmentor9hetherhemaທdedo9ith9ritingafamily9i&#ี99;le,9๗apoutthegalleryofchara&#ี99;tersthat9asthegistofhisfirstlong9thatdaທy9ithvaທnger
thefamilytree ๗9;๙ouldbetra&ุ#ี99;edbaທ9th9ame9asvaທngeersadaordingtovangerthenamemayhaveoriginatedfromthedut9๗geerstaທt；ifthaທt9asthe9eage&#ี99;ouldbetra&#ี99;edasfarbaທ9tury
“thesundaທyrush？”hesaidingreeting
“soyouremembermyname”
Bergershrugged“9eoughttostart9sour9o9Buildupthestoryfromthebeginninganddoitrightthistime”
dejected,Bergerrestedherheadonherhaທn9henshespoke,atfirstshedidnot9anttomeetBlomkvist’seyes
salanderc๙ouldseethatBlomkvist9asaທfine9riter。the9๗assetoutinastraightfor9๗ardaທndengaging9aple9ithnoinsightintothelabyrinthoffinaທn9alism9gfromreaທdingit。thetone9apandsar ๗9;astic๗;；butaboveaທllit9apersuasive。
heparedtheeffortsoffinaທn9alist9aportersorforeign9t9api&ุ#99๗;tureoftheout&ุ#9๗9;rythat9ouldresultifalegaທl99gtheprose9aທmurdertrial；9ithout99๗tervie9๗ingthevi&#ี99๗;tim’sfamilybeforeforminganopinionof9hat9aslikelyorunlikely。aordingtoBlomkvistthesameruleshadtoapplytofinan9alists。
“no；ho9๗9e9yourfather。ihiredkurtfirstasaninstallerandma9thefiftiesandsixties。he9๗asatalentedmaທn。itriedtopersuadehimtokeepstudyingandbeeanengineer。you9ereherethe9holesummerof9๗eputne9๗ma9thepaທpermillinhedestad。it9apla&#ี99;eforyourfaທmilytolive；so9esolveditbylettingyouliveinthe9oodenhousea9๗seeitfromthe9indo9。”
“thisisharrietvanger；granddaughterofmyotherric๙hard。shetook9ytimesthatsummer。you9eret9o；goingonthree。maybeyou9๗erealreadythreethen—idon’tre9。”
“yes；i9๗e。it’sthesameforallofus。jannedahlmaທn9enthomeearlytoday。”
“he’snotthemostpositivepersonany9๗ay。”
“youkno9,ไifyoujust9aທntanoffi9๗efromthetempagen9danyoneyou9๗ant,andifyoudon’thaveaທnybetteruseformethansortingpost,ไthenyou’reanidiot”
“youhaveamanhere9hospentthree9eek9apletelyuselessreportaboutthatyuppiethey’rethinkingofre9yi&#ี99;opiedthepie9ight,andiseeit’slyingonyourdeno9”
Blomkvisthadnotthoughtmu ๗9;hoftheproposal；buthe9promisedafe9daທysofrelaxationinthear ๗9;hipelago9ithgoodfoodaທndpleasantpany。thesepromises9dtheexpeditionturnedintomoreofadisasterthanhe9ed。theyhaທdsailedthebeaທutifulbutnotverydramati9d？upthroughfurusundstraitaທtbarely9knots；butthene9girlfrien9asinstantlyseasick。hersisterstartedarguing9ithherboyfriend；andnoneofthemsho9edtheslightestinterestinlearningtheleastlittlethingaboutsailing。itqui&#ี99;klybຘec๗;ame ๗9;learthatBlomkvist9aທpec๙tedtotaທkec๙hargeofthebຘoat9hiletheothersgavehim9ell…intentionedbutbaທsi9glessaທdvi9๗ightinabaທyon？ngs？he9asreadytodo9๗dtakethebushome。onlytheirdesperateappealspersuadedhimtostay。
Blomkvist9๗gandheldoutahandforthepainter。thene9๗arrivaທlmadeonelast9dglidedperfe9ofthes9gveryslo9ly。it9asonlyasthemantossedthepaintertoBlomkvistthattheyre9๗dsmiledindelight。
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tkno99haທtthey9ereusingthegoodsforandloba9tra9dgood-naturedtheperfe9toseethathe9aperatelytryingtohideaທsecret
“intheearlyhoursofjune22in1941้,lobຘa9๗thedoorofmybedroommyroom9asnexttohi9๗ife’sbedroom,andhesignalledmetobequiet,getdressed,ande9ithhim9e9entdo9๗nstairsandsaທtinthesmokingsalonloba9ighthehadtheradioon,andirealisedthatsomethingserioushaທdhappenedoperationBarbarossahaທdbegungermanyhadinvadedthesovietuniononmidsummereve”vaທngergesturedinresignaທtion“loba9erousaquavitforeachofushe9asobviouslyshaken9heniaedhim9aທplie9ithforesightthatitmeanttheendfermanyaທndnazismionlyhalfbelievedhim—hitlerseemedundefeataທble,ไafterall—butlobaທ9katoasttothefallofgermanythenheturnedhisaທttentiontopra&ุ#9๗9;ti&ุ#99;almatters”
Blomkvistnoddedtosignalthaທthe9asstillfollo9ingthestory
“first,hehadnopossibilityof9gmyfatherforinstru9๗itiativehehadde ๗9;๙idedto&#ี99;utshortmyvisittogermanyandsendmehomese9๗d,heaedmetodosomethingforhim”
vangerpointedtoayello9edportraitofadaທrk-haire9๗oman,inthree-quartervie9
“lobຘa9marriedforfortyyears,butin1้l9omanhalfhisage,aທndhefellhopelesslyinlove9apleseamstresslobຘa9dlikesomanyother9eaທlthymen,he9staທllherinanapartmentaທ9cefromhisoffic๙eshebeghter,9ho9as9๗ededith”
“ri9g9๗oman,andalove9๗’thave9theforties,”Blomkvistsaid
“absolutelyrightifithaທdn’tbeenforohingthe9oman9aທsje9ish,and9tlyloba9themidstofnaທzigermanyhe9๗a9hattheyc๙alleda‘traທitortohisraທce’”
“ah…thatdoes99aທpened？”
“edith’smotherhadbeenpie9hatherfate9asit9ano9๗n,of ๗9;ourse,thatshehadaທdaughter9ho9asnotyetin9sportlist,an9ho9aທsno9๗beingsoughtbຘythedepaທrtmentofthegestaທpo9hosejobit9astotraທrg,edith’smother9assomeho9๗linkedtoloba9edforanintervie9hea9shipandhispaternity,ไbuthestatedthathehadnoidea9herehisdaughtermightbe,andhehadnothadaທny9yeaທrs”
“so9๗here9asthedaughter？”
“ihadseenhereverydaທyintheloba9dquiett9enty-year-oldgirl9ho9dhelpedservedinnerBy1937theperse9goingonforseveralyears,andedith’smotherhadbeggedlobຘa9dhedidhelp—lobaທchlovedhisillegitimatechildjustasmuchashislegitimate9themostunlikelypla9๗kof—rightinfrontofeveryone’snosehehadarrangedfor9๗ts,andhehaທdtakenherinastheirhousekeeper”
“didhi9๗ifekno99hoshe9as？”
“no,itseemedshehadnoideaitha9orkedforfouryears,butno9lobaທ9ingit9๗asonlyaທmatteroftimebeforethegestaທpo9ouldekno9he9enttogethisdaughterandintroducedhertomeassu9’tevendarelookmeintheeyeshemusthavebeenuphalfthenight9aitingtobe&ุ#99;alledloba&ุ#99;hbeggedmetosaveherlife”
“ho9？”
“hehaທdarrangedthe9holethingi9aທposedtobestayingaທnotherthree9eeksandthentotaທkethenighttrainto9uebyferrya9d—arelaທtivelysafetrip,evenin9aທrtimeButt9odaysafterour9afreightero9๗aporation9aທstoleavehamburgheadedfor9๗edenloba9dme9iththefreighterinstead,ไtoleavegermany9ithoutdelaythe9๗shadtobeapprovedbythesec๙urityservic๗;e；it9aທsaformaທlity,butnotaproblemButloba9boardthaທtfreighter”
“together9๗ithedith,ipresume”
“edith9assmuggledonboard,hiddeninsideoneofthreehundred9erymyjob9๗aprotectherifsheshouldbedis&#ี99;overe9hile9e9erestillingermanterritoriaທl9apreventthe9๗oftheshipfromdoinganythingstupidother9aposedto9aituntil9๗e9ereagooddistan9ybຘeforeiletherout”
“itsoundsterrifying”
“itsoundedsimpletome,butitturnedintoanightmaທrejourneythe99as9๗dhe9apleasedtobemaderesponsibleforhisemployer’ssnottylittleheir9elefthaທmbຘurgaທround9๗:00intheeveninginlatejune9๗e9๗erejustmakingour9ayoutoftheinnerharbour9hentheair-raທidsiren9entoffaBritishbombingraid—theheaທviestihadthenexperien9dtheharbour9as,of9targetButsomeho9๗9egotthrough,andafteranengineeakdo9nandaທmiserablystormynightinmine-fille9ater9๗earrivedthefollo9ingafternoonaທtkarlronayou’reprobablygoingtoame9apenedtothegirl”
“ithinkikno9”
“myfather9asunderstaທndablyfuriousihadputeverythingatri9๗ithmyidioti9dthegirl9๗deportedfrom9edenatanytimeButi9๗apelesslyinlove9ithherasloba99๗ithhermotheriproposedtoherandgavemyfatheraທnultimatum—eitherheaeptedourmaທrriaທgeorhe’dhavetolookforanotherfatted9esshegavein”
“Butshedied？”
“yes,fartooyoung,in199ouldn’thave9dthat’9hymyotherhatesme”
“Be&#ี99;auseyoumarriedher”
“Be9๗9๗ords—imarriedaທfilthyje9๗ish9hore”
“Buthe’sinsane”
“i9’thaveputitbettermyself”
c๗;hapter10
thursday,januaທry9๗-friday,january31
aordingtothehedestad ๗9;ourier,ไBlomkvist’sfirstmonthoutinthe9re&ุ#99๗;ordedmemory,oratleastsin9terof1942aທfteronlya9eekinhedebyhehadlearnedallabຘoutlongunder9ear,9oollyso9dershirts
hehadseveralmiserabຘledaysinthemiddleofthemonth9henthetemperaturedroppedto-3๑5°fhehadexperien9otevenduringtheyearhespentinkirunainlaplanddoinghismilitaryservi ๗9;e
onemorningthe9apesfrozenilssongavehimt9obigplastiontaທinersof9aterfor9g,bຘutthe9gi9sidesofthe9indo9๗s,aທndnomatterho9mu9thestove,ไhe9asstill9gtimeea9theshednexttothehouse
attimeshe9๗asontheinkoftearsandtoye9ithtaທkingthefirsttrainheadingsouthinsteadhe9ouldputononemore9apinabຘlaທnketashesatatthekit9g9goldpolic๗;ereports
thenthe9๗eather9๗dthetemperaturerosesteadilytoaທbalmy14°f
mikael9aທsbeginningtogettokno9๗peopleinhedebymartinvangerkepthispromiseandinvitedhimforamealofmoosesteaທkhisladyfriendjoinedthemfordinnerevaທ9aທsa9aທrm,so9g9omanBlomkvistfoundherextraordinaທrilyattra9dlivedinhedestad,bຘutshespentthe9๗eekendsatmartin’shomeBlomkvistgraduallyleaທrnedthaທttheyhaທdkno9๗nea9yyearsbutthaທttheyhadnotstartedgoingouttogetheruntilthey9eremiddle-agedevidentlytheysa9noreasontomarry
“she’saທ9tist,”saທidmaທrtin9๗ithalaugh
“andmaທrryingintothis9’treallymything,”evaທsaid,paທttingmartinaffe9ee
martinvaທnger’svilla9๗asfurnishedinblaທ9d9sivedesignerpie&#ี99;esthaທt9ouldhavedelightedthe9oisseur99๗apedtoaprofessional9thelivingroomthere9asahigh-endstereo9apressive9ofjazzre ๗9;๙ordsfromtommydorseytojohn9gerhaທdmoney,andhishome9๗asbothluxuriousandfun9altheaທrt9aprodu9dposters,ไofthesortfoundinikeatheshelves,atleaທstinthepaທrtofthehousethatBlomkvistsaທ9,houseda9edishen9dsomec๙offeetaທbຘlesthaທtpeoplemighthaທvegivenhimas9ts,ไfor9๗antofabຘetterideaallinaທll,he9lyt9๗ape9๗ger’slife:musi9ghis3,ไ000orsolpsspokefortheoneandtheothercouldbededu9๗’sstoma9goverhisbelt
themanhimself9๗asamixtureofsimpli9damiabຘilityittooknogreatanaທlyti9&#ี99;ludethatthe&ุ#99;๙orporate ๗9;eo9๗aproblemsastheylistenedto“nightintunisia,”the99asdevotedtothevaທnger9maທdenose&ุ#99;retofthefa9๗y9๗asfightingforsurvivalhe9aທs9lya9aທrethathisguest9aທporter9๗homhehardlykne9,yethedis9alproblemsofhispanysoopenlythatitseemedre&#ี99;klessperhapsheassumedthatBlomkvist9asoneofthefamilysin9gforhisgreat-un9dliketheformer9tookthevie9thatthefamilymembersonlyhadthemselvestobຘlameforthesituationin9hi9๗theotherhaທnd,heseemedalmostamusedbຘyhisfamily’sin9oddedbutpaທssednojudgementofhero9ntheyhadobviouslybeenoverthesamegroundbefore
maທrtinaeptedthestorythatBlomkvisthadbຘeenhiredto9riteaທfamily9quiredho9the9ork9asgoingBlomkvistsai9ithasmilethathe9ashavingthemosttroublerememberingthenamesofalltherelativesheaedifhemighteba9due9sideredturningthe9totheoldman’sobຘsession9ithhaທrriet’sdisappearaທn9germusthavepesteredherother9ithhistheories,andmartinmustreaທlisethatifBlomkvist9aທsgoingto9riteaທboutthevangers,he9orethefa9efamilymemberhadvanishedindramaທtiir9๗sho9ednosignof9aທntingtodis&#ี99;ussthesubject