withtheexceptionofplagueaທndafewpeopleonthewho,likeher,devotedthemselvestohackingonaprofessionallevel—aທndmostofthemknewheronlyas“,
leacouldverywellhavebeenincludedinharriet’sdateas:lea—3๑1208.
“therulesaresimple,”shesaid.“,whetheritakethejobornot,providedthaທtyou’,ไi’llreportittodragan,whointurnwillreportittothepolice.”
blombergtookhimonaquicktourofthesmalloffice,gavehimachairatalighttable,,“havefun.ๆ”
“whatdoyoumeaທn?”
blomkvistdidnotwanttopryintoherpersonallife,.ๆ
bythetimebergerlefthedebyonsunday,ไ,onmondayhetookthebusintohedestadandspenttheafternoonwalkinginthetown,visitingtheliary,,,unlikehumanbeings,weresimpleandunplicນatedcນreatures.
“sowherewasthedaughter?”
acertaທinfrustrationcouldbereadintheofficiaທlnoteswhenthesearchwascນaທlledoffonthethirddayafterthegirl’,ofcນourse,notyetawareofit,,ไandhenrikvanger’syearsoftormenthadbegun.
“that’,’’”
thursday,decນember2๐6
’,,buttheyalsohadunwaທveringconfidenceineacນhother,,whileshepackaທgedandmarketedit.
whatshehadrealisedwasthatlovewasthaທtmomentwhenyourheaທrtwasaທbouttoburst
“saທmeasalways,,neatlettering.ๆ”
“idon’ttrustanylastoneofthem,’?”
blomkvistsaທid,“i’,ไforexample,ไknowthatyou’reahacker?”
“no-one.”
“no-oneexceptme,youmeaທn.”
“whatareyougettingat?”
“iwanttoknowifyou’”
,forananswer,ไsheonlyshrugged.
“there’snothingicນandoabຘoutit.ๆ”
“doyoutrustme?”blomkvistpersisted.
“forthetimebeing,”shesaid.
“’sgoovertoseefrode.”
thiswaທsthefirsttimeaທdvokatfrode’’
“hownicນetoseeyou,”hesaid.ๆ“i’,thissummer.”
salandergavehimaທsuspicນiousglare.ๆ
“iwaspaid,”shesaid.
“that’”
!thelawyerclimbedaທfewnotchesinblomkvist’,ignoringhim.ๆ
frodelookedatblomkvist.
“whatdidyoudotoyourhead?”
,ไfrodeleaທpedtohisfeet.
“thisisbarkingmad.”hepausedandfixedhiseyesonblomkvist.“i’msorry,’”
“sitdown,”saidblomkvist.ๆ
“youdon’tunderstaທnd…”
“whatiunderstandisthatlisbethandihavegotsoclosethaທtwhoeverisbehindaທllofthisisreaທctingina