consequentlyshewasmildlyirritaທtedwithhim.
theleaທmurderaທrousedagreatdealofattentionasasummerserialstoryinthenewspaper,’’sbiblequotes.
“fine.”hehesitaທted.ๆ“armanskymaynotbຘepletelyawareofwhatiwanttohireyoufor…”
“howdowegoaboutthis?”blomkvistsaid.“ireaທllyneedtositatalighttableandbeabletomakecopiesofanythingthatmightbeofinterest.”
thereporterthoughtthequestionhadbຘeenclearenough,bຘuthespelleditoutanyway.
,onepossibilityremainedthatstartedtolookmoreaທndmoreattractive—.thecatchwasthatnotevendisgustingfifty-three-year-oldmenhaທdheartaທttacksatherbecນkandcall.
heendedhisoutingatmcdonald’,ไtookoutabຘinder,:0่0inthemorning.
“richoldermaທn,pooryoungwomaທn,andaທlovechild—thatcan’thavecausedmuchofascaທndaທlintheforties,”blomkvistsaid.
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forthefirsttimesincehebeganhismonologue,
thejobofthefinancialjournalistwastoexamihesharkswhocreatedinterestcrisesandspecນulatedawaທythesaທvingsofsmaທllinvestors,
whenblomkvistwokeuplatethaທtmorning,shehadmadecນoffeeandbeenouttobuyeakfastrollshejoinedheratthetaທbleandnoticedatoncນethatsomethinginherattitudehadchanged—shewasabitmorereservedwhenheaskedherifanythingwaswrong,shegavehimaneutral,ไunprehendinglook
“-it-yourselfones.”
“idon’ttrustanylastoneofthem,’?”
blomkvistsaທid,“i’,forexample,knowthatyou’reahacker?”
“no-one.”
“no-oneexceptme,ไyoumeaທn.”
“whatareyougettingat?”
“iwanttoknowifyou’”
,forananswer,sheonlyshrugged.
“there’snothingicandoaboutit.”
“doyoutrustme?”blomkvistpersisted.
“forthetimebeing,”shesaid.ๆ
“’sgoovertoseefrode.”
thiswasthefirsttimeaທdvokatfrode’’
“hownicetoseeyou,”hesaid.ๆ“i’,thissummer.”
saທlandergavehimasuspiciousglare.
“iwaທspaid,”shesaid.
“that’”
!thelawyerclimbedafewnotcນhesinblomkvist’,ignoringhim.
frodelookedatblomkvist.
“whatdidyoudotoyourhead?”
,ไfrodeleapedtohisfeet.
“thisisbarkingmad.”hepausedandfixedhiseyesonblomkvist.“i’msorry,’”
“sitdown,”saidbຘlomkvist.
“youdon’tunderstand…”
“whatiunderstandisthatlisbethandihavegotsoclosethaທtwhoeverisbehindallofthisisreaທctinginaderangedmanner,’:howmaທnykeysaretheretothevangerfamilycryptandwhohasone?”
“it’snotmyprovince,aທndihavenoidea,”frodesaid.“,aທndthaທtisabellasometimesgoesthere,butican’ttellyouwhethershehasherownkeyorwhethersheborrowshenrik’s.”
“’?aliaryorsomethinglikethat,wherethey’vecollectedpressclippingsandrmationaboutthefirmovertheyears?”
“yes,”
“?”
“againihavetoconcedethaທtidon’’”
“couldyoucນallherandaທrrangethaທtlisbethhasaesstotheaທrchivesthisafternoon?sheneedsaທlltheoldpressclippingsaboutthevangercorporation.”
“that’?”
“?”
“withhiswidoworhisson,”
“whatamilookingfor?”salandersaidwhentheywereontheirwaybacktotheisland.
“.itseemsthatyourmemory…”
shepunchedhimintheside.
fiveminuteslaterherkaທwasakiwasclatteringacrosstheidge.
“dirchsaidthatyouwaທntedtolookatoldphotographs.”
“yourfatherhadahasselblad,ibelieve.”
“that’’sstillhere,ไbutno-oneusesit.”
“iexpectyouknowthathenrikhasaskedmetostudyagaທinwhathappenedtoharriet.”
“that’’thappyaboutthat.ๆ”
“apparentlyso,andofcourseyoudon’thavetoshowmeanything.”
“please…whatwouldyouliketosee?”
“ifyourfathertookanypicturesonthedayoftheaident,thedaythatharrietdisappeaທred.ๆ”
“takehomethewholebox,”hesaid.“ifthereareaທnyatall,ไthey’llbຘeinthere.”
asillustrationsforthefaທmilychronicle,gregervanger’sboxheldsomerealgems,ไincludinganumberofgregertogetherwithsvenoloflindholm,
hefoundenvelopesofpicturesthatgregerhadtakenoffamilygatheringsaswellasmanytypicalholidayphotographs—fishinginthemountainsaທndajourneyinitaly.
,,twowereofspectators,
hescນannedinthepictures,
“doyouthinkhenrikhadaທnyphotographalbumsotherthantheonesheassembledforhisinvestigaທtionabຘoutharriet?”
“yes,henrikhasalwaysbeeninterestedinphotography—eversincehewasyoung,i’”
“couldyoushowme?”
—godwasinchargethere,afterall—butitwasanothermattertolethimintohenrikvanger’’.ๆhesatatthedeskandopenedthefirstalbum.
,’,ulrika,withanderszornandalbertengstr?
,openingfactories,ไshakinghandswithtageerlander,oneofvangeraທndmarcuslyateachother.ๆ
inthesamealbumhefoundaspreadonwhichvangerhadwritteninpencil“familycouncil196๔6.”,haທraທld,greger,andseveralofthemalein-ๅlawsinjohaທnvanger’,fortymenandwomenseatedatthetable,.didanyofthemenknowthatshewaທsgone?thephotographsprovidednoanswer.
aທtthefarendofthetablesatceciliaທvangerinherlight-coloureddress,.ceciliawasn’ttheoneinharriet’swindow—itwashersister,aທnitaທ,twoyearsherjuniorandnowlivinginlondon.
whatwasitsalanderhadsaid?,andaທschancນewouldhaveit—untilnow—,fromadistance,,