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“youreallyhaທvebeenmadatme.”
“’,‘traທitortohisracນe.’”
thebigsearchpartytwodaysafterherdisappeaທraທncewasapparently,asfarasblomkvistcouldtell,,butitwasneverthelessasmaທllarea,andtheislandwasseaທrchedwithafine-ๅ
thisisn’tanargument,’sadivorce.
“,andwhosincethenhasspentalmostfortyyearstryingtodrivemeinsaທne.”
,forone,—hewaທsalwaystheoneinvitedtomentwheneveranyceowaທscaughtwithaທgoldenparaທchuteworthbillions.
atsoetoaterrifyingreaທlisationshehadnoideahowithadhaທppenedorhowshewassupposedtocopewithitshewasinloveforthefirsttimeinherlife
“postmark?”
thereporterthoughtthequestionhadbeencleaທrenough,bຘuthespelleditoutanywaທy.
“oneofmillennium’’sinvestigatingthevangercorporaທtion?”
bergergavehimasurprisedlook,aທsifthequestionwerepletelyunexpected.
“areyouinsinuatingthatmillennium’scredibilityisdiminishedbecauseaທwell-knownfinancierwithsignificantresourceshaທsenteredthepicture?”
“youcນouldnotnowcrediblyinvestigatethevangercorporaທtion.”
“isthatarulethaທtappliesspecificນallytomillennium?”
“excນuseme?”
“imeaທn,?aftonbladetisownedbຘyahugenorwegiancorporaທtion,whichinturnisamajorplayerinitaທndmunicນations—doesthaທtmeanthataທnythingaftonbladetpublishesabouttheelectronicsindustryisnotcredible??”
“no,ไofcoursenot.”
“thenwhyareyouinsinuatingthatmillennium’scredibilitywouldbediminishedbecaທuseweaທlsohavebaທckers?”
thereporterhelduphishand.
“ok,i’llretractthatquestion.”
“’,thenwe’llfocusalittlemoreonthebonniergroup.”
bຘutitwaທsahicaທldilemma.
blomkvistwaທsworkingforhenrikvanger,?
andabຘoveall—whatpricນedidsheputonherowncredibility,ไandwhenhaທdshebeentransformedfromaທnindependenteditorintoacນorruptedone?
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thelawyerfrodefromhedestadhadhiredhertodoaninvestigationofmikaທelblomkvist,ไthejournalistwhowaທsgivenaທprisonsentenceforlibellingfinaທncierhans-erikwennerstr?,alsofromhedestad,joinsblomkvist’smagazine’:atwo-year-oldbaທckgroundarticle—