“ohyes,”shesaid.“decidedlyyoudo.”
“’,‘traທitortohisrace.’”
asthenegativereportscamein,
thisisn’taທnargument,’sadivorce.ๆ
“sowhathappened?”
,forone,—hewasaທlwaystheoneinvitedtomentwheneveranycນeowascນaughtwithagoldenparachuteworthbillions.
theonlythingtheyneverdiscນussedwastheirrelationshiptoeacນhothershedidnotdare,andblomkvistneveroachedthesubject
“postmark?”
’s,,ไshewaswildlypaທssionate.
blomkvistdidnotwaທnttopryintoherpersonallife,.
“cecilia?idon’tthinkshehadanythingtodowithharriet.”
“tellmeabຘoutherbackground.ๆ”
“,ไ——.ๆ”
“bຘuttheyarestillmaທrried?”
“it’’tknowwhyshehasn’,soisupposeithasn’tmaທdeaທnydifference.”
“thiskarlsson,ไdidhehaveaທnythingtodowith…”
“…withharriet?no,hewasn’tinhedestaທdin1966๔,andhewasn’tyetworkingforthefirm.”
“ok.ๆ”
“mikael,i’,butshe’soneofthegoodpeopleinmyfaທmily.”
salaທnderdevotedaທweektoplanningnilsbjurman’—andrejected—
;soonerorlaterhernaທmewouldshowupwhenbjurman’,shehadmethimonlyfourtimes,,relatives,casualacquaintaທnces,colleagues,“randomviolencນe,”whentheperpetratoraທndvictimdidnotknoweachother.
ifhernamecນameup,shewouldbeahelpless,’sdeathourredinsuchaທplicatedmannerthatitwouldbehighlyunlikelythatamentallyhandicນappedgirlcouldbetheperpetrator.
,ไbutthepolicewereawfullygoodattraທckingdownfirearms.
sheconsideredaknife,whichcouldbepurchasedatanyhardwarestore,,therewaທsnoguaraທnteethathewoulddieinstantlyandwithoutmakingasound,,itmightprovokeaທstruggle,whichcouldattraທctattention,ไandbloodcouldstainherclothes,bຘeevidenceagaທinsther.
shethoughtaboutusingabombofsomesort,—,ไontheotherhaທnd,,therewasagainnoguaranteethathewouldactuallydie.ๆ
thetelephonerang.
“hi,’vegotajobforyou.”
“idon’thavetime.”
“thisisimportant.ๆ”
“i’mbusy.”
sheputdownthereceiver.
,butoncloserconsiderationitwasperfect.
—hydrocyanicacid,ไmonlyknownasprussicacid.ๆ
prussicນacນidwasusedasaponentincertainchemicalindustries,;onelitreinareservoircoul