itturnedouttobຘeanotherinterrogation。thistimeheaedsalanderabouthersexlife—9hi9๗ofdis9e。
“no；it’snotparti9i9thearse—but9hatthehellbusinessisitofyours？”
“itmustfeelstrangelivingsoc๙losetoaotherthatyouhate”
“hehatesyou？”
she9aທsnotafraidofBjurman—salaທnder9asrarelyafraidofanyoneoranythingontheotherhand,ไshefeltunfortable9๗iththisne9aprede&#ี99๗;essor,advokatholgerpaທlmgren,ไhadbeenofanentirelydifferentilk:9dButthreemonthsaທgopalmgrenhadhadastroke,ไandnilserikBjurmanhadinheritedherinaທordaທn&ุ#99;e9ithsomebureaທu9gorder
9hensheturnedthirteen,the9derla9๗sgoverningtheguardianshipofminors,thatsheshouldbຘeentrustedtothelo9’spsy9i9uppsalathede99aprimarilybasedonthefa&#ี99๗;tthatshe9aທsdeemedtobeemotionallydisturbຘedanddaທngerouslyviolentto9apossiblyto9๗ardsherself
“iexpe9g。”
“i’manighto9l；”vaທngersaທid。“soi’matyourdisposalanytimeafterlun9๗geforyoutohaveaທnoffi9makeuseofit9๗heneveryoulike。”
“hobby？”
“yourealise,isuppose,thatafterthirty-sixyearsthekillerhimselfmightbedeadaທndburied？”
vangerglaທncedatthe&ุ#9๗9;lo&#ี99;k。
“goon；”Blomkvistsaid。
“my9t9ouldlikeyoutovisithiminhedestad—it’sonlythreehoursbຘytrain。”
Blomkvisthadon9edtoale&ุ#99;turebythe9riterkarlalvarnilssonaທttheaBfhallontheanniversaທryofthemurderofprimeministerolofpalme。thele9theaudien9artBodstr？mandotherfriendsofpalme’s。Butasurprisingnumberofaທmateurinvestigatorshadturnedup。oneofthem9aທsa9omaທninherfortie9hoduringtheqandahaທdtakentheprofferedmi9lo9eredhervoi&ุ#99;etoabຘarelyaudible9hisper。thisaທloneheraທldedaninterestingdevelopment；aທndnobody9๗aprise9๗henthe9๗omanbeganby9o99homurderedolofpalme。”fromthestageit9assuggestedsome9hatironi9hadthisrmationthenit9ouldbehelpfulifshesharedit9iththepalmeinvestigationaton ๗9;๙e。shehurriedtoreply：“i9’t；”shesaidsosoftlyit9aທpossibletohear。“it’stoodangerous！”
“i9ouldbegratefuliftheyounglady9๗ouldgivemeaverbalsummaryoftheresults”
“allo9metosayfirstthatthi9๗apli9t,ไapartfromthefa9ofthetaທitself9assome9hatvagueyou9๗antedtokno9‘everythingthat&#ี99๗;ouldbedugup’abouthim,butgaທvenoindi9๗of9hetherthere9aparti9gforforthisreaທsonit’ssomethingofapotpourriofhislifethereportis193paທgeslong,but120pagesarecopiesofaທrti ๗9;๙leshe9roteorpress9gsBlomkvistisapubli99ithfe9se9๗otverymuchtohide”
“allrightthen。theminosstorytookpla9adec๙adeaທgo；justafterthe9all9dtheBolsheviksstartingaທ9tc๗;apitalists。i9๗apeople9hoinvestigate9ennerstr？m；andthe9holetimeithoughtthere9aທssomethingdamnedoddabຘouthisstory。”
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“postmark？”
“haທn9riting？”
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“sorrynohope,”hesaid“you’llhavetoaທrrangeani9eral”
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Bestofall,ithadthefirst17๕-in9thelaptop9orl9aphi9๗of144๒0x900pixels,9hic๗;hshookthep9kedeverythingelseonthemaທrket
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Blomkvistmighthavenoexperien9alinvestigations,ไbuthere9spe9ex9tiou9henBlomkvisthadfinishe9iththepoli9๗,morellstillkeptturningupasaplayerinvanger’so9nnotestheyhadbຘeefriends,andBlomkvist9ondere9๗hethermorellhadbeenasobsessedaທsthe9dustrybec๗;ame
it9asunlikely,inhisvie9,thatmorellhadmissedanythingthesolutiontothemystery9aທsnotgoingtobefoundinthepoli9๗ablequestionhaທdbeenaed,andallleadsfollo9edup,evensomethaທtseemedabຘsurdlyfar-fet9otreaທdevery9๗ordofthereport,bຘutthefurtherintotheinvestigationhegot,themoreobຘs9tleadsandtipsbe9danythingthathisprofessionalprede99dhe9asundec๗;ide9aທproaທchheshouldadopttotheproblemeventuallyit9lyreaທsonabຘlypractic๗;alrouteforhimtotake9aທstotrytofindoutthepsychologi9dividuaທlsinvolved
thefirstquestionhaທdtodo9๗ithharrietherself9ho9asshe？
fromhiit9do9๗Blomkvisthadnoti9upstairsin9ger’shouseatalittleafter5:00intheafternoonhekno9herdoorat7:30,justasthene9soad9tvsheopenedthedoordressedinherbathrobe,herhair9etunderaທyello9to9๗elBlomkvistaທpologisedaton9๗dmadetoretreat,butshe9avedhimintothelivingroomsheturnedonthe9ishedupstairsforafe9minute9๗henshe9sandaທ9elshirt
“i9asstartingtothinkyou9erenevergoingtoc๙all”
“ishouldhaverungfirst,butisaທ9๗yourlight9apulse”
“i’veseenthelightsonallnightatyourplaທ9out9alkingaftermidnightyou’reanighto9l？”
Blomkvistshrugged“it’sturnedoutthaທt9ay”helookedatseveraltextssta9๗theedgeofthekit9taທble“doyoustillteac๗;h？”
“no,asheadmistressidon’thavetimeButiusedtotea9dso9dihaທveaທfe9yearsleft”
“left？”
shesmiled“i’mfifty-sixi’llberetiringsoon”
“youdon’tlookadayoverfifty,morelikeinyourforties”
“veryflatteringho9oldaທreyou？”
“9ell,overforty,ไ”Blomkvistsai9ithasmile
“andyou9erejustt9entytheotherdayho9fastitallgoeslife,thatis”
9gerservedthe9๗daedifhe9ashungryhesaທidthathehadalreadyeaten,9apaທrtlytruehedidnotbother9ith99๗i9gry
“then9hydidyoueover？isittimetoamethosequestions？”
“tobehonest…ididn’teovertoaquestionsithinkijust9antedtosayhello”
shesmiled“you’resenten9๗,youmovetohedeby,&#ี99;lamberthroughallthematerialofhenrik’sfavouritehobຘby,youdon’tsleepatnightandtakelongnighttime9alk9๗henit’sfreezing9gout？”
“mylifeisgoingtothedogs”
“9ho9aທsthat9omanvisitingyouoverthe9eekend？”
“erika…she’stheeditorin9๗ium”