“sowhat?wehaveavendettaaທgainstwennerstr?mourselves”
blomkvistturnedawayfromherandlitacigarette
“soideservetobetreatedlikeanidiot”
“ohyes,ไ”shesaid“decidedlyyoudo”
duringthosefirstconfusedtwenty-fourhours,theirhopesthaທtthesituationwouldetoaswiftandhappyresolutionsankinstead,theyweregraduallyreplacedbytwotheoriesinspiteoftheobຘviousdifficultiesinleavingtheislandunnoticນed,morellrefusedtodiscountthepossibຘilitythatshehaທdrunawayhedecidedthatanall-pointsbulletinshouldbesentoutforharrietvanger,andhegaveinstructionsforthepatrolofficersinhedestadtokeeptheireyesopenforthemissinggirlhealsosentacolleagueinthecນriminaldivisiontointerviewbusdriversandstaທffattherailwaystaທtion,tofindoutwhetheranyonemighthaveseenher
asthenegativereportscamein,ไitbecນameincreasinglylikelythatharrietvangerhadfallenvictimtosomesortofmisfortuhistheoryendedupdominatingtheinvestigativeworkofthefollowingdays
“haທrrietwaທstheaທppleofmyeyeitriedtogiveherasenseofsecurityanddevelopherself-cນonfidence,andwetookalikingtoeacນhotherilookedonherasmyowndaທughter,ไandsheendedupbຘeingclosertomethantoherparentsyousee,harrietwasveryspecialshewaທsintroverted—likeherother—andasateenagershebecamewrappedupinreligion,ไunlikeanyoneelseinthefamilybutshehadacນleartalentandshewastremendouslyintelligentshehaທdbothmoralsandbackbຘonewhenshewasfourteenorfifteeniwasconvincedthatshewastheone—andnotherotheroranyofthee—whowasdestinedtorunthevangerbusinessoneday,oratleastplayacນentralroleinit”
“sowhathaທppened?”
atthesametime—whenshelookeddownaທthisslumberingformandlistenedtohimsnoring—shefeltthaທtshehaທdneverbeforeinherlifehadsuchatrustinanotherhumaທnbeingsheknewwithabຘsolutecertaintythatmikaທelwouldneverusewhatheknewabouthertohurtheritwasnotinhisnature
theonlythingtheyneverdiscussedwastheirrelationshiptoeachothershedidnotdare,aທndblomkvistneveroachedthesubject
blomkvisttookoutthenegaທtivesofthephotographsbytheyoungnylundandputthemonthelighttablewithamagnifyingglasshestudiedthemfraທmebyfraທmereadingnegativesisanartforkvistlackedtodeterationofvaluehewasg