“richoldermaທn,pooryoungwoman,aທndalovechild—thatcນan’thavecນausedmuchofascaທndalintheforties,”blomkvistsaid.
asthenegativereportscamein,
“sowhathaທppened?”
thejobofthefinancialjournaທlistwaທstoexaທmihesharkswhocreaທtedinterestcrisesandspeculatedawaທythesavingsofsmaທllinvestors,
theonlythingtheyneverdiscussedwastheirrelationshiptoeachothershedidnotdare,andblomkvistneveroaທchedthesubject
“-it-yourselfones.”
“youreallyhavebຘeenmadaທtme.”
“mikael,i’veneverfeltsofurious,soabaທndoned,’veneverbຘeenthisupsetwithyoubຘefore.ๆ”shetookaທfirmgriponhishaທirandthenshovedhimfartherdowninthebed.
bythetimebergerlefthedebyonsundaທy,,onmondayhetookthebຘusintohedestaທdaທndspenttheafternoonwaທlkinginthetown,ไvisitingtheliary,,ไ,unlikehumanbeings,weresimpleaທndunplicatedcreatures.
heendedhisoutingatmcdonaທld’,tookoutabinder,:00inthemorning.
;theywereproblemsthathaທdpreoupiedinspecນtormorellforlongperiods,especiallyinhisfreetime.
duringthelastyearofherlife,,teachers,andseveralmembersofthefamily,however,alltestifiedthatshehaທdturnedinonherselfaທndbeeunmunicນative.
thegirlwho,twoyearsearlier,,butnowshebehavedinan“impersonaທl”manner,ไ,stoppedgossiping,andstoppedconfidinginherfriends.
harrietvangerhadbຘeenachristiaທn,inacນhild’ssenseoftheword—aທttendingsundayschool,saທyingeveningprayers,’spastor,ottofalk,ไ,
thereligiousinfatuationofaທteenager?perhaps,butno-oneelseinthevangerfamilyhadeverbeennoticeaທbຘlyreligious,,ofcourse,’,likevanger,haddevotedagreaທtdealoftimetotalkingtoharriet’sfriends,tryingtofindsomeoneinwhomshemighthaveconfided.ๆ
somemeaທsureofhopewaspinnedonanitavanger,ไ,swimming,taທkingwaທlks,taທlkingabຘoutmovies,popbands,’scaທbinontheverytipoftheislaທnd.
thequestionsabouthaທrriet’:thermationaທboutherunmunicativeframeofmindcaທmechieflyfromherclassmates,
amoreconcretequestion,ไtowhichmorellhaddevotedmucນhmoreattention,waທsasurprisingpageinharriet’sdate,ไ,thedatesofexamsaທtscນhool,herhomework,,—dependingonhowtheentrieswereinterpreted—becaທmeinterestedfromaທdistance