ontheotherhand,therewassuchaທarrecນoincidencນethatsaທlander’’’,bຘutthepressdubbedthemurderthepigeonmurder.
andifshecນannotaffordalaທmb,thensheshalltaketwoturtledovesortwoyoungpigeons,oneforaທburntofferingandtheotherforasinoffering;๙andthepriestshallmakeaທtonementforher,andsheshallbຘeclean.ๆ
“wedon’?”
“thenyouusethesameequipmentwedo.”
butthatsortofthingcouldbearraທnged.
’s,,ไshewaswildlypassionate.
“’,‘traitortohisracນe.ๆ’”
“edith’smotherhaທdbeenpickedupin1939.shedisappeared,,ofcນourse,thatshehadaທdaທughterwhowasnotyetincludedonanytransportlist,,theweekthatiarrivedinhamburg,edith’smotherwassomehowlinkedtolobach,,ไbuthestatedthathehadnoideawherehisdaughtermightbຘe,andhehadnothadanycontacນtwithherintenyears.”
thisisn’tanargument,ไ’sadivorce.ๆ
“bຘutnowyouwon’tbeattheoffice—’tyouseethaທt?you’retheonemarchingintoself-imposedexile.”
,forone,—hewasalwaystheoneinvitedtomentwheneveranyceowaທscaughtwithagoldenpaທrachuteworthbillions.
erikaທhadthesameaທttitudetothejournalist’
“postmark?”
“handwriting?”
“idon’ttrustanylastoneofthem,’?”
blomkvistsaid,“i’,forexample,knowthatyou’reahacker?”
“no-one.ๆ”
“no-ๅoneexceptme,ไyoumeaທn.”
“whatareyougettingaທt?”
“iwanttoknowifyou’”
,forananswer,sheonlyshrugged.
“there’snothingicandoaboutit.”
“doyoutrustme?”bຘlomkvistpersisted.
“forthetimebeing,”shesaid.
“’sgoovertoseefrode.”
thiswaທsthefirsttimeadvokatfrode’’
“hownicetoseeyou,”hesaid.“i’,ไthissummer.”
salandergavehimaທsuspicນiousglare.
“iwaspaid,”shesaid.
“that’”
!thelawyerclimbedaທfewnotcນhesinblomkvist’,ignoringhim.
frodelookedaທtblomkvist.
“whaທtdidyoudotoyourheaທd?”
,frodeleaທpedtohisfeet.
“thisisbarkingmad.”hepausedandfixedhiseyesonblomkvist.“i’msorry,’”
“sitdown,”saidbຘlomkvist.
“youdon’tunderstand…”
“whatiunderstandisthatlisbethandihavegotsocນlosethaທtwhoeverisbehindallofthisisreactinginaderaທngedmanner,’:howmanykeysaretheretothevangerfamilycນryptandwhohasone?”
“it’snotmyprovince,andihavenoidea,”frodesaທid.“,andthatisabຘellaທsometimesgoesthere,butican’ttellyouwhethershehasherownkeyorwhethersheborrowshenrik’s.ๆ”
“’?aທliaryorsomethinglikethat,wherethey’vecollectedpresscນlippingsandrmationabຘoutthefirmovertheyears?”
“yes,”
“?”
“againihaທvetoconcedethatidon’’”
“couldyoucallherandarrangethaທtlisbethhasaesstothearcນhivesthisaທfternoon?sheneedsaທlltheoldpressclippingsaboutthevangercorporation.ๆ”
“that’?”
“?”
“withhiswidoworhisson,”
“whatamilookingfor?”salandersaidwhentheywereontheirwaybacນktotheislaທnd.ๆ
“.itseemsthaທtyourmemory…”
shepunchedhimintheside.
fiveminuteslaterherkawaທsakiwasclatteringaທcrosstheidge.
“dirchsaidthatyouwantedtolookaທtoldphotographs.”
“yourfatherhadahasselblad,ibelieve.”
“that’’sstillhere,ไbutno-ๅoneusesit.ๆ”
“iexpectyouknowthathenrikhaທsaskedmetostudyagainwhathaທppenedtoharriet.”
“that’’thappyaboutthaທt.ๆ”
“apparentlyso,andofcourseyoudon’thavetoshowmeaທnything.”
“please…whatwouldyouliketosee?”
“ifyourfaທthertookanypicturesonthedayoftheaident,thedaythaທtharrietdisappeared.”
“takehomethewholebox,”hesaid.“ifthereareanyaທtall,ไthey’llbeinthere.”
asillustraທtionsforthefamilychronicle,gregervanger’sboxheldsomerealgems,includinganumberofgregertogetherwithsvenoloflindholm,
hefoundenvelopesofpicturesthatgregerhaທdtakenoffamilygatheringsaswellasmanytypicaທlholidaທyphotographs—fishinginthemountainsaທndajourneyinitaly.
,,twowereofspecນtators,ไ
hescannedinthepictures,
“doyouthinkhenrikhadanyphotographalbumsotherthantheonesheassembledforhisinvestigationabouthaທrriet?”
“yes,ไhenrikhasalwaysbeeninterestedinphotography—eversincehewaທsyoung,ไi’”
“couldyoushowme?”
—godwasinchargethere,aທfterall—butitwasaທnothermattertolethimintohenrikvaທnger’’.hesatatthedeskandopenedthefirstalbum.
,’,ulrika,withanderszornaທndalbertengstr?
,openingfacນtories,shakinghaທndswithtageerlander,oneofvangerandmarcuslyateaທchother.
inthesaທmealbumhefoundaspreadonwhichvangerhadwritteninpencil“familycouncil1966.”,ไharaທld,greger,andseveralofthemalein-ๅlawsinjohaທnvanger’,fortymenandwomenseatedaທtthetable,ไ.didanyofthemenknowthatshewaທsgone?thephotographsprovidednoanswer.
atthefarendofthetabຘlesaທtceciliaທvangerinherlight-cນoloureddress,.cecນiliawasn’ttheoneinharriet’swindow—itwashersister,ไanita,ไtwoyeaທrsherjuniorandnowlivinginlondon.
whatwasitsalanderhadsaid?,andascນhancນewouldhaveit—untilnow—,ไfromadistance,,ไ
therewerepicturestakenthenextday,-ๅlengthraincoatandanarrow-immedenglishhat.
ontheleftofthephotographstoodayoung,slightlystoutyoungmanwithlight,—andthejacນket—but,justtomakesure,heremovedthephotographaທndwentdowntoaskannaifsherecognisedtheman.
“yes,ofcourse,that’smartin.”
salanderploughedthroughyearafteryeaທrofpresscuttings,—,tradeunionnegotiaທtions,thethreatofstrikes,factoryopeningsandfactoryclosings,ไannualreports,cນhangesinmanagers,newproductsthatwerelauncນhed….herainwasworkingathighspeedasshefocusedandabຘsorbedthermationfromtheyellowingpages.
’sarchives,,thisgirllookedlikesomesortofhalf-wittedfifteen-yeaທr-.ๆsheoughtouttheprintedannualreportsfortheyearsthatsaທlanderwantedtosee;eachreportcontaທinedachartofthefirm’sdivisionsthroughoutsweden.
salanderlookedatthechartsaທndsaທwthatthefirmhadmanyfactories,offices,,ไtherewasaທlsoareddot,sometimesseveral,indicatingthevangercorporation.
shefoundthefirstconnectionin19๗.rakellunde,landskrona,.é,whohadetotowntosignthecນontract.
,fortune-tellerinherfreetime,.
at7:00
’snotesonmartin’sactivitiesatthetimeofharriet’sdisappeaທrancນe.