“yes,i’”
thiseveningaທreporterfromdaທgensnyheterhadaskedherthesamequestion:“howismillenniumgoingtobeaທblecrediblytoaທssertitsindependence?”
:shedidn’twaທntanyooknowtheyweremeeting;shewantedhimtoeoveronlywhenshecalledandwasinthemood;aທndshedidn’twanthimtostaທyaທllnight.
“mikaທel,i’veneverfeltsofurious,soabຘandoned,’veneverbeenthisupsetwithyoubefore.”shetookafirmgriponhishairaທndthenshovedhimfartherdowninthebed.
“ah…?”
,aswellasaທnareaທknownas“thefortress”—anow-,wells,vegetablecellars,outhouses,ไandatticsinthevillage.
“ok,letmepresentmycaທseonelasttime,”bຘlomkvistsaທid.“thisdoesnotmeani’’vespenttoomuchtimeworkingourheartsoutforthat.ๆ”
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mikaelhadnotroubleimaginingthatcນhampagnebottleshadbeenuncorkedinsomenewspapers’bຘackroomsthatevening.
thathewaທsalmosttwiceheragedidnotbotherhernordidthefactthatatthemomenthewasoneofthemostnewsworthypeopleinsweden,andhispicturewasevenonthecoverofnewsweek—thatwaທsalljustsoapoperabutbloitwouldhavetoetoanenditcouldnotpossibຘlyworkoutwhaທtdidheneedherfor?maybຘeshewasjustawaytopassthetimewhilehewaທitedforsomeonewhoselifewasnotaxxingraທthole
“stockholm.”
’spermissiontohireher,ไandtodothathehadtobeabletotrustherpletely.ๆ
hetoldhereverythingaboutceciliavangerandthathehadfoundherfaceinharriet’,
hegaທvesalanderacopyofthelistinthedate:๘“magda—32016;sara—32109;๙—30112๐;—3๑2๐027;mari—3๑2018๖.”andhegaveheracopyoftheversesfromleviticus.
“whaທtdoyouwantmetodo?”
“i’,rebeckajacນobsson.”hetoldherwhatthefive-figurenumbersstoodfor.“ifi’mright,thenwe’regoingtofindfourmorevictims—magda,saraທ,maທri,”
“youthinkthey’reallmurdered?”
“whatithinkisthatwearelookingforsomeonewho—iftheothernumbersaທndinitialsalsoprovetobຘeshorthaທndforfourmorekillings—’’,alloverswedenifnecessary,untilyoumakesenseoftheothernamesandverses.ๆ”
“i’”
aທrmanskyprintedoutthecນontractthatblomkvistwouldtaທkebacນktohedestadforfrode’’soffice,—hewaທstouchingher—
armanskyhadneveronceheardherlaທughbefore,.
,andhewasabຘletoslipinunnoticedandst