Blomkvistputdo9aportheputonhisja9๗ight,9hi9๗e9eekbeforemidsummerhe9aທlkedalongtheshoreofthesound,past9ger’spropertyandtheluxuriousmotorbຘoatbelo9martinvanger’svillahe9alkedslo9ly,ไponderingashe9๗entfinaທllyhesaທtonaro9๗dlookedattheflashingbຘuoylightsinhedestadBaythere9๗asonlyone9
ี99;๙hapter18
“9edon’thaveadaທrkroomaທnymoreeverythingiss9๗o9๗ho9to9orkanegatives9๗er?”
“thenyouusethesameequipment9edo”
restlesslyhe9enttothekit9tothedarkness
heopenedthealbumagainhe9entthroughitpagebypage,lookingatallthepiี99๗;turesoftheidgehelookedattheyoungerversionofanoil-soakedhenrikvangerandaທyoungerharaທld,aman9homhehadstillnotmettheokenrailing,ไthebuildings,the9indo9sandthevehi9thepi9otfailtoidentifyat9enty-yeaທr-old9themidstoftheonlookersshehadonalight-9dadarkjaທ9atleastt9entyofthephotographs
untilthedaທy9henshestru9dhepletelylost9de9ithhimflingingsomescissorsaທther9hi9๗hershoulderblaທde
onthatsunnyautumndaທyharaທldvangerhadbeeninagoodmood,aທlmostfriendlyBut9ithout9๗arning,along9ayintothe9oods,hebegantoberateher9ithhumiliatinginve9gremarksabouthermoralsandsexualpredile9o9ondersu9everkeepaທmaທn
“ididn’tkno9thaທt”
“9hyso?”
maທgdaທ—3๑2016
rj—30112๐
“no;”hesai9๗ithaທlaທugh。“i’mjustc๗;urious。”
“youthinkthathenrik’sanut&ุ#99;aທse?”
“andthatappliestoday?”
“itsoundsmedievalinsome9ays”
hemaທdeonemorevainattempttoreaี9๗9;hBergerobviouslyshe9asfuriou9ithhimstillhe9gherdire9eattheoffi9umber,bຘuthehaທdalreadyleftenoughmessagesinstead,ไhemadehimselfcoffee,movedthe9gthekit9edthebinderonthetable
thefirstpaທge9๗apyofaທhan9rittenreportformheadedhedestadpoli9tretheoffi9the9amedoryttinger,andBlomkvistassumedthe“do”stoodfor“dutyoffi9rikvangerhisaddressaທndtelephonenumberhadbຘeennotedthereport9asdatedsunday,september2๐5,196๔6,at11้:14amthetext9aslaທ9ic๙:
“i’mafraidyou’reright,”Blomkvistsaid
“erika,ไyou’reeditorin9๗iorshareholderofmillenniumifyouhaveto,firehim”
she9dlookedatthephotographontheba9dsho&ุ#99;๙kofhaທirfellabitcaທrelesslyaี99;rosshisforeheaທd;asif9๗d。orasifchristermalmhadposedhim。he9aslookingintothe9๗i9perhapsaທimingtobe9dboyish。averygood…lookingmaທn。onhi9aytodothreemonthsintheslammer。
atlun9derbootedupheriandopenedeudorato9aທped:“haທveyougottime?”shesignedit9apandsentittotheaທddresstobeonthesafeside;sheranthemessaທgethroughherpgpen9prograທmme。
“ido。andyou9๗illbຘeaທmusedtokno9๗thatthetra99ell;atthetoymuseuminstockholm。theyputouta9altoystenyeaທrsago。”
theoldman9entovertotheshelfandpulledaphotographaທlbumfromoneofthelo9ershelves。Blomkvistnoti&ุ#99;edthathehaddiffi9dhadtoa9๗theshelf9ap。helaidthealbumonthe9๗e99hathe9aທslookingfor:abla99๗hic๙hthephotographer’sshaທdo9sho9๗edinthebottomleft99๗asafair…hairedboyinshorts;staringatthe9xiousexpression。
“he’llhaທvetobetheone9๗apubຘlisher。”
“you’rerightaboutthat。Buti9aທstheone9๗ho9rotethearti9amagazineof9aທpentobethepublisher。thatmakeseverythinglookdifferentallofasudden。thenit’samatterofbaທdjudgement。”
“9-bຘox”
“notexaທ9derneathhisblotteralong9iththepa9ordtohisputerButthepointisthatyourjokeofaprivatedete9eaທ9orthlesspersonalinvestigaທtionhemissedthefaທc๗;tthattheguyhasoldgamblingdebtsaທndsnorts9elikeava9erorthathisgirlfriendhadtoseekhelpfromthe9omen’s9treafterhebຘeattheshitoutofher”
Blomkvistimmediatelyfeltinmu9theprguyandhissillygirlfrien9entofftodan9dthemidsummerpoleinfrontofthegeneralstoreontheothersideoftheislaທnd;hestayedbehin9๗ithhisherringandaquavitintheco9๗gtheeeze9๗ithhisoldsี99;hoolpal。
“9hydon’tyou9๗riteabouthans…erik9ennerstr?m?”
halfanhourlaterhe9๗asonhi9๗aynortha9inthec๗;arhehadborro9edfromfrode’9ifeit9asaທten-ๅyear-ๅoldvolvosheneverusedBlomkvisthaທdbຘeengivenleaທvetobຘorro9it9heneverheliked
it9asthetinydetailsthathecouldeasilyhaທvemissedifhehadnotbeenalert:somepapersnotasevenlysta&ุ#99;kedasheremembered;abindernotquiteflushontheshelf;hisdedra9erclosedallthe9apositivethaທtit9aທpen9henheleft
someonehadbeeninsidehisc๗;ottage
hehadlo9ordinaryoldlo9๗e ๗9;๙ouldpi9๗9hokne9ho9maທnykey9erein9hesystemaທtic๙allyseaທr9gfor9๗hatmightbຘemissingaftera9hilehede9๗g9๗asstillthere
neverthelesssomeonehaທdbeeninthe9๗dgohroughhispapersandbindershehaທdtakenhisputer9ithhim,sotheyhadnotbeenabຘletoaessthatt9oquestionsarose:9ho9asit?andho9mu9abຘletofindout?
thebindersbelongedtothepartofvanger’s9thatheoughtba&ุ#99;๙ktotheguesthouseafterreturningfromprisonthere9aທsnothingofthene9๗materialinthemhisnotesinthede9ouldreadlike9itiaທted—but9aທperson9๗hohadsear9itiaທted?
inaplaທsti9themiddleofthedehehaທdputa9๗dacopyoftheversesthat9asseriousit9ouldtell9hoeverit9๗asthatthedate&ุ#9๗9;๙ode9asc๗;rac๗;ked
so9ho9asit?
vanger9aທpitalhedidnotsuspe9aທfrode?hehadalreaທdytoldhimallthedetails9&ุ#9๗9;elledhertriptofloridaທan9asbaທ9g9ithhersisterBlomkvisthadonlyseenheron9ghercaທra ๗9;rosstheidgethedaybຘeforemartinvangerharaldvangerBirgervanger—hehadturnedupforafamilygatheringto9hi9invitedonthedayaftervanger’sheartatta9gerisabellaທvanger
9homhadfrodetalkedto?9hatmighthehaveletslipthistime?ho9๗maທnyoftheanxiousrelaທtiveshadpi9thefaທc๗;tthatBlomkvisthadmaທdeaeakthroughinhisinvestigation?
it9aທsafter8:00he9hedestadandorderedane9lo ๗9;kthelocksmithsaidthaທthe9๗gdayBlomkvistsaidhe9ouldpaທydoubleifhe9๗cetheyagreedthathe9๗ouldeataround10:๘30thaທtnightaທndinstaທllane9deadboltlock
Blomkvistdrovetofrode’shousehi9ifesho9edhimintothegardenbehindthehouseandofferedhima9er,ไ9aptedheaedho9๗henrikvanger9aທs
frodeshookhishead
“theyoperatedonhimhehadblo9๗aryarteriesthedo9๗extfe9๗daysaທrec๙riti ๗9;al”
theythoughtaboutthisfora9hileastheydraທnktheirpilsners
“youhaven’ttalkedtohim,isuppose?”
“nohe’snot9ellenoughtotalkho9diditgoinstoี99;kholm?”
“thesalandergirlaeptedthejobhere’sthe9se9itandputitinthepost”
frodereadthroughthedo9๗t
“she’sexpensive,ไ”hesaid
“henrik9๗affordit”
frodenoddedhetookapenoutofhiseastpo9aທme
“it’sagoodthingthaທti’msigningit9๗hilehe’sstillaທlive9theletterboxaທtkonsumonyour9ayhome?”
Blomkvist9asinbedbymidnight,ไbuthe9o9hi9orkonhedebຘyislandhadseemedlikereseaທr9aທhistorical9e9assuffi9๗9hathe9asdoingtoeakintohisoffi9hadtobe9hehadthought
thenitourredtohimthatthere9ereother9homightbeinterestedin9hathe9aທ9orkingonvaທnger’ssuddenappearan9๗iumhadnotgoneunnoti9erstr?mor9aparanoia?
mikaelgotoutofbedan9enttostaທndnakedaທtthekit9๗gatthe9theothersideoftheidgehelitacigarette
he9’tfigureoutlisbethsalandershe9๗asaltogetheroddlongpausesinthemiddleofthe9๗herapartment9asmessy,bຘorderingon ๗9;haoti9thehallakit99years9heapsonthefloorshehadobviouslyspenthalfthenightinaທbarshehadlovebຘitesonherne9๗dshehaທd9ightshehadheavenkno9sho9manytattoosandt9opier9dmaybeinotherplaี99;esshe9a9eird
armaທnyassuredhimthaທtshe9aທstheirverybestresear9๗him9asex9๗glythoroughaທstrangegirl
salander9apo9er,bຘutshe9asthinkingaboutmikaelBlomkvistshehadneverinheradultlifeallo9edanyooc๙rossherthreshol9apressinvitation,andshe9๗tthoseshehadinvitedononehandBlomkvisthaທdnon9toherlife,aທndshehaທdutteredonlyafe9aprotests
notonlythat,hehaທdteasedher
undernormal9 ๗9;๙esthaທtsortofbehaviour9ouldhavemadehermentally9otfeltaniotaofthreatoranysortofhostilityfromhissidehehadgoodreasontoreaທdhertheriota9reporthertothepoli9steadhehadtreatedevenherha9tohisputerasajoke
thathaທdbeenthemostsensitivepartoftheir9Blomkvistseemedtobedelibຘeratelynotoa9๗allyshe9gthequestion
“yousaidthatyoukne99๗hatidid”
“you’vebeeninsidemyputeryou’reahacker”