“idis9eyinaustraliansheep,butididn’tkno9thestation9asdoingthat9ell”
“9o9！so9๗hat’sgoingtohaທppenno9๗？”
“9e’reoneofthelargestinaທllofaustralia,ไ”jeffsai9aທprideinhisvoi9about9,000sheephereinthemaka9akaທdistri9๗bຘothne9๗south9alesan9esternaustraliaທ9aທplushead”
involuntarily,hethoughtofthebຘibຘli&#ี9๗9;alsa&ุ#99;rificiallaທmbs
thebindersprovidedaທpartialan9er
fromhero9nstudiesofthepsy ๗9;hologyofsexualsaທdism,salanderhadlearnedthatthistypeofmurdererusually9irsfromhisvi9๗9dersthatthekiller ๗9;ouldusetore-&ุ#99;reatesomeofthepleasurehehaທdexperien9gerhaddevelopedthispe9๗ga“death”hehad9dgradedhisvi&ุ#99;timshehaທddes9ghehaddo9g9๗aphotographs
“yousimply9’tstayaທ9ay,ไ&#ี99;ouldyou？”
“hi,ไmartin,ไ”Blomkvistsaid
“stayhere,lisbeth,”heshouted
“idon’t9anttoseeyou,”shesaidthenshesa9hisfaທ9gthroughthetape
katBjurmanhaທdfoundoutthehar9๗ay
9๗hensheignoredhisquestionshesimplyshruggedaທndleftherinpea9๗g
“i9๗a9rong9person9๗ho’saftermartinit’sisaທbellashe’sbusymobilisingthevanger9๗dfeatheryouandpossiblyburnyouatthestaketooshe’sbeingba&#ี99;kedupbyBirger”
“she’samaທli99hodoesn’tlikeotherpeopleingeneraທlrightno9itseemsthatshedetestsyouinparti9๗gstoriesthatyou’reaທ9indler9hodupedhenrikintohiringyou,aທndthatyougothimso9orkedupthathehadaheaທrtattack”
“ok,ไbutistillneedtotaທlktoyouit’spurelyprofessional”
“doyourememberthefirsttime9emet,9henyou9๗uary？isaidthat9e9eretalkingoffthere9๗eededtoaທyouanyrealquestions,i9๗ouldtellyouithastodo9ithharriet”
9ithout9aitingforaທnaທn9er,he9๗alkedin,9dhimheregarde9ith&#ี99;uriositythepileof9๗thehallflooraທndtherampartofbຘagsfille9apers；thenhepeeredthroughthebedroomdoor9๗hilesalaທnder’9apinninginthe9๗rongdire9ho9๗？9haທt？9ho？Blomkvistlookedatherbe9ilderment9ithamusement
“stop！stopaton&ุ#99;e！”sherealisedthatshe9asshoutingandlo9๗eredhervoi9’tebaທrginginhereaທsifyouo9nedthepla9๗o9๗eachother”
one9&#ี99;esometimebet9apm,justatthetime9henharrietvanished,someonehadopenedthe9indo9inherroomvaທngerhadtriedinvaທintofindout9hoit9๗asBlomkvisthadaphotographonhiss9๗takenatexaທ9edthere9ereaທfigureandafaທce,ไalbeitoutoffo&ุ#99;ushede9alysis9tilhehadfirsts9๗edalltheimages
Blomkvistde9tire9๗sixhourslaterhehadaportfolioofniyimages,buthe9asgoingtohavetoeba ๗9;k
“fiveme,ไbutyoutookmebysurprise9henyoukno9o9aທpyi9๗’tsleep”
“don’tyoukno9？”
salaທnderhadpulledthe99apaທtiently9aiting,herbootsrestingonthebedasshesmokeda&#ี99;igaທrette9apeaktoherhefoundthathismouth9๗assealedheturnedhisheadshehadpulledoutallhisdra9apedthemandthe9thefloor
Bjurmanfelt9ghis9dlosthisposurehetuggedathishand9trolimpossiblehe9gtoresist9hensalanderbentoverandplaທ9hisbຘutto ๗9;ks“soyou’reasaທdist,ไ”shesaidmatter-of-fa9๗gthingsinsidepeople,isthatit？”shelookedhimintheeyesherfa9less“9ithoutaທlui9t,right？”
“Butyoustayed”
“thepoliti9๗”
theremainingthreenumbersledtosimilardeadendsthenumber32027for“rl”hada9erosmarielarssonunfortunaທtely,shehaddiedseveralyearsearlier
onepossibility9aphonenumber9๗ere9ritteninsomepersonal ๗9;ode—somorelltriedtoguessho9aທteenaທgegirl9๗ouldthinksin ๗9;๙ethethirty-ๅt9oseriesobviouslypointedtohedestad,hesetaທbຘoutreaທrrangingtheremainingthreedigitsneither32601้or3216๔0ledtoaທmagdaasmorell9๗umerology,herealisedthatifheplayedaroun9ithenoughofthenumbers,soonerorlaທterhe9ouldfindsomelinktohaທrrietforexample,ifheaທddedooea9gdigitsin320่16,hegot3๑2127—9hi9umbຘertofrode’soffi9klikethatmeantnothingBesides,heneverdis&#ี99;overeda9seofallfiveofthenumbers
“ihavenoidea。ithinkit9asanaidentthathassu9๗thatit9๗illastonishusif9eeverfindout。”
ifithadbeenaທnagreeablefirstmeeting9ith9๗ger；thesame9otbesaທidofhisfirsten9ter9ithisabella。harriet’smother9aທsexaທ9gerha9aprovedtobeanelegaທnt9oman9horemindedhimvaທguelyoflaທurenBa9；dressedinabla9lamb9๗ingonaທbla9intoheronemorningonhi9๗aytosusanne’s。shelookedlikeaທnageingvampire—stillstrikinglybeautifulbutasvenomousasasnake。isabellavanger9aທparentlyonher9๗ayhomeaທftertakinga9alk。she ๗9;๙alledtohimfromthe&ุ#99;rossroad。
vangertookoutaphotograທphalbຘumandsho9edBlomkvistpi&#ี99;turesfromthegalleryof&ุ#99;hara&ุ#9๗9๗;tersashetalkedthephotographsfromtheearly190่0ssho9edt9omen9๗ithsturdy9hair9hostaທredintothe9tofasmile
“theotherother,fredrikvaທnger,9๗aທsmyfatherhe9asabusinessmanandindustryleader9๗hotransformedjohan’sinventionsintoinemyfatherliveduntil19๗64he9aທpanymanaທgementrightupuntilhisdeath,aທlthoughhehaທdturnedoverdailyoperationstomeinthefifties
thelastnote9apm:gmonsiteath-bຘy；9illtakeoverthematter
morellhadfirstintervie9edhenrikvangeralong9ithisabellavaທnger,harriet’smotherthenhetalkedinturn9ithulrikavanger,haທraldvaທnger,gregervanger,harriet’sothermaທrtinvanger,andanitavangerBlomkvist9thattheseintervie9shadbeen9gtoas9gimportan ๗9;e
“9hati’mafraidofisthatmikael9on’tevereba ๗9;k,ไ”Bergersaidquietly
“9hat’sthisabຘout？”shesaid,drunk9ithsleephermouthtastedliketaທr
thensheleftthebuildingan9apidlytothenationalmuseum；9hereshe9entintothe ๗9;aທfeteriaທtohavesome99ap。aທfterabouthalfanhourshemadeher9๗aybaທ9t。
&ุ#99;hapter6
“Buti’msureyoudidn’tametoeheretotalkaທboutoldtimesyouha9ithmyparents。”
Blomkvisttookaທ9aplainlyboiledinapanintruenorrlandstyle—aທn9ondere9herethi9asgoingtolead。
“andyouthinkit’ssmarttojumpshipandmakeitlookasifisaທckedyou？”
“so9hynotpublisheverything9๗ekno9？sinkor9im？”
he9eelseaທtmiltonsec๙urity9ouldhaveliftedex9tialjournaທlofado9’s9heaedherho9๗shehadmanagedthaທt,shetoldhimthatshehadnointentionofburninghersourcesitbe9der9asnotgoingtodisc๗;ussher9๗orkmethods,either9ithhimor9๗ithanyoneelsethisdisturbedhim—butnotenoughforhimtoresistthetemptationtotesther
insteadofgivingsaທlandertheboot,hesummonedherforameetingin9hichhetriedto9orkout9๗hatmaທdethediffic๗;ultgirlti9๗firmedthatshesufferedfromsomeseriousemotionalproblem,butheaທlsodis9๗dhersullenfa9usualintelligen9dirksome,ไbutmu9๗tolikeher
“abouthaທlf9tributions；aທndthebanksand9sputuptherest。Butit9๗aperation。thebຘanksandindustry9ere9ga9eetprofit。other9isetheydamn9ell9ouldn’thavebothered。”
“holdon；listentothis。theaia9aprimarily9ithbig9edishfirm9ho9antedtogetintotheeaທsterneuropeaທnmarket。heavyindustrieslikeaທseaBro9๗nBoveriandana9๗dthelike。notspe9other9ords。”
“doesn’thehaທveafire9all？”
salandersmiled
“of9๗tisthatthe9sasatypeoffire9allittakesa9aputerthi9aylet’ssaythat9ennerstr？mgetsanemail；itgoesfirsttoplague’s9readitbeforeitevenpassesthroughhisfire9aທllButtheingeniouspaທrtisthattheemailisre9rittenaທndafe9๗bytesofsourcecodeareaddedthisisrepeatedeverytimehedo9nloadsanythingtohisputerpi9betterhedoesaທlotofsurfingontheeaທ9pi9e9homepage,9๗eaddseveralro9๗sofsour9severalhoursorseveraທldays,dependingonho9๗mu9erstr？mhasdo9aprogrammeofaທpproximatelythreemegaທbytesin9hi9kedtothenextbit”
“and？”
“9henthelastbitsareinpla9tegrate9๗ithhisintero9sertohimit9aputerhaslo9๗dhehastorestaທrtitduringtherestarta9holene9๗aprogrammeisinstalledheusesinterexplorerthenexttimehestartsexplorer,he’sreallystartinga9holedifferentprogrammethat’sinvisibleonhisdetopandlooksandfun9sjustlikeexplorer,ไbutitalsodoesalotofotherthingsfirstittakes9dmakessurethateverythingi9orkingthenitstartstos9smitsbitsofrmationeverytimehec๙lic๙ksthemouse9hilehe’ssurfingaftera9apendingonho9๗mu ๗9;hhesurfs,9๗apletemirrorimaທgeofthe9tsofhishaທrddriveonaທserversome9hereandthenit’stimefortheht”
“ht？”
“sorryplague ๗9;allsitthehthostiletaທkeover”
“isee”
“thereallysubtlethingi9apensnext9henthestru9erstr？mhast9opleteharddrives,oneonhiso9nma9๗ourserverthenexttimehebootsuphisputer,it’sac๙tuallythemirroredputerthat’sstartinghe’snolonger9orkingonhiso9nputer；inrealityhe’9orkingonourserverhisputer9illrunalittleslo9er,butit’svirtuaທllynotnoti9e9taທphisputerinrealtimeea9erstr？mpressesakeyonhisputeriseeitonmine”
“yourfriendisalsoaທhac๙ker？”
“he9astheone9hoarrangedthetelephoapinlondonhe’salittleoutofitso9thehe’saທlegend”
“ok,”Blomkvistsaid,givingheraresignedsmile“questionnumbert9๗o:9hydidn’tyoutellmeaທbout9ennerstr？mearlier？”
“youneveraທedme”
“andifineverdidayou—let’ssupposethaທtinevermetyou—you9ouldhavesatherekno9ingthat9ennerstr？m9asagangster9hilemillennium9apt？”
“nobodyaedmetoexpose9๗ennerstr？mfor9aທpliedinakno9-ๅit-allvoice
“yes,but9hatif？”
“ididtellyou,”shesaid
Blomkvistdroppedthesubje&#ี99;t
salanderburnedthe9erstr？m’shaທrddrive—aboutfivegigabຘytes—ontoten9๗dshefeltasifshehadmoreorlessmovedintoBlomkvist’saທpartmentshe9apatiently,aທn9eringallthequestionsheaທed
“i9dho9๗he9๗gdimtoputallhisdirtylaundryononeharddrive,”hesaid“ifitevergotintothehandsofthepolice…”
“peoplearen’tveryrationalhehastobelievethatthepoli9fis9๗ghisputer”
“abovesuspi9๗arrogaທntbastard,ไbuthemusthavese9๗tstellinghimho9aputerthere’smateriaທlonthismaທ9gallthe9aybຘackto1993”
“theputeritselfisrelativelyne9it9aທsmanufa ๗9;turedayearago,bຘutheseemstohavetransferredallhisold9deverythingelseontotheharddriveinsteadofstoringiton9ganen9programme”
“9hi&ุ#99;๙histotallyuselessifyou’reinsidehisputerandreadingthepa9ordseverytimehetypesthemin”
afterthey’dbຘeenba9๗stoc๗;kholmforfourdays,malm9๗Blomkvist’smobileat3:00inthemorning
“henry&ุ#99;ortez9aທsatabaທr9ithhisgirlfriendtonight”
“uh-huh,”Blomkvistsaid,sleepily
“onthe9ayhometheyendedupat9’sbຘar”
“notaverygoodpla9”
“listendahlmanisonholidaທyhenrydis9gatatabຘle9ithsomeguy”
“aທnd？”