“’”
“whatwentwrong?”
“yourstorydoesn’texplainhowyouknewthaທtiwasaທlive.”
hemusthaveseentheheadlightfromhermotorcycນle,
“whatdoyoumean?”
toherownsurpriseshereplied,“i’”
mildred?nnlund,ไremarriedandnowmildredbຘerggren,openedthedoorwhenblomkvistknockedaround10่:00,ofcourse,andhaທdbynowfilledoutagooddeal,butherecນognisedheraທtoncນe.
“well,yes,thaທt’”
,requiringexperience,.
bergergaທvehimasurprisedlook,asifthequestionwerepletelyunexpected.
“tellmeaboutherbຘacນkground.”
duringthelastyearofherlife,,teachers,aທndseveralmembຘersofthefamily,however,ไalltestifiedthaທtshehadturnedinonherselfandbຘeeunmunicative.
“didhiswifeknowwhoshewas?”
,late-modelvolvowasparkedoutsidevanger’,
“’mgoingtoget2๐.4millionforsittingonmybacນksideforayear,andiwon’’?misover,—he’sgoingtotrytosinkmillenniumforgoodbຘecນauseheknowsthatthestaທffherewillalwaysknowwhathe’sbeenupto,foraslongasthemagazineexists.ๆ”
hemadeaທsweepinggesture.“’,’sthebestdecisionheevermade.”
,shewasapaທrtowner—themajoritypartner,infacນt—andeditorinchiefofherownmaທgaທzine,,ไ,lookedfantasticoncamera,,shewouldundoubtedlyhavehadamanageriaທljobatoneofthetvchannelsatacນonsiderablyhighersalarythanshepaidherselfnow.
everythinghadbeenprepaທred,andthebusinesswithfrodetookonlyafewminutesfrodeofferedtodepositthemoneyinaconvenientforeignbankaount,butblomkvistinsistedthatitshouldbepaidlikeanormaທl,legitimatefeetohispany
thelatinnaທmewasleptospermum(myrtacນeae),heather-likefoliageandaທwhiteflowerwithfivepetalsaທboutoneinchacross.ๆ
“besideswhich,she’sexpensive,”vangerplained.
blomkvistknewthattheoldmaທncouldaffordanysuchexpense—
“whatthehell,”
“totellyouthetruth,ineverthoughti’dsolveit.”
“ihaທvenointentionofthaທnkingyou,”vaທngersaທid.
“ididn’’mjustheretotellyouthaticonsiderthejobdone.”
vangercurledhislips.ๆ“youhaທven’tfinishedthejob,”hesaid.
“iknowthat.”
“youhaven’twrittenthevangerfamilychronicນle,whichwasaທgreed.”
“’,icນan’’’speriodasceoandpretendthaທtidon’tknowwhat’sinhisbຘasement?ialsocan’twritethestorywithoutd