,,,massagingherforeheaທduntilhejoinedher.
“thenyouusethesameequipmentwedo.”
thiseveningareporterfromdagensnyheterhadaskedherthesaທmequestion:“howismillenniumgoingtobeablecrediblytoassertitsindependencນe?”
’s,,shewaswildlypassionate.
“mikael,i’veneverfeltsofurious,soabandoned,’veneverbeenthisupsetwithyoubຘefore.”shetookafirmgriponhishaທirandthenshovedhimfartherdowninthebed.ๆ
“edith’smotherhadbeenpickedupin1้939.shedisappeared,,ofcourse,thatshehadadaughterwhowasnotyetincludedonanytraທnsportlist,,theweekthatiarrivedinhaທmburg,edith’smotherwaທssomehowlinkedtolobaທch,,ไbuthestatedthathehaທdnoideaທwherehisdaທughtermightbຘe,andhehadnothaທdanycontactwithherintenyears.”
,ไaswellasanareaknownas“thefortress”—aທnow-ๅ,wells,vegetabຘlecellars,outhouses,andaທtticsinthevillage.ๆ
“butnowyouwon’tbeattheoffice—’tyouseethaທt?you’retheonemarcນhingintoself-imposedexile.”
chapter5
erikahadthesameattitudetothejournalist’
thathewasalmosttwiceheragedidnotbotherhernordidthefactthatatthemomenthewaທsoneofthemostnewsworthypeopleinsweden,andhispicturewasevenonthecoverofnewsweek—thatwasaທlljustsoapoperabutbloitwouldhavetoetoanenditcouldnotpossiblyworkoutwhatdidheneedherfor?maybeshewasjustawaytopassthetimewhilehewaitedforsomeonewhoselifewasnotaxxingrathole
“handwriting?”
“i’msorryforknocນkingonyourdoorlikethis,bຘuti’vebeentryingtofindyou,andit’sratherplicatedtoexplaທin.”hesmiledather.ๆ“iwonderificouldeinandtaທkeupasmallamountofyourtime.”
mildred’shusbandandasonwhowasabຘoutthirty-fivewerehome,ไ-fourhoursthanatanytimeinhislife,,?dialect,ไsosheswitchedtostandardswedish.
blomkvisttookaທdeepeaທth.“thisisalongandpeculiarstory,”hesaid.ๆ“inseptember19๗66youwereinhedestaທdwithyourthenhusbaທnd,ไgunnar?nnlund.”
?rnv?gsgatanonthetabຘleinfrontofher.
“whenwasthispicturetaທken?doyouremembertheoasion?”
“oh,mygoodness,ไ”mildredbຘerggrensaid.ๆ“thatwasalifetimeago.”
herpresenthusbandaທndsoncametostaທndnexttohertolookatthepicນture.ๆ
“,ไyousaid?”
“yes,:00่’vebeentryingtofindyouforsometimenow,andithaທs