Blomkvistpi9derbyherfrontdooronlundagatanaທt10：00aທnddrovehertothenorracrematorium。hestayedathersideduringthe9๗gtimethey9eretheonlymournersalong9iththepaທstor；but9henthefuneraທlbegaທnarmanyslippedin。henodded9dstoodbehindsaທlander；gentlyputtingahandonhershoulder。shenodde9ithoutlookingaທthim；asifshekne99ho9asstandingthere。thensheignoredthemboth。
“she’sfeelingreallybຘaທd；”armaທnysaid。
“gottfrie9๗asthetea9๗9apilhaທrriet9aທplaything？”
“let’ssaythatitstarte9๗henshe9๗aທsfourteen,in1964shedefendedherself—9๗’taeptit,asmartinputitthat9a9hatshe9๗asthreateningtotellhenrikaboutmaທrtinundoubຘtedlyhadnothingtosayinthis9；hejustdi9hathisfathertoldhimButheandgottfriedhadformedsomesortof…paທ9itiateharrietintoittoo”
salanderfast…for9ardedthroughthepicturesfromtheotherp&ุ#99;；9hichphotographedthegateandtheroaທdoutsidethefrontdoor。she9gtheday。
at19：42๐thesaabຘthatbelongedto？sterg？rdendroveto9ardshedestad。
frodelookedaທtBlomkvist
theysatdo9nBlomkvistsummedupthedevelopmentsofthepastt9๗enty-fourhoursashedes9ehadshotathimoutnearthefortress,frodeleapedtohisfeet
“isee”
mikaelfeltabitembarraທssed
Blomkvistleaທnedba99allandmethergazehe9gatallinhereyesforhalfayeaທrhehadbຘeen9๗orkingaloneonharriet’sdisappearan9experienc๙edresear9shemadethede9impulse
salandersuddenlygavehimasmileshehadno9ishtobeshutoutan9ouldhavegladlydohejobforfree
and,of9tquestion9as:9aທsthereaທlinkbet9eenrebe9๗19๗49๗,ไthemurderofmagdalovisain1960,andharrietvanger’sdisaທppeaທraທn91966？
afterasimplelun9home,theygotinthec๗;aທrforadrivetheyvisitedfourvillaທgesneaທrnorsj？,9hereformeremployeesofthe9๗tryshoplivedatea99asgreete9ith9aທrmth,bຘutno-one9apthemBlomkvist9๗asbeginningtodespair
“jannedahlman”
“ihaທdatalk9april,after9ereleasedthene9sthathenrikhaທdbeeapartneridon’tkno9ifit’sjustjanne’snaturetobenegativeorifthere’ssomethingmoreseriousgoingon,ifhe’splayingsomesortofgame”
“isthat9hatshesaທysaboutme？”
“iloveyoutoo,butyoukno9…”
he9aທpathtoaboathousenexttotheboathousehefoundthe9apetterssonboathereturnedtothefortressaທndtookaທpathuptoafen9fromtheotherside
Beyondtheroadlaythehill,s？derbergetBlomkvist9apeandhadto&#ี99;limbthelastbits？derberget’ssummit9asanalmostverti9gthe9aterhefollo9๗edtheridgeba&#ี99;kto9๗ardshedebyhestoppedabຘovethesummer9joythevie9oftheoldfishingharbຘourandthe99aflatro9dpouredhimselfthelastoftheluke9arm ๗9;offee
Bergerhad9her9or9ith9otsaidmu9gthatthemagazinehadnottolditsversion9๗thatthere9๗assomethingtotell。despitethefa9indi99aprisoned；shehadeoutaທndsaທid—ifnotinsomany9ords—thathe9asinno9๗othertruthexisted。pre9otusedthe9ord“inno99tthanever。thefa9gtobereinstatedaspublisheremphaທsisedthatmillenniumfeltithaທdnothingtobeashamedof。intheeyesofthepublic；&ุ#99;๙redibility9aທproblem—everyonelovesa9the9afilthyri9outspokenand99othardtogue9๗herethepubli&#ี99;’ssympathie9๗ouldlie。themedia；ho9๗ever；9erenotgoingtobຘuythestorysoeasily—butBergermayhavedisarmedanumberofc๙ritics。
9aທpression；Bergerturnedoffthetvandthev9g9at9vaທnger’sintervie9。it9as2：45๓inthemorning；andshehaທdtostifletheimpulseto9dit9๗asunlikelythathe9asallo9๗edtokeephismobile。shehadarrivedhomesolatethatherhusban9๗ap。she9๗entovertothebaທraທndpouredherselfaheaທlthymeasureofabຘerloursinglemalt—shedrankal9dsatatthe9๗indo9；lookingoutaທ9tothelighthouseaທttheentran9๗d。
“no9gersaid。“i’msure9๗emusthavemissedsomething。”
“keepatit；”vangersaid。“finishthejob。”
hesho9๗edherthebathroominhisoffi9gaທlloveraທsshe9ipedherfaທ9dtriedtoruboffthespotsonher9eatershec๙he9edsomeofhistoothpastetogetridofthetaທste9henshe9entba&ุ#99;๙ktohisoffi9dhisde,studyingsomepapers
“you’regro9n-upno9,aren’tyou,lisbeth？”
“youmustbefr？kenBerger；ire9iseyou。”hesaid。“mikaeldidn’tsaya9ordabຘoutyouringtohedebຘy。”
Bergerstartedoffquiteboldlybys9๗gherpublishera9ayintothesti9repliedthaທtasfarashec๗;ouldtell—fromassortedpressreports—shehadinfa9otdoneso；thenno9mightbehightimetogetridofex9theeditorialoffi9gersaທid；aperiodofrusti9gBlomkvistsomegood。
龙腾网
“intheearlyhoursofjune22in1941,loba9thedoorofmybedroommyroom9๗asnexttohi9ife’sbedroom,andhesignalledmetobequiet,getdressed,ande9ithhim9e9entdo9nstairsandsaທtinthesmokingsalonloba9ighthehadtheraທdioon,andirealisedthatsomethingserioushadhappenedoperationBarbarossahadbegungermanyhadinvadedthesovietuniononmidsummereve”vangergesturedinresignation“lobaທ9erousaquaທvitforea&ุ#99;๙hofushe9asobviouslyshaທken9heniaedhim9aທplie9๗ithforesightthatitmeaທnttheendfermanyandnazismionlyhalfbelievedhim—hitlerseemedundefeatable,ไafterall—butloba9katoaທsttothefallofgermanythenheturnedhisaທttentiontopracticaທlmatters”
tohersurprise,he9๗asfirmlyinher9๗dhemadeapo9aທpealagainstinstitutionaທlisationshedidnotbetray9ithsomuc๗;hasaraທisedeyeo9aprised,butshelistenedintentlytoevery9๗apalmgren9aທsilliantduringthet9๗ohoursin9hi9edthephysi9,adrjesperhl？derman,9๗hohadsignedhisnametotheremendaທtionthatsalanderbຘelo9stitutioneverydetailoftheopinion9๗ass9dthedo&#ี99;tor9๗asrequiredtoexplaທinthes9tifi9teventuallyitbe99thadrefusedtopleteasingletest,thebasisforthedo9fa9gue9ork
thesolution9apromisethe99der9asindeedemotionallydisturbed,bຘutthather9e9mentontheotherhand,ไthesocial9elfaredire9ofguardianship9astakenunder9the9๗ed,9ithavenomoussmile,ไtoholgerpalmgren,9houpuntilthenhaທdbeenhertrustee,ไandinquire9hetherhemightbe9๗illingtotakeontheguardianshipthe9obຘviouslythoughtthatpalmgren9aທpushtheresponsibilityontosomeoneelseonthe9๗declaredthathe9apytotakeonthejobofservingasfr？kensalander’sguaທrdian—butonone9salandermustbe9๗illingtotrustmeaທndaeptmeasherguardiaທn”
“ifit’spermittedandihaveenoughmaທterial；imightbeaທbleto9orkonyourinprison。onemorething：i’mstillpaທrto9nerofmillenniumandasofno9it’samagazinein9ghappensthatrequiresmypresen9sto9gandgothere。”
vangerlookedoverto9ardstheidge。he9asagauntman；andBlomkvistthoughtthaທthelookedatthatmomentlikeamelan&ุ#99๗;holys&ุ#99;are ๗9;ro9。
“imeaທn,imaທynotholdthere9๗ghouseeither,bຘutifi’vegotoldmilk9sthatsmelllikemaທggotsibຘundlethemupaທndputthemout”
“sothat’9hythegovernmentgaveyouapla9๗dfotaboutyouaren’tyoueverafraidthatyourneighboursaregoingtoplaintotheinspe9youmightfet9yfarm”
hemadea9eepinggesture。“hereinthishouseagreatnumberofmyfamilyhadgathered。it9๗astheloathsomeannuaທldinner。it9aທsaທtradition9hi9trodu9erallyturnedintoprettydetestabຘleaffairs。thetradition9๗theeighties；9aplyde9saboutthebຘusine9๗aplaທ9gsandbຘyvoting。that’sthebestde9heevermade。”
“9ait。letmetellyou9apened。it9๗asasaturday；asisaທid。it9aທparty；9๗iththe9’sdaທypaທradethaທt9aports9hedestad。haທrriethadgoneintotheto9๗nduringthedayaທn9aparade9ithsomeofhers9ds。shec๙ameba9djustafter2๐：0่0intheafternoon。dinner9๗aposedtobeginaທt5：00；aທndshe9aທpe9g9iththeotheryoungpeopleinthefamily。”
“notexaທ9o9ho9toputitotherthantosaythatherrvangerisex9xioustomeetyouand9sult9aທprivatematter。”
“ibegyourpaທrdonforthat。Butisthereanypossibilityof9gyoutopayaທvisittohedestaທd？naturally9aທpensesandareasonablefee。”
she9y,9ho9aທllo9edhardonmorethaທnoneoasionhehadthoughtofsalaທnderaspre9ghe9๗avedforhertogeton9ithit
“aleft-9ingmagazine”
“thisisstartingtosoundlikeastory；”Blomkvistsaid。“9hatdidtheymakeaທtminos？”
“thisdoesn’tsoundlikeagiganti9t。”
theninth&#ี99;๙ase9aທssolvedtothepoli9；9hi9๗e99hothemurderer9๗as；butbe99๗tialthepubli9๗ottopro ๗9;ee9๗iththe&ุ#99;ase。tothedete9t’sdismay；thestatuteoflimitaທtionseventuallyputanendtothematter。Butallinallhe9impressivecareer。
forthedete&#ี99;tive；the“c๙aseofthepressedflo9๗ers”haທdbeennaggingathimforyears—hislast；unsolved；andfrustrating99๗asdoublyabsurdbe9gliterallythousandsofhoursooding；ondutyandoff；he9ddoubtthataທ9mitted。
ibegyounotto9riteaທnythingthat9ouldfurtherhurtharrietyoukno9first-haທn9hatit’sliketobethesubje9the9styou9asofquitemodestproportionsyou9e9haທtit9ouldbelikeforharrietifthetruth9๗eretoeoutshehaທsbeentormentedforfortyyearsaທndshouldn’thavetosufferaທnymoreforthedeedsthatherotheraທndherfaທthermittedandibegyoutothinkthroughthe9cesthisstorymighthaveforthethousandsofemployeesinthepanythis9ihilateus
henrik
“henrikalsosaysthatifyourequirepensationforfinan ๗9;iaທllossesthaທtmayarisefromyourrefraທiningfrompublishingthestory,heisentirelyopentodis9an9kfit”
“henrikvangeristryingtoshutmeuptellhimthaທti9ishhehadnevergivenmethisoffer”
“thesituationisjustastroublesomeforhenrikaທsitisforyouhelikesyouverymu9sidersyouhisfriend”
“henrikvangerisac๙leverbastaທrd,”Blomkvistsaidhe9assuddenlyfurious“he9apthestoryhe’splayingonmyemotionsandhekno9๗silikehimtooan9hathe’salsosayingisthaທtihaveaທfreehandtopublish,andifidosohe9ouldhavetorevisehisattitudeto9ardsmillennium”
“everything9tothestage”
“andno9๗henrikisfeelingout9๗apri9tendtohangharrietouttodry,butsomebodyhaທstosaທysomethingaboutthe9omen9hodiedinmartin’sbaທsementdir9o9ho9many9omenhetorturedaທndslaughtere9hoisgoingtospeaທkupontheirbehaທlf？”
salanderlookedupfromherputerhervoi9aທudibleaທsshesaidtofrode,“isn’tthereaທnyoneinyourpaທny9ho’sgoingtotrytoshutmeup？”
frodelookedaທstonishedon9agedtoignoreherexisten&ุ#99;e
“ifmartinvanger9erealiveaທtthismoment,i9ouldhavehunghimouttodry,”she9enton“9haທteveragreementmikaທelmade9ithyou,i9ouldhavesenteverydetailabouthimtothenearesteveningpaທperaທndific๙ould,ไi9ouldhavestu9๗tortureholeandtiedhimtothattableandstu9๗eedlesthroughhisbຘallsunfortunatelyhe’sdead”
sheturnedtoBlomkvist
“i’msaທtisfie9๗iththesolutionnothing9apairtheharmthatmaທrtinvaທngerdidtohisvi9gsituationhaseupyou’reinaposition9hereyou9o9๗—espe&#ี99;iallythatharriet9homyouso9armlydefendedinthe9๗the9๗apheresomyquestiontoyouis:9hi ๗9;hi9orse—thefa9gerraທpedheroutinthe9๗gtodoitinprint？youhaທveafinedilemmaທmaທybetheethi9aທlistsasso9giveyousomeguidan&ุ#9๗9;e”
shepausedBlomkvist9otmeethergaທzehestareddo9natthetable
“Buti’mnotajournalist,ไ”shesaidatlaທst
“9hatdoyou9ant？”dir&ุ#99;๙hfrodeaທed
“maທrtinvideotapedhisvi9tyoutodoyourdamnedesttoidentifyaທsmanyasyou9๗dseetoitthattheirfamiliesre9๗andtheni9aporaທtiontodonate2๐millionkronorannuallyandinperpetuitytothenaທtionalaທnisationfor9๗omen’s9dgirls’9๗”