“ohyes,”shesaid.“decນidedlyyoudo.”
“’,‘traitortohisrace.ๆ’”
asthenegativereportscaທmein,
thisisn’tanargument,’saທdivorce.ๆ
“sowhathappened?”
,forone,—hewasaທlwaystheoneinvitedtomentwheneveraທnyceowascaughtwithagoldenpaທrachuteworthbillions.
theonlythingtheyneverdiscussedwastheirrelationshiptoeachothershedidnotdare,andblomkvistneveroachedthesubject
“postmark?”
’s,ไ,shewaswildlypaທssionate.
blomkvistdidnotwanttopryintoherpersonallife,.ๆ
“cecilia?idon’tthinkshehadanythingtodowithharriet.”
“tellmeabຘoutherbackground.”
“,——.ๆ”
“bຘuttheyarestillmarried?”
“it’’tknowwhyshehasn’,soisupposeithasn’tmadeaທnydifference.”
“thiskarlsson,ไdidhehaveaທnythingtodowith…”
“…withharriet?no,ไhewasn’tinhedestadin1966๔,aທndhewasn’tyetworkingforthefirm.”
“ok.ๆ”
“mikael,i’,bຘutshe’soneofthegoodpeopleinmyfamily.”
salanderdevotedaທweektoplanningnilsbjurman’—andrejecນted—
;soonerorlaທterhernamewouldshowupwhenbjurman’,ไshehadmethimonlyfourtimes,ไ,relaທtives,caທsualaທcquaintancນes,colleagues,“randomviolence,ไ”whentheperpetratoraທndvicນtimdidnotknoweaທchother.
ifhernamecນameup,shewouldbຘeahelpless,’sdeathourredinsuchaplicນatedmannerthatitwouldbehighlyunlikelythaທtaທmentallyhandicappedgirlcouldbetheperpetrator.
,ไbutthepolicewereaທwfullygoodattrackingdownfirearms.
sheconsideredaknife,ไwhicນhcouldbepurchaທsedatanyhaທrdwaທrestore,,therewaທsnoguaranteethathewoulddieinstantlyandwithoutmakingasound,,itmightprovokeastruggle,whichcouldattractattention,andbloodcouldstainhercນlothes,bຘeevidenceaທgainsther.ๆ
shethoughtaboutusingabombofsomesort,—,ไontheotherhaທnd,ไ,therewasaທgainnoguaraທnteethathewouldactuallydie.
thetelephonerang.
“hi,’vegotajobforyou.”
“idon’thavetime.”
“thisisimportant.”
“i’mbusy.”
sheputdowntherecນeiver.
,butoncນlosercນonsiderationitwasperfect.
—hydrocyanicacນid,ไmonlyknownasprussicaທcid.ๆ
prussicນacນidwasusedaທsaponentincນertaທinchemicalindustries,;๙onelitreinareservoircouldwipeoutamedium-sizedcity.
,ไandthatcouldbefoundinachemistrysetforchildrenforafewhundredkronor,
,ไalthoughslightlymoreplextoproducນe,waທsnicotinesulphaທte,,fillaທwaterpistol,,andwithinafewminuteshewouldbຘedeadasadoor-naທil.
,shewaspersuadedthattherewerenotechnicalimpedimentstomaທkingshortworkofherguardiaທn.
thereweretwoprobຘlems:๘bjurman’sdeaທthwouldnotofitselfgiveherbacນkcນontrolofherownlife,andtherewasnoguaranteethatbjurman’
,shehadscນrappedtheideaofmurderbypoisonandputtogetheraທnewplan.
itwasnotanappealingoption,,shewouldhavewon.
aທtleast,soshethought.
:0่0everymorning,ateeakfast,ไ-longwalk,ไ,eitherathomeoratsusanne’sidgecafé,ไprocessingwhathehadreadinthemorningorwritingsectionsofwhatwouldbevanger’sauto-:0่0and6:00,dohislaundry,:00่:00hewashome,andhewouldreaທduntil1:0่0or2:๘00’sdocນuments.
.
throughtheliaryinhedestadhehadorderedsdeaທlingwithnazismduringthattime,includinghelenel??w’sdoctoraldissertation,,’sempire—,hewantedtohaveaທfinaທldraftforhenrikvangertolookaທtbythefirstofseptember,sothaທthecນouldspendtheautumnrevisingthetext.
forallhisreadingandlistening,,ไhecouldfindnotasinglepieceofrmationthatcontradicນtedtheinvestigativereport.
“nocrimeisperfect,ไ”vangersaທid.“i’msurewemusthaທvemissedsomething.”
“westillcan’tsaທywhetheraທcນrimewasmitted.”
“keepatit,”vangersaid.“finishthejob.”
“it’spointless.ๆ”
“’tgiveup.”
blomkvistsighed.
“thetelephonenumbຘers,ไ”hesaidaທtlast.ๆ
“yes.”
“theyhavetomeansomething.ๆ”
“iagree.”
“theywerewrittendownforsomepurpose.”
“yes.”
“butwecan’tinterpretthem.ๆ”
“no.”
“orelsewe’reinterpretingthemwrong.”
“precisely.”
“they’”
“maybຘeso.”
mikaທelsighedaທgainaທndwenthometocontinuereading.