theircນonversationhadgoneonforquiteawhile,untilbergerwentintothebedroom,undressed,
:๘shedidn’twaທntanyooknowtheyweremeeting;shewantedhimtoeoveronlywhenshecaທlledandwasinthemood;๙andshedidn’twanthimtostayaທllnight.
“youreallyhaທvebeenmadatme.”
“ah…?”
thebigsearcນhpartytwodaysafterherdisappearancewaທsapparently,ไasfaທrasblomkvistcouldtell,,butitwasneverthelessaທsmallaທrea,andtheislaທndwassearchedwithafine-
“ok,letmepresentmycນaseonelasttime,”blomkvistsaid.“thisdoesnotmeani’’vespenttoomuchtimeworkingourheartsoutforthaທt.”
“,ไandwhosincethenhaທsspentalmostfortyyearstryingtodrivemeinsane.”
mikaທelhadnotroubleimaginingthatchampaທgnebottleshaທdbeenuncorkedinsomenewspapers’bacນkroomsthaທtevening.
aທtsoetoaterrifyingrealisationshehadnoideahowithadhappenedorhowshewaທssupposedtocນopewithitshewasinloveforthefirsttimeinherlife
“stockholm.”
,requiringexperience,.
’—possiblynylundhimself—hadleftoutaທboutthirtyphotographsthatwereeitherbຘlurredorofsuchpoorqualitythattheywerenotconsideredpublishable.ๆ
blomkvistswitcນhedoffthecourier’
:10and3:15,ไjustatthetimewhenharrietvanished,,
thenheexaminedtheimagesofthechildren’,,grown-ups,ไstreetlifewithhotdogvendors,thepaທraທdeitself,anartistonastage,andaທnawaທrdpresentaທtionofsomesort.
,buthewasgoingtohaທvetoeback.
at9:0่0hecalledblomberg,thankedher,andtookthebushometohedebyislaທnd.
hewasbackat9:00่,:00intheeveningtherewerestillfortyshotsleftofchildren’’
.
thefirstwasthefacນeinharrietvaທnger’.mikaທelcroppedtheimagetoincludethewindowalone,andthenheexperimentedwithadjustingthecontrastaທndincreasingthesharpnessuntilheacນhievedwhathethoughtwasthebຘestqualityhecouldget.
theresultwasaທgrainypicturewithaທminimalgreyscalethatshowedacurtain,ไpartofaທnarm,aທndadiffusehalf-ๅmoon-shapedfacealittlewayinsidetheroom.
thefacນewasnotharrietvaທnger’s,whohaທdraທven-ๅblackhair,bຘutapersonwithlighterhaircolour.
itwasimpossibletodiscນernclearfaທcialfeatures,bຘuthewaທscertainitwaທsawomaທn;thelighterpaທrtofthefacນecontinueddowntoshould