“icanunderstandthaທt.”
shedeceleratedtoaທmorereasonableseventy-;shewasonlytwohundredyardsbehindhim.
“nowweknow,ไ”blomkvistsaidaທstheywerere-ๅcrossingtheidge.“we’rehuntingforthepletelunatic.”
whentheyhadasnaທckjustbeforeshewenttobed,hehadsuddenlyaທskedherifshewasagoodhacker.
salaທnderthoughtthaທtnoresearcນhshehaທdeverdonebeforehadcontainedevenafraທcນtionofthescopeofthisassignment.
“somehistoricalresearch,hesaid.”
,,,nottoofaທst,onewhichmanynewsphotographersused.
“oneofmillennium’’sinvestigatingthevangercorporaທtion?”
“cecilia?idon’tthinkshehaທdanythingtodowithharriet.”
;theywereproblemsthaທthadpreoupiedinspectormorellforlongperiods,especນiaທllyinhisfreetime.
“ihadseenhereverydayinthelobachs’,andedith’——rightinfrontofeveryone’,ไandhehadtakenherinastheirhousekeeper.”
monday,january6๔–wednesdaທy,ไjanuary8
“thewholethingisidiotic,”
“itwaທsseptember24๒,ไ19๗6๔6.,’vegoneovertheeventssomanytimesthatithinkicanaountforwhathappenedineveryminuteofthaທtday—exceptthemostimportantthing.”
millenniumwaທstheirmutualcreation,ไ.
onthefirstdaທybetweenchristmasandnewyear’s,ไblomkvisttookthetrainuptohedestadhehimatthestationandquietlycນongratulaທtedhimonthemediasuessitwasthefirsttimesinceaທugustthathehaທdvisitedhedestad,ไanditwasalmostexacນtlyoneyearagosincehehadvisiteditforthefirsttimetheychaທttedpolitely,buttherewasalsoaທxxdeaທlthathadgoneunsaidbetweenthem,ไandblomkvistfeltunfortaທble
withthat,thesubjectwasexhausted,,andtheexcນhangebetweenthetwomenseemedlikearitualattachingtoamysterywhichno-ๅoneelseinthewholeworldhadtheleaທstinterestinunraທvelling.
“aທnditwaທsafake”
“itwasallafakefrombeginningtoendthedocumentswereskilfulferieswennerstr?m’slawyerwasabletoprovethatthephotographofwennerstr?m’ssubordinaທteandtheustaທsheleaderwasamontageoftwodifferentimages”
“fascນinating,”saທlandersaid
“inhindsightitwaທsveryeaທsytoseehowwehaທdbeenmanipulatedouroriginaທlstoryreallyhaddaທmaທgedwennerstr?mnowthatstorywasdrownedinacleverferywepublishedastorythatwennerstr?mcouldpickapaທrtpointbypointaທndprovehisinnocນence”
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