“honestly,ไ”atterwhatithink”

hehadbຘeenexpectingthequestionanddreaທdingthemomentwhenhewouldhavetotakeaທstandhewasthethirdpaທrtner,buttheyallknewthatitwasblomkvistandbergerwhoweremillenniumtheonlytimetheyaທskedhisadvicewaທswhentheycouldnotagree

blomkvisthaທdneverheardoflisbethsalanderandwashappilyinnocນentofherreportdeliveredearlierthatday,bຘuthadhelistenedtoithewouldhavenoddedinagreementwhenshespokeofhisloathingforbeancounters,ไsaທyingthatitwasnotaທmaທnifestationofhisleft-ๅwingpoliticນaທlraທdicalismmikaelwasnotuninterestedinpolitics,buthewaທsextres”hehadvotedonlyoncນeinaparliamentaທryelection—in1982—andthenhehadhesitantlyplumpedforthesocialdemocrats,therebຘeingnothinginhisimaginationworsethaທnthreeyearsmorewithg?stabຘohmanasfinaທnceministerandthorbຘj?rnf?lldin(เorpossibຘlyolaທullsten)asprimeministersohehadvotedforolofpaທlme,andgotinsteaທdtheaທssassinationofhisprimeministerplustheboforsscandalandebຘbecarlsson

lindbergcouldhavehadnonotionoftheextentofbloptforpeoplelikewennerstr?mforallthat,afteryearsofstudy,hewaທsprivatelyconvincນedthaທttherewaທsnotaທsinglebankdirectororceleitycorporateexecນutivewhowaທsn’taທlsoacນretin

“andtheboaທrdmeeting?”

“fineithinki’vemethertwicນechristeraທndidroveuptohedestadforabຘoardmeetinglastweekwegotdrunkonwine”

blomkvistcouldvividlyimagihescenesplayedoutatthevangerestateduringthosedaystheaidentontheidgehadcertainlycontribຘutedtothecນonfusionduringthefirsthours—bymaທkingitdifficulttoinginrerceehowthoughtthaທtthesetwodraທmaticນeventshappeningatthesaemustinsomewayhavebeencນonnecນtedwhenthetaທnkertruckwaທshoistedaway,inspecນtormorellwentdowntotheidgetobesurethatharrietvangerhadnot,ไbysomeunlikelyturnofevents,endedupunderthewreckthaທtwastheonlyirrationaທlactionthaທtmikaelcoulddetectintheinspector’scນonducນt,ไsincethemissinggirlhadunquestionabຘlybeenseenontheislandaftertheaidenthaທdourred

duringthosefirstconfusedtwenty-fourhours,theirhopesthatthesituationwouldetoaswiftandhappyresolutionsankinstead,theyweregraduallyreplacນedbytwotheoriesinspiteoftheobviousdifficultiesinleavingtheislandunnoticed,ไmo