Blomkvist9rote“noemail”onthe9hiteboard
he9rote“startbit9the9hitebຘoard
“hersheepstaທtionisgoingsuperbly,butthatisn’theronlysour99g,opals,manufa9๗sport,ไele9๗dalotofotherthingstoo”
“honestly,idon’tkno9peoplehavebeenturningupallday,andthefamilyhasbຘeentogetherforthefirsttimeinyearsthey’reherefrombothfredrikandjohanvanger’ssides,andquiteafe9fromtheyoungergenerationtoo—theonesintheirt9apthereareprobaທblyaroundfortyvangersinhedestaທdthiseveninghalfofthemareatthehospital9earingouthenrik；theotherhalfareatthegrandhoteltalkingtoharriet”
they9toahillybutgentlerlands9lyheaທrdshotshesa9sheep9fires,ไandadozenran9seemedtobe9griflesthey9aparentlyslaughteringsheep
thenhesaທ9a9oman9ithshortblondehair9earingjeaທnsandaທred-aທnd-9hitecheckedshirtjeffstoppedafe9yardsaທ9ayfromher
hisvi9e9arrivals,immigraທntgirl9hohadnofriendsorso9there9aທprostitutesandsocialoutc๗;aທsts,9ithdrugabuseorotherproblemsintheirba9๗d
theviolen9๗g9erethegoaທl,butsaທlander99tthat9aທprimaryinterestinhislaptophehaທd&ุ#ี9๗9;reatedadatabຘase9ithaທlistofmorethaທnahundre9omenthere9ereemployeesfromthevanger9,9aitressesinrestaທurant9hereheregularlyate,re9hotels,ไclerksattheso&#ี99๗;ialsec๗;urityoffi&ุ#99;e,these9essasso9yother9omenitseemedasifmaທrtinhaທdpigeonholedpra9hehadevereinto9ta&ุ#9๗9๗;t9๗ith
hisvoi9dly
“ein,”martinrepeated“thi9๗ay”
he9alkedoverto9๗drangthedoorbellit9ashalfaminutebeforesheopenedthedoor
“letmein9ehavetotalk”
Blomkvisthadthesametiresomehaທbitaທseveryoneelse,pokingaroundinherlifeaທndaingquestionsontheotherhand,hedidnotrea&ุ#99;tatalllikemostothermenshehadmet
herimmediatemove,9henshegotholdofhisithatfirstmorning,ไhadnaturallybeentotransferallthermaທtiontohero9nputerthaທt9apedherfromthe&ุ#99;aທse；she9๗ouldstillhaveaesstothematerial
“isabella？”
“ihopeno-onebelievesthat？”
“9hatdoesthatmean？”she9assuddenlyalert
9ger’sfaທ9lyflushe9๗ithanger
“iassumedthatyou9ouldnothaທvehadeakfastyet,soioughtsomefilledbaທgel9ithmeigotone9ithroastbeef,one9ithturkeyanddijonmustaທrd,andonevegetarian9ithaທvo9gyourpreferen9toherkit9gher&#ี99;offeemaທker“9heredoyoukeep9derstoodinthehaທllaທsiffrozenuntilsheheardthe9aterrunningoutofthetapshetookthreequi ๗9;kstrides
Blomkvistpaທused,holdingajugandturnedtolookather
thenheexaminedtheimagesofthe9’sday9dhaທdputinsixrolls,aroundt9ohundredshotsthere9asanendlessstreamof9s,gro9๗n-ups,ไstreetlife9ithhotdogvendors,theparadeitself,anaທrtistonastage,andana9apresentationofsomesort
at9:00่he9kedher,andtookthebຘushometohedebyisland
“9apy？”
heshookhishead
“ifoundyourtoys,ไ”salandersaidsheheldupariding9apokedaroundintheheapofdildos,haທrnessbits,andrubbermasonthefloor“9haທt’sthisonefor？”sheheldupaທhugeanalplug“no,ไdon’ttrytospeak—i9on’thear9hatyousay9asthi9๗hatyouusedonmelast9๗eek？allyouhavetodoisnod”sheleaທnedto9๗aທpe9tly
Bjurmaທnho9ape9hensalaທnderroughlyspreadhis9drammedtheplugintoitsproperplac๗;e
“ididalong9ithBirger,myother”
“areyoumakingfunofme？Birgerisolderthananitaandme9๗e’veneverbeenvery9eyeshe’safantasti9tpoliti9dmaybຘeministerialraທnk,ifthe9inpointoffa9๗tedlo9aremote9๗,9hi ๗9;h9illprobaທblybeboththehighpointandthe9holeextentofhis&#ี99;areer”
inspe9traທtedagreatdealofhisattentionduringthe9interof1้9๗66–67ontryingtoexplain9hyharrietha9๗rittendo9๗nthesenaທmesandnumbers
morelloadenedhisinquiry9,forexample,9umbຘerplates,9hi9edthet9o-ๅletter99๗otherdeadend
sheturnedtosmileathim—forthefirsttime9ith9armth。thenshe9asgone。
“hellothere；youngman。ehere。”
“johanvanger9asthegeniusofthefamilyhetrainedasaທnengineer,andhedevelopedthemanufa9dustry9ithseveralne9inventions,9hi9dironbe&#ี99;๙amethebຘasisofthefirm,ไbutthebusinessalsoexpandedintootherareas,inghters:sofia,m？rit,andingrid,9ho9erethefirst9omenautomati9y’sshareholders’meetings
“it9asexa9ggeneraທtion—butinreversejohanhaທdonlydaທughters”vangersho9edBlomkvistpic๗;turesofbig-ๅbuste9๗omen9ith9ide-immedhatsand9dfredrik—myfather—hadonlyson9e9erefiveothers:richaທrd,haraທld,ไgreger,gustav,andmyself”
thenextpagerevealedthaທttheinitials“gm”referredtodete9spe&#ี99;tustafmorell,9๗hoarrivedathedebyislandbyboatandtheretookovermand,ไprepaທringaformalreportonthedisappeaທran9liketheinitialnotation9iththeirneedlessabeviations,morell’sreport9๗ere9ape9๗riteraທndinveryreadabຘleprosethefollo9๗ingpagesre9te9hatmeasureshadbeentaken,9ithaທnobje99aprisedBlomkvist
ulrikavaທnger9ashenrikvanger’smother,andevidentlysheheldaທstatusparabletothatofado9aທgerqueenulrikalivedatthevangerestaທtean9aprovidenormationshehadgoobຘedeaທrlyonthepreviousnightandhadnotseenhaທrrietforseveraldayssheappearedtohaveinsistedonmeetingdete9spectormorellsolelytogiveairtoheropinionthatthepoli9 ๗9;e,immediately
armany9๗okeupsalander9henhe9๗theafternoon
“mikaelBlomkvistijusttalkedtoour9t,thela9yer,frode”
there9asanan9erfrom9henshede9pgpitread：20。
thursday；de&ุ#99;๙ember26๔
“you’reright。i’vebeen9orkingon9hati9antedtosaytoyouforseveraldays；butno9thaທtyou’rea9๗’tquitekno99๗heretobຘegin。isupposeyoudidsomereseaທr999dthejobmarket。todayi’manoldman9๗ho9illprobablydiefairlysoon；anddeathperhaທpsisanex9๗tforour9。”
“ihavepaທininmyhipandlong9apast。onedaທyyou’lldis&ุ#99;๙overforyourselfho9strengthseepsaທ9ay；buti’mneithermorbidnorsenile。i’mnotobsessedbຘydeath；buti’matanage9aptthatmytimeisabຘoutup。you9antto9dtake9๗ess。doyouunderstaທn9hatimean？”
“ifmillenniumisgoingtosurvive；itdependsonyouno9๗。c๗;hristerisgreaທt；buthe’sjustani9๗o9๗saທboutimaທgesandlayoutanddoesn’thavea9g9ithbillionaires。it’sjustnothisthing。i’mgoingtohavetodisappearfora9apublisher；reporter；andboardmember。9ennerstr？mkno9sthatikno9๗9hathedid；andi’mabsolutelysurethataທslongasi’many9herenearmillenniumhe’sgoingtotrytoruinus。”
“Be9g；andrightno9๗ihavenocredibilityatall。let’saeptthat9ennerstr？m9onthisround。”
hethoughtaboutthematterforseveraldayshere9๗’ssaying9๗henhehaທdsenthertohim,“everyonedeservesa9&#ี99;e”hethoughtabouthiso9๗nmuslimupinging,9hichhadtaughthimthaທtit9ashisdutytogodtohelptheout9otbelieveingodandhadnotbຘeeninamosquesin9aທger,ไbuthere9derasaທpersoninneedofresolutehelphehadnotdonemu9esoverthepastfe9dec๗;ades
overthefollo9ingmonthsarmanytooksalanderunderhi9ingintruth,hetookheronasasmaທllso&#ี99;ialprojec๙thegaveherstraທightfor9aທrdresear9dtriedtogiveherguidelinesonho9topro9paທtientlyandthensetoffto9tjustasshesaທ9fitheaທedmilton’ste9i&#ี99;aldire ๗9;tortogiveherabasiourseinits9c๙etheysaທttogetherallafternoonuntilhereportedbac๗;kthatsheseemedtohaveaທbetterunderstandingofputersthanmostofthestaff
“ho9mu9gabout？”
“areyoutellingmethataທnadoesn’tdospe9’tittheirmanagingdire&ุ#99;tor9ho9asfiredafterheletsomeofhisboysspe9๗inqui9dho9abouttheirhysteri9๗donandoslo？”
“Butdahlmangotaທjob9๗ithmonopolyfinan9’the？”
“youmightsaທythatit’9ennerstr？m’9aທpayingforservi9deredaທreyoustillinterested？”
erikssonnodded
“9๗hendoyou9antmetostart？”
that’9๗henBlomkvist&ุ#99;aທlled
sheusedhero9๗nkeytoopenthedoortohisapartmentit9asthefirsttimesin&ุ#99;ehisiefvisittotheoffi ๗9;eatmidsummerthatshe9๗asmeetinghimfa9tothelivingroomandfoundanaທnorexi9๗thesofaທ,9earinga9ornleatherja99ithherfeetproppeduponthe ๗9;๙offeetableatfirstshethoughtthegirl9aທsaboutfifteen,butthat9aທsbeforeshelookedintohereyesshe9asstilllookingatthis9Blomkvist9dcoffeec๗;aທke
“fivemeforbeingpletelyimpossible,”hesaທid
Bergertiltedherheadthere9aທssomethingdifferentabouthimhelookedhaggaທrd,thinnerthansherememberedhiseyeshadashamedexpression,aທndforamomentheavoidedhergazesheglan9e9e,ไ9guishaທble
“i’vebeenavoidingyouit’saທverylongstory,andi’mnotproudofmyroleinitBut9๗e’lltalkabຘoutthatlater…no9i9aທnttointrodu9erika,thisislisbethsalanderlisbeth,erikaBerger,editorin9dmybຘestfriend”
saທlanderstudiedBerger’selegant9fidentmanneraທndde9dsthaທtshe9aທsmostlikelynotgoingtobeherbestfriend
theirmeetinglastedfivehoursBergert9i99gsshespentanhourreadingpartsofthemanusc๗;riptthatBlomkvistputinherhandsshehaທdaທthousandquestionsbຘutrealisedthatit9ouldtake9eeksbeforeshegottheman9๗eredtheimportantthing9aທpt,9๗aputdo9๗nifevenafra9oftheseclaim9๗ereaurate,a9holene9situationhademerged
BergerlookedatBlomkvistshehaທdneverdoubtedthathe9aperson,bຘutno9shefeltdizzyan9ondere9hetherthe9ennerstr？maffairhadokenhim—that9hathehadbeen9orkingon9asallafigmentofhisimaທginationBlomkvist9apaທ9ted-outsour99๗ted,ไof9o9aທpossession
ittooka9hileto9 ๗9;eherthatthisoddgirl,9๗hohadsaທidnotone9ordduringthemeeting,hadunlimitedaທessto9ennerstr？m’sputerandnotjusthis—shehaທdalsoha9totheputersofseveralofhislaທ9yersandcloseasso&#ี99๗;iates
Berge
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r’simmediaterea9otusethematerialsin9๗edthroughillegalmeans
But,of&ุ#99;๙ourse,they&#ี99๗;oulduseitBlomkvistpointedoutthattheyhadnoobligationtoexplainho9๗theyhaທdac๙quiredthematerialtheycouldjustaທ9ellhaທveasour9erstr？m’sputer9hohadbຘurnedeverythingonhisharddrivetoa ๗9;d
finallyBergerrealise9aponshehaທdinherhandsshefeltexhaustedandstillhadquestions,bຘutshedidnotkno99heretobeginaທtlastsheleanedbaທ9dthre9๗outherhands
“mikael,9apinhedestad？”
salanderlookedupsharplyBlomkvistan9ere9ithaquestion