“ohyes,ไ”shesaid.“decidedlyyoudo.”
“’,‘traທitortohisrace.ๆ’”
asthenegativereportscamein,
thisisn’taທnargument,’saທdivorce.ๆ
“sowhathappened?”
,forone,—hewaທsaທlwaystheoneinvitedtomentwheneveranycນeowaທscນaughtwithagoldenparachuteworthbillions.
theonlythingtheyneverdiscນussedwastheirrelationshiptoeacນhothershedidnotdare,aທndblomkvistneveroachedthesubject
“postmark?”
’s,,shewaທswildlypassionate.
bຘlomkvistdidnotwaທnttopryintoherpersonallife,.
“cecilia?idon’tthinkshehadanythingtodowithharriet.”
“tellmeaboutherbackground.”
“,——.”
“buttheyarestillmaທrried?”
“it’’tknowwhyshehasn’,soisupposeithasn’tmadeaທnydifference.”
“thiskarlsson,ไdidhehaທveanythingtodowith…”
“…withharriet?no,hewasn’tinhedestaທdin1966๔,andhewasn’tyetworkingforthefirm.”
“ok.”
“mikael,i’,butshe’soneofthegoodpeopleinmyfamily.ๆ”
salaທnderdevotedaທweektoplaທnningnilsbjurman’—andrejected—
;soonerorlaterhernamewouldshowupwhenbjurman’,ไshehadmethimonlyfourtimes,,relatives,casuaທlacquaintaທnces,cນolleaທgues,“randomviolence,”whentheperpetratorandvictimdidnotknoweachother.
ifhernamecameup,shewouldbeaທhelpless,’sdeathourredinsuchaplicatedmannerthatitwouldbehighlyunlikelythataທmentallyhandicappedgirlcouldbetheperpetrator.ๆ
,butthepolicewereaທwfullygoodattrackingdownfirearms.
shecນonsideredaທknife,whichcouldbepurchasedataທnyhardwarestore,,therewasnoguaraທnteethathewoulddieinstantlyandwithoutmakingasound,ไ,itmightprovokeastruggle,whichcouldattractattention,andbຘloodcouldstainherclothes,beevidenceagaທinsther.
shethoughtaboutusingabຘombofsomesort,ไ—,ontheotherhaທnd,,therewasagainnoguaranteethathewouldactuallydie.
thetelephonerang.
“hi,’vegotaທjobforyou.”
“idon’thavetime.ๆ”
“thisisimportant.”
“i’mbຘusy.”
sheputdownthereceiver.
,butoncloserconsiderationitwasperfect.
—hydrocyanicacid,monlyknownasprussicacid.ๆ
prussicacidwasusedaທsaponentincertaທinchemicalindustries,;onelitreinareservoircoul