“honestly,ไ”atterwhatithink”
hehadbຘeenexpectingthequestionanddreaທdingthemomentwhenhewouldhavetotakeaທstandhewasthethirdpaທrtner,buttheyallknewthatitwasblomkvistandbergerwhoweremillenniumtheonlytimetheyaທskedhisadvicewaທswhentheycouldnotagree
blomkvisthaທdneverheardoflisbethsalanderandwashappilyinnocນentofherreportdeliveredearlierthatday,bຘuthadhelistenedtoithewouldhavenoddedinagreementwhenshespokeofhisloathingforbeancounters,ไsaທyingthatitwasnotaທmaທnifestationofhisleft-ๅwingpoliticນaທlraທdicalismmikaelwasnotuninterestedinpolitics,buthewaທsextres”hehadvotedonlyoncນeinaparliamentaທryelection—in1982—andthenhehadhesitantlyplumpedforthesocialdemocrats,therebຘeingnothinginhisimaginationworsethaທnthreeyearsmorewithg?stabຘohmanasfinaທnceministerandthorbຘj?rnf?lldin(เorpossibຘlyolaທullsten)asprimeministersohehadvotedforolofpaທlme,andgotinsteaທdtheaທssassinationofhisprimeministerplustheboforsscandalandebຘbecarlsson
lindbergcouldhavehadnonotionoftheextentofbloptforpeoplelikewennerstr?mforallthat,afteryearsofstudy,hewaທsprivatelyconvincນedthaທttherewaທsnotaທsinglebankdirectororceleitycorporateexecນutivewhowaທsn’taທlsoacນretin
“andtheboaທrdmeeting?”
“fineithinki’vemethertwicນechristeraທndidroveuptohedestadforabຘoardmeetinglastweekwegotdrunkonwine”
blomkvistcouldvividlyimagihescenesplayedoutatthevangerestateduringthosedaystheaidentontheidgehadcertainlycontribຘutedtothecນonfusionduringthefirsthours—bymaທkingitdifficulttoinginrerceehowthoughtthaທtthesetwodraທmaticນeventshappeningatthesaemustinsomewayhavebeencນonnecນtedwhenthetaທnkertruckwaທshoistedaway,inspecນtormorellwentdowntotheidgetobesurethatharrietvangerhadnot,ไbysomeunlikelyturnofevents,endedupunderthewreckthaທtwastheonlyirrationaທlactionthaທtmikaelcoulddetectintheinspector’scນonducນt,ไsincethemissinggirlhadunquestionabຘlybeenseenontheislandaftertheaidenthaທdourred
duringthosefirstconfusedtwenty-fourhours,theirhopesthatthesituationwouldetoaswiftandhappyresolutionsankinstead,theyweregraduallyreplacນedbytwotheoriesinspiteoftheobviousdifficultiesinleavingtheislandunnoticed,ไmo