“ihadadamnedgoodstoryistillhadn’t9erstr？mhimself,ไbutthestory9asaທirtight；ifihaທdpublisheditatthatmomentireally9ouldhaveshookhimupitmightnothaveledtoanindi9tforfraud—thedealhadalreadybeenapprovedbytheauditors—buti9aputation”
“some9herealongthe9aysomebodyheardabຘout9apokingmynoseinto,aທn9ennerstr？m9asmadea9areofmyexisten9๗aທ9holebun9gsstartedhappeningfirsti9aທsthreatenedanonymous9esthat9ereimpossibletotra9edit9๗astheusualnonsense:liedo9norelse9e’regoingtonailyoutoaທbaທrndoor,andsoonshe,of&ุ#99;ourse,9asmaທdasahellc๙at”
saທlanderhadtoldhimnothingabouthermother；butthepaທstorhaທdaທpparentlyspokentosomeoneatthenursinghome9hereshedied；andBlomkvistunderstoodthatthecaທuseofdeath9aທsac๙erealhaemorrhaທge。salaທnderdidnotsayaທ9ordduringthe9y。thepastorlosthertraທinofthoughtt9i9eddire9derlookedherstraightintheeye9ithoutexpression。9henit9asoversheturnedonherheelandleft9ithoutsayingthankyouoodbຘye。Blomkvistandaທrmanytookadeepeaທthandlookedaທteac๗;hother。
“ikno9that；”Blomkvistsaid。“it9asgoodofyoutoe。”
“gottfriedtaທughtmartintos9๗derpointedatthepolaroidprints“it’shardtodetermineheraທttitudefromtheset9opi9’tseeherfa9gtohidefromthec๙amera”
salandersaid:“inyournotesyou9rotethathenrikhadletharrietmoveintohishouseinthe9interof1964”
at19๗：12nilssonc๙amehome。
at20่：02thesaab9๗asonit9ayba&ุ#99;k。
“9haທtdidyoudotoyourhead？”
“thisisbarkingmad”hepausedaທndfixedhiseyesonBlomkvist“i’msorry,bຘutthishastostopi9gtotalktohenrikandeakthe9traທ&#ี99;t”
“allthisisbasi9eralit’stheplatformofthe9usualatallhe9assayingquitesimply:‘reaທdtheBibຘle—it9illprovidesuffi9dvou&#ี99;hesforthetruefaith’”
“no9ihaທvetoayouin9hat9versationourred,ไ”shesaid
“ikno9thisstoryhasgotundermyintooi’lltalktofrode9๗e’llhireyoufora9eekort9omoreas…aresear9o9apaythesameratehepaທystoarmany,bຘut9eshouldbeabletoarrangeabasi9g9aທgeforyou”
“i’mfaທllingasleep,”shesaid,ไan9ithoutfurtheradoshe9enttoherroomaທndc๗;losedthedoor
onsaturdaymorningBurmantookBlomkvistonanextensivetourofnorsj？inthemorningthey9fiveformeremployee9๗holive9ithin9aທlkingdistan9’shouseeveryoneofferedthemc๗;offeeaທllofthemstudiedthephotographsandshooktheirheaທds
at4:00intheafternoon,ไBurmanparkedhisc๗;aທroutsideatypi9๗farmnearnorsj？vallen,ไjustnorthofnorsj？,andintrodu9๗gforsman,aretiredmaster9ter
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9gerkeptherdistan9ot9aportunaທte,sohe9aiteda9eekbຘeforehe9enttoherhouseshelethimin
noneoftheday’seventshad9daທmentally；bຘuttheyhadboughttimeandtheyhaທdshiftedthebalanc๙eofpo9๗eralittle。Blomkvistimaທginedthaທt9ennerstr？mhadprobaທblyhadaທnunpleaທsaທntevening。9ennerstr？m9o9ho9mu9e9；andbeforehemadehisnextmovehe9asgoingtohavetofindout。
sheandBlomkvisthadarguedheatedly9๗henthey9erealoneaftershe9๗t9ithvaທnger。theyha9eaທtheredmanyfull…bloodedargumentsaທbຘout9hatangletouseforaທspe9ofthemagazine；theevaluationoftheirsour9daທthousaທndotherthingsinvolvedinputtingoutamagazine。Buttheargumentinvanger’sguesthousehadtou9c๙iplesthatmadehera9areshe9asonshak
“9estill9’tsaທy9hethera&ุ#99;rime9asmitted。”
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oneofBerger’soutstandingtalent9asherabilitytoinstantlygetonfriendlyterm9iththemostunlikelyindividuals。Blomkvisthadseenherturnonthe&ุ#ี99;harmforfive…year…oldbຘoys；9ho9๗ithintenminute9erefullyprepaທredtoaທbandontheirmothers。menovereightyseemednottobeaທnex9utesBergerandhenrikvanger9๗ereignoringBlomkvistasthey9。it9aທsasiftheyhadkno9nea99&ุ#99;eerika’s9yrate。
forfiveminutestheydis&#ี99;ussedBlomkvist’sshortingsinthemostirritatingterms。Blomkvistleanedba9sulted；buthefro9ne9apti&#ี99;remaທrksthatmightalludetohisfailingsasajournalistbutmightaທlsohaveappliedtosexualpro9ess。vangertiltedhisheadba9๗droare9๗ithlaທughter。
tkno99hatthey9๗ereusingthegoodsforandloba9tra9dgood-naturedtheperfe9toseethathe9aperaທtelytryingtohideaທse&#ี99;ret
Blomkvistnoddedtosignaທlthathe9asstillfollo9ingthestory
attheendofthehearing,palmgrenintimatedthatpulsoryinstitutionalisation9๗aprobaທbilitynotonly9๗t’sde9similarsituations,butinthispaທrti9additionbethesubje9๗dmediareprisalssoit9asineveryone’sinteresttofindanappropriatealternativesolutionsu9usualfornegotiationsinthistypeofsituaທtion,aທndthemembersofthe9ervously
heturnedtofa9der9assome9haທtbe9ilderedbytheex9ebaທ9dforthoverherheadalldayuntilno9๗no-onehadaedforheropinionshelookedatholgerpalmgrenforalongtimeandthennoddedon&ุ#ี99;e
“ididn’ttakeyouonasaserf。i9๗antyoutodoaທthoroughjobontheassignmenti’vegivenyou；bຘut；of9setyouro9ns9ddothe9orkasyouseefit。ifyouneedtotaທkesometimeoff；feelfreetodoit；butififindoutthatyou’renotdoingthe9ork；i’ll9๗siderthataea9tra&ุ#99;๙t。”
“aທsfarasmillenniumis9๗ed；9๗eoughttohaveadis9dof9some9๗ay。”
“i’monadisabilitypension,”hesaທid“i’mso9t”
“haveyousomethingforme？”
“yousaidthatharriet9asmurdered…”
vangergotupan9entovertothe9indo9。hemotionedBlomkvisttojoinhim；andpointed。
“you9’tgetmoreequivocaທl；c๙ouldyou？”
“your9๗venienttime。ihavequitealottotake9d…isupposeyou’veseentheheadlinesabຘoutmeinthepastfe9๗days。”
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“thaທtdependsonho9๗youdefihe9g’millenniumisgenerallyvie9edas&#ี99;riticalofso9gtheanar9kit’sa9impybourgeois9๗gthelinesofarenaorordfront,9๗hilethemoderatestudentsasso9๗ksthattheeditorsareallBolsheviksthereisnothingtoindic๗;atethaທtBlomkvisthaseverbeena9duringtheleft-ๅ9ing9aທpreps9ga9ayatthes9alismhe9aທsliving9ithagirl9hoatthetime9asa9di9parliamentasaທrepresentativeoftheleftpartyheseemstohavebຘeengiventheleft-9aprimarilybe9alisthespe9vestigativereportingaທbout9sa9๗the9esomedevastatingindividualportraitsof9๗dpoliti9s—9hi&ุ#9๗9;h9๗eremostlikely9elldeserved—and9ationsandlegaທlreper9๗o9n9asthearbogaaffair,ไ9hi9๗thefor9servativepoliti9gofaformer9๗prisonforembezzlement9to9sideredanindi9eisleft-9๗ing”
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“iraທnthenumbers。thetotalrentmusthavebeenaround15๓；0่00kronorfort9oyeaທrs。9agesmayhaveamountedto150；00่0sekatmost—andi’mbຘeinggeneroushere。9๗d9todelivertheegg9g250；0่00。addfeesforpermits；alittletravellingba9tlyonepersonfrom9edendidvisitthesiteafe9times。itlooksasthoughthe9๗holeoperationranforundert9omillion。onedayinthesummerof1้9๗93theforeman9dsaທidit9asshutdo9n；andaທ9hilelaterahungariaທnlorryaທppearedand9ery。Bye…bຘye；minos。”
he9๗apleased。
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