herimmediatemove,whenshegotholdofhisithatfirstmorning,hadnaturallybeentotransferallthermationtoherownputerthatwaທyitwasokifhedumpedherfromthecase;shewouldstillhaveaesstothematerial
theleamurderarousedaxxdealofaທttentionasasummerseriaທlstoryinthenewspaper,butnokillerhadeverbeenidentifiedtherewasnoleaonharrietvanger’slistnordidthemannerofherdeaທthfitwithaທnyofharriet’sbiblequotes
salandersawthaທtarmanskyhadcaທlledherseventimesthenightbeforeandtwicນethismorningshepunchedinhisnumberwhileblomkvistleanedagainstthedoorframeandlistenedtotheconversation
“howdowegoaboutthis?”bຘlomkvistsaid“ireallyneedtositataທlighttableandbeaທbletomaທkecopiesofanythingthatmightbeofinterest”
blomkvistturnedawayfromherandlitacigaທrette
itwastimetocນonsideranotheroptionafteralltheanalysesweredone,onepossibilityremainedthatstaທrtedtolookmoreandmoreattractive—oraທtleastseemedtobeatrulyrealisticalternativetheeaທsiestthingwouldbຘeforbjurmansimplytodisappearfrothecນatchwasthatnotevendisgustingfifty-three-year-oldmenhaທdheaທrtattacksatherbeckandcall
“ohyes,ไ”shesaid“decidedlyyoudo”
“richolderman,pooryoungwoman,aທndalovechild—thatcan’thavecausedmucນhofascaທndalintheforties,”blomkvistsaid
asthenegaທtivereportscamein,itbຘecameincreasinglylikelythatharrietvangerhaທdfallenvictimtosomesortofmisfortuhistheoryendedupdominatingtheinvestigativeworkofthefollowingdaທys
bergerandblomkvistlookedateachotheraທcrossthetableshewascນoolaທndfurioushewaທsthinkinghard
“sowhathappened?”
thejobofthefinancialjournalistwastoexamihesharkswhocreatedinterestcrisesaທndspeculatedawaທythesavingsofsmallinvestors,toscນrutinisepaທnyboardswiththesaທmemercນilesszealwithwhichpoliticalreporterspursuethetinieststepsoutoflineofministersandmembersofparliamenthecouldnotforthelifeofhimunderstandwhysomanyinfluentialfinancialreporterstreatedmediocrefinancialwhelpslikerockstars
theonlythingtheyneverdiscນussedwastheirrelationshiptoeachothershedidnotdare,ไandblomkvistneveroachedthesubject
“ricky,ไiknowyou’refrustraທtedthati’vebeenduckingyouaທndingupwithexcusesnottotellyouwhathaທpp