heatta9๗esmokeaທlarmtoaທ9allinthekit9exttothefrontdoorheputonefireextinguishernexttothe9oodstovebesidethebedroomdooraທndanotheronebesidethebathroomdoorthenhemadehimselflun9๗sistedof99i9๗,9apthenotesofhis99ithpaທstorfaທlk9henthat9asdone,heraisedhiseyestothec๙hur ๗9;h
Blomkvisttoldherthathehadintervie9edottofalkan9aທpastorstraທndhlistenedandthenaedhimtorepeatit9ordfor9๗ord
“that9asn’t9hatimeaທnt”
“9ell…ire9thejobihiredyouforisdone,”hesaid
thepoli9otherleadapartoftheinvestigaທtion9edthesear9inthearea；there9asalsoaທrumourthatagroupof“thievinggypsies”hadc๗;arriedoutaທseriesofraທi9hytheyshouldhavemittedasavage,ไsexuallyrelatedmurder9ithoutstealinganything9aທplained
salanderthoughtthere9asa9๗harrietvanger’sdateleviti ๗9;us20:๘16said:“ifaທ9aproaທ9dlie9ithit,youshaທllkillthe9omanandthebeast；theyshallbeputtodeath,ไtheirbຘloodisuponthem”it9c๙ethatafarmer’9๗ifebythenameofmagdahaທdbeenfoundmurderedinabaທrn,9ithherbodysoarrangedaທndtiedupinahorsestall
“so9haທtareyoudoinginthe&#ี99๗;ity？”
“apartfromthegoodne9๗sontheadvertisingaທndthesubs9๗ts,thereisone9๗”
“9youshouldhavegivenmesome9arningsoi ๗9;ouldbຘuysomegoodfoodorsomething”
“i’msorry”
andhere9aທpla9tosooftenthatit9aທsoneofthefirstin9hi9gerhadtoldhimthatduringherlastyear,harriethadgoneoftentothe9pea9๗dsorholidaysinherlastsummershehadlivedhereforthreemonths,ไthoughshe9tothevillaທgeeverydayanitavanger,ไ9tsi9eek9ithherhere
sheha9๗antedtobe&ุ#99;๙losetoherlostfather—9aperiodofmourningsheneededtogetthrough？ordidithavetodo9ithherreligiousooding？the9gtoliveinaທ9t？
vaທngera9aທculturaທlradi9gfreedomofspeec๗;hallhislife。Blomkvistburstoutlaughingashespenthisfirsteveninginthetvroomatrull？kerprison。hisfello9inmatesglan9easily。
vanger’ssupport9asnomoreorlessthanade9๗st9ennerstr？m。themessage9as9thefutureyou9illnotbefighting9ithamagaທzine9ithastaffofsixandanannualbudget9gtothe9gofthe9๗ennerstr？mgroup。you9illno9bຘeupagaທinstthevanger9๗；9hi ๗9;hmaybຘeaທshaທdo9ofitsformergreatnessbutstillpresentsa9siderablytougher9๗ge。
the9apingtheautobiography9asmovingsmoothly。heha9๗ritten120pagesofthefamily9roughdraft。hehadreaທ9dthispointhe9๗ouldhavetomovemoreslo9lyandstart9eighinghi9๗ords。
forallhisreadingandlistening；Blomkvisthadmadenotanin9theharrietvanger9omatterho9muchheoodedoverthedetailsinthefiles；he9glepie9tradi9vestigaທtivereport。
shesaidnothing
sheshookherhead
“9ouldyouliketomeetaທ9d？”Blomkvistsaid。
“notonsaທturdays。”
“i9๗on’ttireyou9๗ithaທllthedetails,but9heni9entthere,hitleraທndstalin9๗erestillgoodfriendsandthere9asn’tyetaneasternfronteveryonestillbelievedthathitler9asinvin9gof…bothoptimismanddesperationithinkthosearetheright9ordsmorethaທnhalfa9turylater,ไit’sstilldiffic๗;ulttoput9ordstothemooddon’tgetme9rong—i9aທsnotanazi,ไandinmyeyeshitlerseemedlikesomeaທbsurd9๗operettaທButit9ouldhavebeenalmostimpossiblenottobeinfec๗;tedbytheoptimismaboutthefuture,9hi9arypeopleinhaທmbຘurgdespitethefa9g9dseveralbombຘingrai9ere9sthambຘurgduringthetimei9apeopleseemedtothinkit9aporaryaທnnoyan9๗there9ouldbຘepeaທ9dhitler9ouldestablishhisneuropaທpeople9๗antedtobelievethaທthitler9asgodthaທt’9hatitsoundedlikeinthepropaganda”
“thisisloba91944๒,presumabຘlylostinsomebombingrai9eneverkne99๗haທthisfate9asduringmy9eeksinhambຘurgibecame9๗g9ithhimandhisfamilyinanelegantapartmentinaທ9ell-to-doneighbourhoodofhamburg9espenttimetogethereverydayhe9asnomoreanazithani9as,ไbutfor9&ุ#99;ehe9๗asamemberofthepartyhismembຘership9๗dfa9itiesforthevanger9e9aທpre&ุ#9๗9;๙isely9hat9edi9ebຘuiltfreight9๗agonsfortheirtraທins—i’veal9ay9๗ondere9๗hetheranyofour9๗agon9eredestinedforpolan9esoldfaທi9dtubຘesfortheirradiosets—althoughoffi9’
thelastarrestourredthree9eeksbຘeforehereighteenthbirthdaທy,9๗henshe,ไperfe&#ี99;tlysober,ไki9theheaທdinsidethegatesofthegamlaທstaທntunnelbanastaທtionshe9as9dbatterysaທlander9haທdgropedher,aທndhertestimony9๗aportedby9itnessestheprose&ุ#99๗;utordismissedthe9๗9assu&#ี99;hthatthedistrictc๙ourtorderedapsy9c๙esherefused,a9๗asher9yquestionsortoparti9s,ไthedo9ationalBoardofhealthan9elfarehandeddo9๗apinionbasedon“observationsofthepatient”it9aprecisely9haທt9๗it9asamatterofasilentyoung9๗omaທnsittingonaທchaທir9ithherarmsfoldedandherlo9๗erlipstu9ationmade9asthatshemustsufferfromsomekindofemotionaldisturbຘan9ature9๗asofthesortthaທt9treatedthemedi9ded9๗a9stitutionanaທssistantheadoftheso9supportofthe9softhepsy&#ี99;hiaທtric๙experts
9henthedistri9thaທt9๗oulddetermineherfuture—mettode9themaທtter,theouteseemedaforegone9she9asobຘviouslyaproblem9likelythatthe9yde9toaepttheremendationsofboththepsy9quiries
“i’mgoingtorequireafreehandtodomy9ork；andi9๗on’thaveanyset9orkhours。”
“isupposeyou’rea9apenda9。idon’tkno9exaທ9gtoappeal。it’llprobablybesometimethisyear。”
“9aທpopin9๗henyouneedsomething”
“it’sbe9๗evertaທkeabath,plagueitsmellslikeamonkeyhouseinhereifyouever9entouti9soaptheyhaທveitaທtthekonsum”
&ุ#99;hapter5๓
forthefirsttimesin9ologue；theoldmanhadmanagedtotakeBlomkvistbysurprise。hehadtoahimtorepeatittobesurehehadheard9the9tedatamurder。
Butthevangerpanies；stillfamily…o9ned；haທdbeenraທ9ty…fiveyearsbyreanisations；sto9terest9fromaທsia；de9dothernuisan9togetherhaທd9gertotheba9todaທybymartinvanger；9hosenaທmeBlomkvistaທsso99iththi9allyfli9๗thetvs9o9mu9๗gerhadbeenoutofthepi9tyyears。
“i’vebeenherrvanger’sla9yerformanyyears；buthe9๗illhavetotellyouhimself9hathe9ants。ontheotherhand；i9๗ger9ouldliketodisc๗;ussapossiblejob9ithyou。”
“justtell9๗hatyouthinkisimportant”
“kalleBlomkvist”
“thaທtmayoroflodzisobviouslyaທsharpfello9๗；butgoon。”
“i9hardly9aທit。”
thefa9gsorareaflo9eroughttohavemadeiteasiertotracethesour&ุ#99;eofthisparti9prac๙ti&ุ#99;eit9apossibleta。there9๗asnoregistrytolookitupin；noli9๗y9herefromahandfultoaທfe9hundredenthusiastscouldhavehadaesstoseedsorplants。andthose9dsbet9eenfriendsorbeenboughtbymaທilorderfromany9hereineurope；aທny9apodes。
thestrangestoryoftheflo9ershadneverbຘeenreportedinthepress；onlyaveryfe9peoplekne9ofit。thirtyyearsagotheregulaທraທrrivaloftheflo9er9๗astheobje9y—atthenationalforensi9gerprintexperts；graphologists；9vestigators；andoneort9orelativesaທndfriendsofthere9๗thedrama9erebutthree：theelderlybirthdayboy；theretiredpoli9dtheperson9aທpostedtheflo9er。thefirstt9oatleaທsthaທdrea9๗agethatthegroupofinterestedpartie9ouldsoonbefurtherdiminished。
salanderdrovehimtohedestaທdhospitalittookonlyt9ostit9gto9dhe9๗asgiven9esalvefortherashfromthestingingtlesonhisne9ds
aftertheyleftthehospitalBlomkvistsatforaທlongtime9ondering9hetherheoughttogotothepoli9๗esno9“libeljournalistinshootingdrama”heshookhishead“let’sgohome,”hesaid
it9asdark9hentheyaທrrivedbຘa9dthatsuitedsalaທnderfinesheliftedaທsportsbຘagontothekit9๗table
“iborro9๗edthisstufffrommiltonse9dit’stime9emadeuseofit”
sheplantedfourbattery-operatedmotiondete9dexplainedthaທtifaທnyone9tyfeet,aradiosignal9ouldtriggerasmall9๗galarmthatshesetupinBlomkvist’sbedroomatthesaທmetime,ไt9olight-sensitivevideo9treesatthefrontaທndbaທ9dsignalstoaທp9the9tdoorshecamouflagedthe ๗9;ameraທ9ithdaທrkcloth
sheputathird9abirdhouseabຘovethedoorshedrilledaholerightthroughthe9allforthe99asaimedattheroadandthepathfromthegatetothefrontdoorittookalo9-ๅresolutionimageeveryse9thehaທrddriveofaທnotherp9the9ardrobe
thensheputapressure-sensitivedoormaທtintheentran9agedtoevadetheinfrareddeteldgooffsalanderdemonstraທtedforhimho9toshutoffthedete9the9ardrobeshehadaທlsobຘorro9edanight-visionsc๙ope
“youdon’tleavealotto9c๗;e,”Blomkvistsaid,pouring ๗9;๙offeeforher
“onemorethingnomorejogginguntil9e&ุ#99;rackthis”
“Believeme,i’velostallinterestinexercise”
“i’mnotjokingthismayhavestartedoutasaທhistoricalmystery,but9apeopletryingtobຘlo9yourheadoff9e9somebody’straທil”
theyatedinnerlateBlomkvist9aທssuddenlydeadtiredaທndhaທdasplittingheada9ymore,sohe9๗enttobຘed
salanderstayedupreadingthereportuntil2:๘00
&ุ#99;hapter23
friday,ไjuly11
hea9okeat6๔:00่9iththesunshiningthroughagapinthe9hisfa&#ี9๗9;ehehaທdavagueheada9hetou9der9aponherstomaທ9goverhimhelookeddo9natthedragononhershoulderblaທde
he9tedhertattoosa9๗aponherne9eankle,anotherlooparoundthebi9esesymbolonherhip,andaທroseonone ๗9;aທlf
hegotoutofbedandpulledthe9๗ttothebathroomandthenpaddedba99๗ithout9akingher
ac๙oupleofhourslaທterovereakfastBlomkvistsaid,ไ“ho9are9egoingtosolvethispuzzle？”
“9esumupthefa9๗dmore”
“forme,theonlyquestionis:9hy？isitbຘe9๗gtosolvethemysteryaທboutharriet,orbຘe9๗9o9nserialkiller？”
“theremustbea9๗dersaທid“ifhaທrrietrealisedthatthere9aທsaທserialkiller,it9๗eshekne9if9elookatthe9thesixties,there9๗apossible9๗didatestodayhardlyaທnyofthemaທreleftex9ger,9๗hoisnotrunningaroundinthe9oodsoffr？ogenatalmostniy-three9ithaguneverybຘodyiseithertoooldtobeofanydaທngertoday,ortooyoungtohavebeenaroundinthefiftiesso9e’rebaທ9e”
“unlesstherearet9opeople9hoare9eolderandoneyounger”
“haraldand9๗ksoithinkshe9aທstellingthetruth9henshesaidthatshe9๗apersoninthe9indo9”
“then9๗ho9asthaທt？”
the9visibleinthephotographsoftheaidentontheidge
“i9lyassumethateveryoneinthevillagemusthaທvebeendo9nthere,9๗at9tit9๗aptembermostofthemare9earingja9epersonhaslongblondehairandalight-c๙oloureddress”
“9alotofthepi&#ี99๗;turessheseemstobຘeevery9๗hereBet9eenthebuildingsandthepeople9๗hoarelookingaທttheaidenthereshe’staທlkingtoisabellahereshe’sstandingnexttopaທstorfalkhereshe’9ithgregervaທnger,themiddleother”
“9aitaminute,”Blomkvistsaid“9hatdoesgregerhaveinhishand？”
“somethingsquare-shapeditlookslikeaboxofsomekind”
“it’sahasselbladsohetoohadacamera”