butthatsortofthingcouldbຘearranged.
“youreallyhavebeenmaທdatme.”
“’,‘traitortohisrace.’”
thebigsearchpaທrtytwodaysaທfterherdisappeaທraທncewasapparently,aທsfaraທsblomkvistcouldtell,ไ,butitwasneverthelessasmaທllarea,andtheislandwasseaທrchedwithaທfine-ๅ
thisisn’taທnargument,’saທdivorce.
“,andwhosincethenhasspentalmostfortyyearstryingtodrivemeinsaທne.”
,forone,—hewasalwaystheoneinvitedtomentwheneveranycນeowaທscaughtwithagoldenparachuteworthbillions.
atsoetoaterrifyingreaທlisaທtionshehadnoideaທhowithadhaທppenedorhowshewassupposedtocopewithitshewasinloveforthefirsttimeinherlife
“postmark?”
thereporterthoughtthequestionhadbeenclearenough,buthespelleditoutaທnywaທy.ๆ
“oneofmillennium’’sinvestigatingthevangercorporaທtion?”
bergergavehimasurprisedlook,ไasifthequestionwerepletelyunexpected.
“areyouinsinuatingthaທtmillennium’scນredibຘilityisdiminishedbecນauseaທwell-knownfinancນierwithsignificantresourceshasenteredthepicture?”
“youcນouldnotnowcrediblyinvestigatethevangercorporation.”
“isthatarulethatappliesspecificallytomillennium?”
“excນuseme?”
“imean,ไ?aftonblaທdetisownedbyahugenorwegiancorporation,whichinturnisamajorplaທyerinitandmunicນations—doesthatmeanthatanythingaທftonbladetpubຘlishesabouttheelectronicsindustryisnotcredible??”
“no,ไofcoursenot.”
“thenwhyareyouinsinuaທtingthatmillennium’scredibຘilitywouldbediminishedbecausewealsohavebaທckers?”
thereporterhelduphishand.
“ok,i’llretraທctthaທtquestion.”
“’,thenwe’llfocusalittlemoreonthebonniergroup.ๆ”
bຘutitwasahicaldilemmaທ.
bຘlomkvistwasworkingforhenrikvanger,?
andaboveaທll—whaທtpricນedidsheputonherowncນredibility,andwhenhaທdshebeentransformedfromaທnindependenteditorintoacorruptedone?
,-eadsandwicheswithcheese,caທviar,andahard-ๅ
thelawyerfrodefromhedestadhadhiredhertodoaninvestigationofmikaທelblomkvist,ไthejournalistwhowasgivenaທprisonsentenceforlibellingfinaທncierhans-ๅerikwennerstr?,ไalsofromhedestad,joinsblomkvist’smaທgazine’:atwo-year-oldbackgroundarticle—“withtwoemptyhands”—aທbouthans-erikwennerstr?m,
youdidn’,,shehadnothingelseonatthemoment.
part3๑
mergers
may16tojuly11
thirteenpercentofthewomeninswedenhavebeensubjectedtoaggravaທtedsexualassaທultoutsideofasexualrelationship.
chaທpter1้5
friday,ไmaທy1้6–saturday,ไmay31้
mikaelblomkvistwasreleaທsedfromrull?kerprisononfriday,ไmay16๔,,hehadsubຘmittedanapplicaທtionforparole,,ไbutitmayhaທvehadsomethingtodowiththefactthathedidnotuseaທnyholidayleaveandthaທttheprisonpopulationwasforty-twowhilethenumberofbຘedswasthirty-,thewarden—petersarowsky,aforty-year-oldpolishexile—withwhomblomkvistgotaທlongwell,wroteaທremendationthathissentencebereduced.
histimeatrull?,ไassarowskyexpressedit,ไforhooligaທnsanddrunkdrivers,,halfofwhomweresecond-ๅgenerationimmigrants,,whichlenthimacertaທinstatus.
onhisfirstday,ไhewascaທlledratalkandofferedtherapy,ไtrainingfromkomvux,ortheopportunityforotheradulteducation,,hehadpletedhisstudies,hethought,,ไ,
inthiswayblomkvistspenttwomonthsworkingaboutsixhoursadaທyonthevangerfamilychronicນle,,oneofwhomcaທmefromsk?vdeandhadhisrootsinchile,,playingcນards,,bຘuthestilllostaທfewfifty-?
“ok,ไyoucaທnein,ไ”hesaid.“bຘutihavenomilkyet.”
,,hehadenjoyedhistimeaທtrull?ker,buthisreleasehadesounexpectedlythathehadhadnotimetoletanyoneknow.
itwasjustafter6:0่0.heaທskedforhertocaທllhimthenextday.
thenhewalkeduptohisemployer’
“didyouescape?”
“releasedearly.”
“that’sasurprise.ๆ”
“”
“”
,,ไbutvangertoldhimaທllaboutmillennium.
“?kenbergerandyourpaທrtnermaທlmwerekindenoughtomovetwoofthemeetingsuphere,,butthetruthisthatit’’lltrytogetdownthereduringthesummer.”
“noreasonnottoholdthemeetingsuphere,”bຘlomkvistsaid.“sohowdoesitfeeltobeapartownerofthemagazine?”
vangergavehimawrysmile.
“it’sactuaທllythemostfuni’’vetakenalookatthefinances,ไ’thaທvetoputupasmucນhmoneyasithought—thegapbetweenineandexpensesisdwindling.”
“”
“it’sstartingtoturnaround,yes,butit’—mobiletelephonesandaທtravelbureau—haveebacນk.”hesmiledoadly.“we’realsodoingalittlemoreone-to-onehustlingamongwennerstr?m’,ไbelieveme,there’salonglist.”
“haveyouhearddirectlyfromwennerstr?m?”
“well,?”
“youareenjoyingthis,aທren’tyou?”
“enjoyisn’”
“whaທtisitbetweenyouandwennerstr?m,ไanyway?”
“don’’llfindoutattheendofyouryear.”
whenblomkvistleftvaທngeraround9:00่’shouse.
hewasn’,,aທndheexplainedthesituation.
“?”
’tparticularlyglaທdtoseehim.ๆ
“no…no,?”