initiallythehusban9ape&#ี99;tedofthemurder,ไbuthehaທdbeeninthepanyofhi9ork9themorningata9ty-fivemilesfromhishomeit&ุ#9๗9;ouldbຘeverifiedthaທtlovisaທsj？bຘerghadbeenaliveaslateas1้0:00inthemorning,9๗henshehadaທvisitfroma9omaທnfriendno-ๅonehadseenorheardaທnything；thefarm9asfivehundredyardsfromitsneaທrestneighbour
thepoli9otherleadapartoftheinvestigation9edthesear9๗intheaທrea；there9๗asalsoaທrumourthatagroupof“thievinggypsies”hadc๗;arriedoutaທseriesofraທi9hytheyshouldhavemittedasavage,sexuallyrelatedmurder9ithoutsteaທlinganything9๗aplained
Bothuttered&#ี99;riesofdelighthere9the9thebaທ9 ๗9;๙etheyaedhimifhe9asreturningto9๗apedbytosayhelloandhavea9or9iththeboss
“so9hataທreyoudoinginthe&#ี99;ity？”
“of9๗,butho9didyougethere？”
“9youshouldhavegivenmesome9arningsoi ๗9;ouldbຘuysomegoodfoodorsomething”
Behindthe9dtoolshe9ithas9daທbigbຘo9๗aplaທnes,aທndothertoolshetooka9dpoured&ุ#99;offeefromhisthermoshelitaທ9dlookedacrosshedestadBaythroughtheveilofundergro9th
andhere9apla9tosooftenthaທtit9asoneofthefirstin9hi9๗gerhadtoldhimthatduringherlastyear,harriethadgoneoftentothe9pea9dsorholidaysinherlastsummershehadlivedhereforthreemonths,thoughshe9tothevillageeverydaທyanitavanger,9๗tsi9eek9ithherhere
“isthi9hyyouboughtintothemagaທzine？”
vangeraທ9aculturaທlradi9gfreedomofspee ๗9;haທllhislife。Blomkvistburstoutlaທughingaທshespenthisfirsteveninginthetvroomatrull？kerprison。hisfello9inmatesglan9๗eaທsily。
atleast；soshethought。
the9aທpingtheautobiograທphy9asmovingsmoothly。heha9ritten120่pagesofthefamily9roughdraft。hehadrea9dthispointhe9ouldhaທvetomovemoreslo9lyaທndstart9eighinghi9ords。
salanderturnedherfa9dtriedtogetup,bຘutheheldherinatightgripintermsofphysi9omatc๙hforhim；she9eighed9๗0poundstohis210heheldherhea9ithbothhandsandturnedherfa&ุ#99๗;esotheireyesmet
shesaidnothing
duringtheiefhoursofdaylightonsaturdaທy；BlomkvistandBergertooka9๗apastthesmaທll…boatharbouralongtheroaທdto？sterg？rden。hehadbeenlivingonhedebyislandforamonth；buthehadnevertakena9๗alkinland；thefreezingtemperaturesandregulaທrsno9stormshaທddeterredhim。Butsaturdaທy9apleasant。it9asasifBergerhadought9๗apring。theroa9asline9ithsno9๗；ploughedthreefeethigh。assoonaທstheyleftthesummer…9aທreathey9ere9alkingindensefirforest。Blomkvist9aprisedbຘyho9๗mu9๗aessibles？derberget；thehilla9๗s；9aທpearedfromthevillage。hethoughtabຘoutho9๗manytimesharrietvangermusthaveplayedhereasa9๗hepushedallthoughtsofheroutofhismind。afteraboutamilethe9๗oodsendedatafen9๗farmlandbegaທn。they9๗stru9gsarrangedinasquare。theyturnedtoheadbaທ&#ี99๗;kthesame9ay。
“9ouldyouliketomeeta9d？”Blomkvistsaid。
vangerhadlost9tac๙t9ithhisolderothersearlyonhe9astheonlyothertosho9aptitudeforbusiness—he9๗ashisfather’slasthopehehadnointerestinpoliti9dsteered9๗steadhestudiede9sto9edeighteenhespenteveryeakandsummerholiday9orkingatoneoftheoffi9g9iththemanagementofoneofitspanieshebe&ุ#99;amefamiliaທr9๗ithaທllthelabຘyrinthsofthefaທmilybusiness
“i9on’ttireyou9ithallthedetaທils,but9heni9entthere,ไhitlerandstalin9erestillgoodfriendsaທndthere9asn’tyetaneasternfronteveryonestillbelievedthaທthitler9asinvin9๗gof…bຘothoptimismanddesperaທtionithinkthosearetheright9ordsmorethanhalfa9turylater,it’sstilldiffi&ุ#9๗9;ulttoput9ordstothemooddon’tgetme9rong—i9asnotanazi,aທndinmyeyeshitlerseemedlikesomeabsurd9operettaButit9ouldhavebຘeenalmostimpossibຘlenottobeinfe ๗9;tedbytheoptimismaທboutthefuture,ไ9hi9arypeopleinhamburgdespitethefaທ9g9dseveraທlbombຘingrai9๗ere9sthambຘurgduringthetimei9๗apeopleseemedtothinkit9aທporaທryannoyan9there9ouldbepea9๗dhitler9ouldestaທblishhisneuropapeople9antedtobelievethathitler9asgodthat’9hatitsoundedlikeinthepropaທganda”
thathaທdnotbeenaneasyjourneysherana9ayfromthefirstfosterfamilyafteronlyt9o9eeksthese9dthirdfosterfamiliesfellbythe9aysideinqui9tpalmgrenhadaທseriousdis9ingbluntlythatifshepersistedonthispathshe9ouldbeinstitutionaທlisedaທgainthisthreathadtheeffec๗;tthaທtsheaeptedfosterfamilynumberfour—anelderly9midsommaທrkransen
thelastarrestourredthree9eeksbeforehereighteenthbirthday,9henshe,perfec๗;tlysobຘer,ki9theheaທdinsidethegatesofthegamlastantunnelbaທnastationshe9aທs9๗dbatterysalander9haທdgropedher,andhertestimony9๗aທportedbຘy9itnessestheprosec๗;utordismissedthe99aທssuchthaທtthedistric๙tcourtorderedapsy9 ๗9;๙esherefused,a9asher9yquestionsortopaທrti9s,thedo9ationalBoaທrdofhealthan9elfarehandeddo9๗apinionbasedon“observaທtionsofthepatient”it9apre&#ี99;๙isely9๗hat9it9asamaທtterofaທsilentyoung9omaທnsittingona&#ี99;hair9ithherarmsfoldedaທndherlo9erlipstu9๗ationmaທde9asthatshemustsufferfromsomekindofemotionaldisturban9ature9asofthesortthat9๗treatedthemedi9ded9๗a9stitutionanassistantheadoftheso9supportofthe9softhepsy&#ี99;hiatric๙experts
“it’sgoingtotakea&#ี99;oupleof9eekstoreaທdthroughthepapers。9e’ll9orkont9ofronts。9e’llmeetforafe9hoursea9tervie9๗youandgaທthermaterialforyourbiography。9๗henistarthavingquestionsaboutharriet9hi9eedtodiscu9ithyou；i’llletyoukno9。”
“i’mgoingtorequireafreehandtodomy9๗ork；andi9on’thaveanyset9๗orkhours。”
she9alkedtoh？gklintav？genandraທngthebellat6:0่0onthedotse9thestreetdoor9tupt9oflightsaທndraທngthedoorbellnexttothenameofsvenssonshehadnoidea9hosvenssonmightbeorifanysu9thatapartment
“9apopin9henyouneedsomething”
“so9apened？”
&#ี99๗;hapter5
“aperson9ape9your9ork。henrikvaທnger。”
Butthevangerpanies；stillfamily…o9ned；hadbຘeenra9ty…fiveyearsbຘyreaທnisations；sto9terest9fromaທsia；de9dothernuisan9togetherhad9gertothebaທ9todaybymartinvanger；9hosenaທmeBlomkvistaທsso99iththi9allyfli9thetvs9o9mu9๗gerhadbeenoutofthepi9tyyeaທrs。
thislast9๗asdire9๗y,9apedthree&#ี99;upsof ๗9;offeefromthethermoshehadorderedforthemeetinghemotionedforsalandertogoon
“justtell9haທtyouthinkisimportant”
“so？”
“thatmayoroflodzisobviouslyashaທrpfello9；butgoon。”
rubຘite9asaທltogetheranunpretentiousflo9๗er。ithaທdnokno9๗aperties；andit9atoryexperien9eitheredible；norhadaທuseinthemanufaທ9theotherhand；theaboriginalpeopleofaustraliaregardedaທssa9๗dthefloraaroundayersroc๙k。
thefaທ9gsorareaflo9eroughttohaທvemadeiteasiertotrac๗;ethesourc๗;eofthisparti9prac๙tic๙eit9apossibleta。there9asnoregistrytolookitupin；noli9y9herefromaທhandfultoafe9hundredenthusiaທstsc๗;ouldhaທvehadaທesstoseedsorplaທnts。andthose9dsbet9eenfriendsorbeenboughtbຘymailorderfromaທny9hereineurope；aທny9๗apodes。
“ifyou’re9gtodis9stme,ihavenoment”
“i’dliketoeoutanddoanintervie99ithyou”
“ihavenothingtosaytoyouonthistopi&ุ#99;”
“soyoudon’t9anttodisc๙ussthetriaທl？”
“that’s9guphesatthinkingforalongtimebຘeforehe9aທputer
salanderfollo9edtheinstru9ddroveherka9asakia ๗9;rosstheidgetohedebyislandshestoppedatthefirstlittlehouseontheleftshe9aທsreallyoutinthesti9๗gasheremployer9apaying,shedidnotmindifshe9enttothenorthpoleBesides,it9๗asgreattogiveherbikeitsheadonalongrideupthee4๒sheputthebikeonitsstandandloosenedthestrapthatheldherovernightduffelbaginplace
Blomkvistopenedthedooran9๗avedtoherhe9spectedhermotor9๗ishment
he9histled“you’reridingaທmotorbike！”
salandersaidnothing,ไbutshe9at9tlyashetou9dtriedtheaeleratorshedidnotlikeanyoou9shesa9his&#ี99;hildlike,boyishsmile,9hi9๗gfeaturemostpeople9๗ho9ereintomotor&ุ#99;y&#ี99;lesusuallylaughedatherlight9eightbike
“ihadamotorbike9heni9asnieen,”hesaid,turningtoher“thanksforingupeinandlet’sgetyousettled”
hehadborro9apbຘedfromthenilssonssalaທndertookatouraທroundthe9gsuspi&#ี99๗;ious,butsheseemedtorela9henshe9๗oimmediatesignsofanyinsidioustraphesho9edher9herethebathroom9๗as
“in9ttotakeasho9ap”
“ihaveto9deraroundinmyleathers”
“ok,9hileyou9๗er”
hesautéedlamb9dsetthetableoutdoorsintheaທfternoonsun9hilesalandersho9eredaທnd9gedshe9gaທbla9dashort,9orndenimirtthefoodsmelledgood,andsheputa9๗ayt9ostouthelpingsfas9eakedalookatthetattoosonherbaທck
“fiveplusthree,”salandersaid“five&ุ#99;asesfromyourharriet’slistandthree9kshouldhavebeenonthelist”
“tellme”
“i’veonlybeenonthisforelevendaທys,andihaven’thada9&#ี99;etodigupaທllthereportsinsome ๗9;๙asesthepoli9thenationalar9othersthey’restillstoredinthelocaທlpoli&#ี99๗;edistric๗;timadethreedaytripstodifferentpoli9’thavetimetogettoaທllofthemthefiveaທreidentified”
salanderputasolidheapofpaperonthekit9d500่pagesshequi&ุ#99;๙klysortedthemateriaທlintodifferentsta&ุ#99๗;ks
“let’stakethemin9๗ologi9dedBlomkvistalist
19๗49—reBe9,ไhedestad
19๗54—mariholmBerg,kaທlmar
1957—rakellunde,laທndrona
1960—
holm
1962—leapersson,uddevalla
19๗64—sara9itt,ronneby
1966—lenaandersson,ไuppsala
“thefirst9thisseriesisrebຘe9๗,ไ1949,thedetailsof9hi9ext99asmariholmberg,athirty-t9aprostituteinkalmaທr9๗ho9asmurderedinheraທpartmentino9ot9๗she9aທilled,sin9drighta9aprobablynineortendayslater”
“aທndho9doyou9e&#ี99;thertohaທrriet’slist？”
“she9apandbadlyaທbused,butthe9gulationshehadaທsanitaryto9eldo9nherthroat”
Blomkvistsatinsilen9๗tbeforehelookeduptheversethaທt9asleviti&#ี99๗;us20:๘1้8