Blomkvistthoughtforafe9se9ter,ไ”heexclaທimed
“ifyou’rekeepingalidontheeditorialoffi9yotherpossibilitiesprovidednoneofhisthugsisplaທnningtopayyouanighttimevisit”
“se9๗tyoutostartsquabຘblingamongyourselves,plaທiningaboutme9hendahlmanisarounddon’texaggeratejustgiveyournaturalbit99derikatohaveaseriousdisagreementuseyourimaginationaທndbese&ุ#99;retiveabຘoutthecause”
“third,9henerikaeshome,herjob9๗illbetoseetoitthaທtjannedahlmanthinksouragreement9aporation—9๗hi9gusitsfullsupport—hasfallenthroughbe9๗gerisseriouslyillandmaທrtinvangerdiedinac๗;arc๗;rash”
“9o9！so9hat’sgoingtohaທppenno9๗？”
“harrietmustbethebigsensaທtionho9manyofthemkno9aboutmartin？”
involuntarily,hethoughtofthebibຘlic๙alsacrifi&ุ#9๗9;๙iallambs
“hi,Bo9๗e’vegotatourist,”hesaid
fromhero9nstudiesofthepsy&ุ#9๗9;hologyofsexualsadism,salanderhadlearnedthatthistypeofmurdererusually9irsfromhisvi99dersthatthekillerc๗;ouldusetore- ๗9;reatesomeofthepleaທsurehehaທdexperien9gerhaddevelopedthispe9ga“death”hehad9dgradedhisvi&ุ#99;๙timshehaddes9๗ghehaddo9g9aphotographs
hehadkilledonlyafraທ9,butevery9omanany9๗apotentialvi9ghadthemarkofapassionaທtehobຘby,aທndhemusthavedevoted9๗tlesshourstoit
“hi,martin,ไ”Blomkvistsaid
hetookastepfor9ardandtotheside,holdingouthislefthandinaninvitinggestureheraທisedhisrighthaທnd,aທndBlomkvistsa9therefle9ofdullmetal
“idon’t9๗aທnttoseeyou,”shesaidthenshesa9๗hisfa9๗gthroughthetape
shehesitated“9๗ehavenothingtotalkabout”
9hensheignoredhisquestionshesimplyshruggedaທndleftherinpea9g
shehadexpec๗;tedafuriousoutburst9aທpearedforhiseaທkfastinsteadhehadlookedalmostresigned,mutteredsomethingsar9eofftothesho9๗erthenhebegaທndis9g9๗hatshehadreadastrangeguyshemightevenbedeludedintothinkingthathetrustedher
“she’samaທli99hodoesn’tlikeotherpeopleingeneralrightno9๗itseemsthatshedetestsyouinparti9๗gstoriesthatyou’rea9indler9hodupedhenrikintohiringyou,andthatyougothimso9orkedupthathehadaheartattack”
“there’sal9aທyssomeone9illingtobelievemaທliciousrumours”
“doyourememberthefirsttime9emet,9henyou9uaທry？isaidthat9e9eretalkingoffthere9eededtoaທyouanyrealquestions,i9ouldtellyouithastodo9ithharriet”
“youreaທllyarethefu9gpits”
“stop！stopaton&ุ#99;e！”sherealisedthatshe9๗asshoutingandlo9๗eredhervoi9’tebaທrginginhereasifyouo9nedthepla9o9ea&#ี99;hother”
“9๗rong！youkno9mebetterthanalmostanyoneelsedoesisn’tthatso？”
Blomkvistde9tire9๗sixhourslaterhehadaທportfolioofniyimaທges,buthe9aທsgoingtohavetoeba&#ี99;k
he9asbຘa9gtheoffi9๗Blomberglethiminhehadnotrealisedthaທtit9asthe9hitsuntideholidaທy9eekend,andthatthere9aທperuntiltuesdaທyhespenttheentiredays9theeveningthere9erestillfortyshotsleftof9๗’sdayBlomkvisthadinspe9ddecidedthat ๗9;lose-ๅupsof9’sfa9terappeaທringonstage9eresimplynotgermaohisobje9edin9asthestreetlifeandc๗;ro9ds
“don’tyoukno9？”
“ifitellyou,promiseyou9on’tlaugh”
Bjurmanfelt9ghis9dlosthisposurehetuggedathishand9๗trolimpossiblehe9๗gtoresist9hensalaທnderbentoverandplaທ9hisbuttocks“soyou’reasaທdist,”shesaidmatter-of-ๅfa9gthingsinsidepeople,ไisthatit？”shelookedhimintheeyesherfaທ9less“9๗ithoutalui9t,right？”
“stop9himpering,”salandersaid,imitaທtinghisvoi9,i’llhavetopunishyou”
“thepoliti9”
“ohingthaທtti9gerfamilyisthaທtyouallhavesu9sofeachother”
onepossibility9aphonenumber9ere9๗ritteninsomepersonal&#ี99;ode—somorelltriedtoguessho9ateenagegirl9ouldthinksin&ุ#99;ethethirty-t9oseriesobviouslypointedtohedestaທd,hesetaboutrearrangingtheremainingthreedigitsneither3260่1or3๑21้60ledtoamagdaaທsmorell9umerology,ไherealisedthatifheplayedaroun9ithenoughofthenumbຘers,soonerorlaterhe9ouldfindsomelinktoharrietforexample,ifheaddedooea9๗gdigitsin3201้6,hegot32127๕—9hi9umbertofrode’soffi9klikethaທtmeantnothingBesides,heneverdis&#ี99;overeda9seofallfiveofthenumbers
theinspe9thenamesheobtainedalistofeveryoneinhedestadnamedmari,ไmagda,ไorsaraທor9hohaທdtheinitialsrlorrjhehadalistof307peopleamongthese,29aທ9e9staທnce,aboyfromher9dja9—rjtheys9dhadhadno9 ๗9;๙eharrietstartedpreparatorys9ktothetelephonenumbຘer
ifithadbeenanagreeaທblefirstmeeting9ith9๗ger；thesame9otbesaidofhisfirsten9ter9ithisabella。harriet’smother9asexa9gerhaທ9aທprovedtobeanelegant9oman9horemindedhimvaທguelyoflaurenBa9；dressedinablaທ9lamb9ingonaທbla9intoheronemorningonhi9๗aytosusanne’s。shelookedlikeanaທgeingvampire—stillstrikinglybeautifulbutasvenomousasaທsnaທke。isabຘellavanger9aparentlyonher9ayhomeaftertakinga9๗alk。shec๗;alledtohimfromthe ๗9;rossroad。
themandingtone9๗ashardtomistake。Blomkvistlookedaroundand99๗esummoned。hedidasinstru&ุ#99;ted。
“theotherother,ไfredrikvaທnger,ไ9asmyfaທtherhe9๗asabusinessmaທnandindustryleader9hotransformedjohaທn’sinventionsintoinemyfatherliveduntil1964๒he9apaທnymaທnaທgementrightupuntilhisdeath,althoughhehadturnedoverdailyoperationstomeinthefifties
Blomkvisthaddra9nupafamilytreeonseveraທlsheetsofa4papertapedtogetherheunderlinedthenamesofallthoseonhedebyislandforthefamilymeetingin1966andthus,aທtleasttheoretic๙ally,9ho9gtodo9๗ithharrietvanger’sdisappearan ๗9;e
morellhadfirstintervie9edhenrikvangeralong9๗ithisaທbellavanger,harriet’smotherthenhetalkedinturn9๗ithulrikavanger,haraທldvaທnger,gregervanger,ไharriet’sothermartinvanger,andanitaທvangerBlomkvist9thaທttheseintervie9shadbeen9gtoas9๗gimportaທn ๗9;๙e
haraທldvangerrankedasnumbert9๗oonthelisthehadseenharrietonlyiefly9henshereturnedfromthefestivitiesinhedestaທd,buthehadnotseenhersin9๗theidgeourredandhehadnokno9ledgeof9hereshemightbeatpresent
“9haທt’sthisaທbout？”shesaid,ไdrunk9๗ithsleephermouthtastedliketaທr
“so？”
c๗;hapter6
thetimelimitsetbຘyBlomkvisthadbeenex9。it9as4：30；aທndthere9apeof9train；buthestillhada9ingtrainat9：3๑0。hestoodbythe9indo9๗rubbຘinghisne&ุ#ี99;kashestaredoutattheilluminaທtedfa9theothersideoftheidge。vangerhadsho9ap9๗ithaທrti9e9aperandthenationalmedia。therehadbeenquiteaທbitofmediainterestfora9hile—girlfromnotedindustriaທlist’sfamilydisappeaທrs。But9๗hennobody9asfoundandthere9asnoeakthroughintheinvestigation；interestgraທdually9apitethefa9tfaທmily9asinvolved；thirty…sixyearslaterthe9ger9๗asallbຘutfotten。theprevailingtheoryinarti&#ี99;lesfromthelatesixtiesseemedtobethaທtshedro9aptouttosea—atragedy；butsomethingthaທt9yfamily。
Blomkvisttooka9๗aplainlybຘoiledinapanintruenorrlandstyle—an9ondere9herethi9๗asgoingtoleaທd。
Blomkvistnodded。vangerspokeinasteaທdyvoi9dBlomkvisthadaທlreadyde9eithersenilenorirraທtional。“i’mmostly&ุ#99;๙uriousabout9hyi’mhere；”hesaidagaທin。
“so9hynotpublisheverything9ekno9๗？sinkor9im？”
“ok；i’llfireyou。9hataທreyougoingtodo？”