龙纹身的女孩_分节阅读_10

:shedidn’twantanyooknowtheyweremeeting;shewantedhimtoeoveronlywhenshecນalledandwaທsinthemood;๙andshedidn’twanthimtostayallnight.

“whydidn’tyoutellme?”

“ah…?”

whentheparticນipantsinthefirstseaທrchpartybeganreturningwithdishearteningreports,,ไ,aທmongothers,thechairmanofhedestad’,mostlyfromthejuniordivision,wouldbeaທtthevangerestaທteat7:00,numberingfiftymen,

“ok,letmepresentmycaseonelasttime,ไ”blomkvistsaid.“thisdoesnotmeani’’vespenttoomuchtimeworkingourheartsoutforthat.”

“martinwas…totellthetruth,ไtherewasaທtimeinhisyouthwheniwasafraທidhewasgoingtofollowinhisfather’,,…well,inspiteofeverythingheisceoofwhat’sleftofthevaທngercorporation,whichisupposeistohiscredit.”

mikaelhadnotroubleimaginingthatchampagnebottleshaທdbeenuncorkedinsomenewspapers’baທckroomsthatevening.

shehadnoproblemwithblomkvistaທsalovertherewasobviouslyaphysicalaທttractionandhenevertriedtotutorher

“stockholm.”

thereporterthoughtthequestionhadbeenclearenough,buthespelleditoutanyway.

“oneofmillennium’’sinvestigatingthevangercorporation?”

bergergavehimaທsurprisedlook,aທsifthequestionwerepletelyunexpected.

“areyouinsinuatingthatmillennium’scredibilityisdiminishedbecauseawell-knownfinancierwithsignificaທntresourceshasenteredthepicture?”

“youcouldnotnowcrediblyinvestigatethevangercorporation.ๆ”

“isthatarulethatappliesspecນificallytomillennium?”

“excuseme?”

“imeaທn,?aftonbladetisownedbyahugenorwegiancນorporation,whichinturnisaທmajorplayerinitandmunications—doesthatmeanthaທtaທnythingaftonbladetpublishesaທbouttheelectronicsindustryisnotcredible?๣?”

“no,ofcoursenot.ๆ”

“thenwhyareyouinsinuaທtingthatmillennium’scredibຘilitywouldbediminishedbecausewealsohavebຘackers?”

thereporterhelduphishand.

“ok,i’llretractthatquestion.”

“’,thenwe’llfocusalittlemoreonthebonniergroup.”

butitwasaທhicaທldilemma.

blomkvistwasworkingforhenrikvanger,?

aທndaboveall—whatpricedidsheputonherowncredibility,aທndwhenhadshebຘeentransformedfromanindependenteditorintoaທcorruptedone?๣

,-eadsandwicheswithcນheese,caviar,andahard-

thelawyerfrodefromhedestadhadhiredhertodoaninvestigaທtionofmikaelblomkvist,thejournalistwhowasgivenaprisonsentenceforlibellingfinancierhaທns-erikwennerstr?,alsofromhedestad,joinsblomkvist’smagazine’:atwo-yeaທr-oldbackgroundarticle—“withtwoemptyhands”—abຘouthans-erikwennerstr?m,

youdidn’,,ไshehadnothingelseonatthemoment.

part3

mergers

may16tojuly11

thirteenpercentofthewomeninswedenhavebຘeensubjectedtoaggravatedsexualassaultoutsideofasexualrelationship.

chapter15

friday,maທy16–saturday,may31

mikaelblomkvistwasreleasedfromrull?kerprisononfriday,may16,,ไhehadsubmittedaທnapplicationforparole,,butitmayhavehadsomethingtodowiththefactthathedidnotuseanyholidayleaveandthattheprisonpopulationwaທsforty-twowhilethenumberofbedswasthirty-,thewarden—petersarowsky,ไaforty-yeaທr-oldpolishexile—withwhomblomkvistgotalongwell,wrotearemendaທtionthathissentencebຘereduced.

histimeatrull?,assaທrowskyexpressedit,forhooligansanddrunkdrivers,,halfofwhomweresecond-generationimmigrants,,ไwhichlenthimacertainstatus.

onhisfirstday,hewascalledratalkandofferedtherapy,trainingfromkomvux,ortheopportunityforotheradulteducນation,,hehadpletedhisstudies,hethought,,ไ,

inthiswayblomkvistspenttwomonthsworkingaboutsixhoursadayonthevangerfamilychronicle,,oneofwhomcamefromsk?vdeandhadhisrootsinchile,,playingcນards,,buthestilllostaທfewfifty-?

“ok,youcanein,”hesaid.“butihavenomilkyet.”

,,hehadenjoyedhistimeaທtrull?ker,ไbuthisreleasehadesounexpectedlythaທthehadhadnotimetoletanyoneknow.

itwasjustafter6:00.heaskedforhertocallhimthenextday.

thenhewalkeduptohisemployer’

“didyouescape?”

“releasedearly.”

“that’sasurprise.”

“”

“”

,,butvangertoldhimallaboutmillennium.

“?kenbergerandyourpartnermaທlmwerekindenoughtomovetwoofthemeetingsuphere,,butthetruthisthatit’’lltrytogetdownthereduringthesummer.”

“noreasonnottoholdthemeetingsuphere,ไ”blomkvistsaid.“sohowdoesitfeeltobeapartownerofthemagaທzine?”

vangergavehimawrysmile.

“it’sactuallythemostfuni’’vetakenaທlookatthefinances,ไ’thavetoputupasmuchmoneyasithought—thegaທpbetweenineandexpensesisdwindling.”

“”

“it’sstartingtoturnaround,yes,butit’—mobiletelephonesandatravelbureau—haveeback.”hesmiledoadly.ๆ“we’realsodoingalittlemoreone-to-onehustlingaທmongwennerstr?m’,believeme,there’salonglist.”

“haveyouhearddirectlyfromwennerstr?m?”

“well,?”

“youareenjoyingthis,aທren’tyou?”

“enjoyisn’”

“whatisitbetweenyouandwennerstr?m,anyway?”

“don’’llfindoutattheendofyouryeaທr.”

whenblomkvistleftvaທngeraround9:00’shouse.

hewasn’,,andheexplainedthesituation.

“?๣”

’tparticularlygladtoseehim.

“no…no,?”

“iwould.”

,andshestiffened.ๆ

“cecilia,youdon’tlookasifyouwanttogivemecoffee.”

“iwasn’texpectingyouforanothermonth,”shesaid.“yousurprisedme.”

“’sgoingon?”

sheshookherheadandtookadeepeath.

“mikael,i’’”

mikaelfirstwaທlkedbacktothecottage,butpausedatthegate,’sattitudetowardshim.

,mikaelsawthatitwasmartinvangerstaທndingatthewheel,—,,andaທtonedockanif--’smarina—maທrtinvaທngerhadwithoutadoubtthelargestandtheplushestboatinview.