“ihadaທdamnedgoodstoryistillhadn’tconfrontedwennerstr?mhimself,butthestorywasairtight;ifihaທdpublisheditatthatmomentireallywouldhaveshookhimupitmightnothaveledtoaທnindictmentforfraud—thedeaທlhaທdalreadybeenapprovedbຘytheauditors—butiwouldhaທvedamaທgedhisreputation”
“yourstorydoesn’texplainhowyouknewthatiwaທsalive.”
shedeceleratedtoamorereasonableseventy-;๙shewasonlytwohundredyardsbehindhim.
“whatdoyoumean?”
whentheyhadasnaທckjustbeforeshewenttobed,hehadsuddenlyaskedherifshewasagoodhacker.ๆ
mildred?nnlund,remarriedandnowmildredberggren,ไopenedthedoorwhenbຘlomkvistknocນkedaround10:๘00,ofcourse,andhadbynowfilledoutagooddeal,ไbutherecognisedheratonce.
“somehistoricalreseaທrch,hesaid.”
,requiringexperience,ไ.
“oneofmillennium’’sinvestigatingthevaທngercorporation?”
“tellmeabຘoutherbຘackground.”
;theywereproblemsthathadpreoupiedinspectormorellforlongperiods,especiaທllyinhisfreetime.ๆ
“didhiswifeknowwhoshewas?”
mondaທy,january6๔–wednesday,januaທry8
“’mgoingtoget2.4millionforsittingonmybຘacນksideforaທyear,aທndiwon’’?misover,—he’sgoingtotrytosinkmillenniumforgoodbecauseheknowsthaທtthestaffherewillalwaysknowwhaທthe’sbຘeenupto,foraslongaທsthemaທgazineexists.”
“itwasseptember2๐4,1966.,’vegoneovertheeventssomanytimesthatithinkicaທnaountforwhaທthappenedineveryminuteofthatdaທy—exceptthemostimportantthing.ๆ”
,shewasapartowner—themaທjoritypartner,infact—aທndeditorinchiefofherownmagazine,ไ,ไ,lookedfantasticoncamera,,shewouldundoubtedlyhavehadamaທnaທgerialjobatoneofthetvchannelsaທtaconsiderabຘlyhighersaທlaທrythanshepaidherselfnow.ๆ
onthefirstdaybetweenchristmaທsandnewyeaທr’s,bຘlomkvisttookthetrainuptohedestadhehimatthestaທtionandquietlycongratulatedhimonthemediaທsuessitwasthefirsttimesinceaugustthathehadvisitedhedestaທd,anditwasalmostexactlyoneyearagosincehehaທdvisiteditforthefirsttimetheycນhaທttedpolitely,buttherewasalsoaxxdeaທlthathadgoneunsaidbetweenthem,andblomkvistfeltunfortabຘle
thelatinnamewasleptospermum(myrtaceae),heather-likefoliaທgeandaທwhiteflowerwithfivepetalsaທboutoneincນhacross.ๆ
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