Blomkvist. But instead of the usual assignment at sea that he had anticipated. As soon as you see him approach a car.

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Sorry. She mainly just lies there staring at the ceiling. now Swedish ambassador in the Hague. Sorry. it??s Blomkvist again. department store.C. but I think we??ll put that idea on the back burner for now. ??We have a team working under the auspices of the County Criminal Police. but she did not sense the same condescension from him. for the first time in a long time. While he waited for the helicopter. The French secret police had sent frogmen to New Zealand to blow up the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior.?? It was Gunnar Magnusson. she should be on her feet well before then. They were scrutinizing the results of the preliminary investigation that Holmberg had completed that morning. and I assume that Palme appointed somebody to take over from me.

?? Clinton waited. but that was words. Everything pointed to the conclusion that Gunnar Bj?rck. She??s with me right now. Anders Jonasson. Her uneasiness grew. and the fact that I??m a workout fanatic. He did not know where he was. Then Blomkvist went out and had a light dinner at a restaurant near his hotel.30 Linder managed to talk Berger into getting into bed to rest. Magnusson was getting on in years and as advertising manager had nothing to do with the editorial side. and that you don??t even have the resources to have it done. probably in some car park in Stockholm. Incoming calls were simpler because they were preceded by the fingerprint that would enable the telephone in question to receive the signal. even if the friend was impossible and obviously flawed. the I. I??m the one you hired to run the paper.

Here??s a sample of them. At that time Edklinth was acting deputy chief of Personal Protection.?? ??Did he threaten anyone else??? ??I have been advised that he did.?? ??The other is the D. but she had not even reflected on the fact at the time. One bullet had entered the outer side of her hip and gone straight through the muscle tissue.I.S. But it??s absurd that you should think I would discuss it with a journalist. The other doctor on duty. Blomkvist is not afraid to take risks. Zalachenko was Salander??s father and her worst enemy. Well.P.?? ??That??s correct.?? ??Where was this man then??? Giannini hesitated. She had humiliated him.

?? she said. Zalachenko doesn??t make empty threats. Her expression did not change. His voice was steady. He would then take the used batteries home and recharge them overnight.?? ??Alright. She had twice texted her husband to tell him that she was still held up. But what does a twenty-year-old do who wants to move out of the family home? They can??t afford to.M.?? Salander felt an icy chill run down her spine. But we have no trace of the car he took. His parents lived in ?rebro and they were his sole heirs. Then there were several lines of text where she identified the implements he had used during the rape.?? ??Am I to conclude that you??re running some sort of surveillance on Teleborian??? Figuerola shook her head.?? He looked at her. ?C but the discovery that her most personal and intimate possessions had been stolen. to foreign intelligence services.

He had not. ??Evert ?? I spend nine hours every other day on a dialysis machine at the hospital. On the other hand. did karate. The scandals had undoubtedly been many. Jonasson picked up the telephone. Dag Svensson and Mia Johansson. I propose cutting all management salaries by half. God knows what they??re playing at. What do you want with me??? She was surprised. I??m inviting the media to a press conference. She could go back to Stockholm knowing that she might have to take the train to G?teborg again as soon as the following day. explaining her presence at the house and that she had been called in by Rosin. He turned on his mobile and saw that the battery was low. She fervently wished that Blomkvist had been kind enough to smuggle in her PowerBook with a real keyboard and a 17?? screen instead of only the hand-held. Salander??s childhood.M.

Lisbeth Salander had seldom rung for a nurse if she did not have a severe headache or some other equally serious problem.S. It did not bode well. Francke.M. Pippi and the password is p9i2p7p7i.?? ??I??ve also had a conversation with an official who wants me to let Teleborian see you. but her face was otherwise expressionless.?? Janeryd nodded.V. nothing urgent. But she had repressed the memory of him. Wadensj??. Yet Gullberg??s injuries were considerably more serious than those that Salander had sustained. It was as if he needed a platform.M.?? ??In this case ??nothing?? could be quite a lot.

I??m thinking of turning him loose this afternoon. He had assumed that she would survive.?? Blomkvist kissed his sister on the cheek and immediately asked: ??Are you going to be representing Lisbeth Salander??? ??I??m going to have to say no. He tried to commit suicide. the police will enter the house. He knows what he??s doing. You??ll be asleep before I??m done.?? ??We??? ??Listen ?? the story was slated to run in the July issue. He??s a gofer. The police could probably work that out for themselves.??s personnel has been reduced by 118. It won??t exactly bolster Salander??s credibility. Our job is to watch over the security of our country. You??re going to be charged with G. his whole cover. Something has come across my desk that is so remarkable that I believe both you and the Prime Minister need to be informed.?? ??You what??? ??I was rather hoping to have the pleasure of driving out to Sm?dalar? myself.

?? ??What do you have in mind??? Wadensj?? said. She glanced at Blomkvist. Could we isolate them somehow??? ??There??s a fifth officer involved. ??Good. who knows? Maybe I??ll come back to Millennium before I retire. but he did not by any means consider himself a brain surgeon. where he turned up the Klaraberg viaduct and across Vasagatan. It was a mess. ??Do we kill the article??? Blomkvist looked Cortez straight in the eye. I have reason to believe that you know his story. to see how her pupils contracted and expanded. But we think that the so-called Section for Special Analysis set up shop somewhere outside. You??re an errand boy. ??The Security Police are pulling on my leash. You??re a victim.?? Modig nodded.?? ??I think you have to do a bit more physio on your shoulder muscles.

the total budget of the secret police was 2. He blamed Niedermann for everything and offered to help them in any way he could to find the fugitive. None of them actually had a hope of helping her with the problems she had with the Swedish state. I was told that we would have to wait until after the next election. You and your husband live in a detached house. If he dug in his heels.?? ??And you think that Millennium will be publishing something noteworthy about Salander??? ??I don??t think so. Then Figuerola called the assistant chief of Counter-Espionage. I have a lot of international trade stuff to check out.?? ??And this story about Gunnar Bj?rck and S?po and the 1991 report ???? ???? is going to be handled by Faste and Ekstr?m.?? said Bublanski. of course.?? ??Do you have the sense that she??s mentally ill? Manic depressive or paranoid??? ??No.I.?? The Security Police did not normally spend time investigating robberies of groceries. Criticism of the Section had increased during the first half of the seventies. Then she picked up the stylus and wrote the number combination 9277.

A bit old school and yet at the same time a bit of a reformer. Lisbeth had aroused attention in other quarters as well. There must be several others like it. Two patients. That could be explained. ??When it??s time. I just wanted to confirm that you really do want me to be your lawyer. weapons and fraud units of the state police. Agneta Jervas. said.?? Erika had never had an opinion about Morander. seventy-eight years old.K.?? ??Maybe you aren??t aware of this ?C though I doubt that ?C but you give off the most incredible sexual vibrations. ??All this stuff about insults and aggressive resistance is just nonsense. She knew about Teleborian. In the long term there was another worry.

000 kronor a month. The problem would then unfold in two parts.?? he said and shook hands. Berger did not care if Borgsj? was or was not chairman of the board of Vitavara Inc. ??Good morning.?? ??Good. He had ridden over there with Lundin to burn the damned summer cabin down. A total of twelve.?? ??It??s a question of saving money we??re not going to have. why are apartments so bloody expensive? Because the people commissioning the buildings don??t know how to set the price. She returned moments later with a cup of coffee. She had told Giannini everything that had happened in Gosseberga. walked to police headquarters on Bergsgatan. Paulsson had then turned his attention to the wounded man in the woodshed. especially during the period when Blomkvist was serving a three-month sentence for libel and the magazine almost went under. And here we can??t go through the Prosecutor General.?? ??Well.

The hospital administration doesn??t want you here. and if she??s going to be taken to court in the near future. ??What happened to Zalachenko??? ??Who??? ??The old bastard.?? Then he added in English. And now we come to another stumbling block. ??Indeed. Let me do it. He defected and was granted asylum by S?po. That was nothing new. He spoke as if thinking out loud.D. and she understood the principles. When they passed Ikea at Kungens Kurva in Sk?rholmen. Criminal Inspector Holmberg.?? ??Does it have anything to do with terrorists and threat assessments???? ??No.?? Nystr?m leafed through his notes. Your client says that she doesn??t know where he??s hiding.

S.M. who knows? Maybe I??ll come back to Millennium before I retire. What makes you think the shareholders would agree to that??? ??I??m proposing a zero-profit operating budget this year. Zalachenko??s room was sealed off. if I??ve understood correctly. but not on my watch. He met Angleton. She recognized him as the other man Malm had photographed outside the Copacabana on May Day. Salander gratefully accepted two cigarettes. Salander is not their assignment any more. In a word. You??ll have my support if you need it. and grumbling. were still haunting the former C.?? she said. He was drenched in sweat when he finally slipped under the covers.

??Yes ?? well ?? he said he needed to know exactly how many pieces of wood were in there.?? ??Is that so??? Figuerola said.?? ??I might have to contest the decision in court ?? For the girl??s own sake she has to have a proper defence. Nor did Giannini tell him anything of what she and her client discussed.000 a month to live in those crappy dumps in Hammarbyhamnen? Because the construction companies don??t give a damn about keeping prices down. She was in luck. The minister here has never heard a word about this matter either. Margareta Orring.S.?? ??Good. who was at his home in Liding?. and he found himself with a completely different murderer and a chaos that seemed to have no end in sight.?? Modig said. He braced himself against the wall and limped over to the door.?? Jonasson looked suspiciously at the Palm. to change the time of a meeting or something like that??? ??I had a number to call.?? ??Hmm. I need you to confirm that this would be your intention. The trial should have been a straightforward matter. He was not surprised that she had called to wake him early that morning and put him and Lottie Karim to work. a man infinitely better qualified. but there was no alternative. She got up.?? ??I??m not interested in military secrets. aggressive resistance to police officers. Formally. The next moment she heard quick heels clacking in the corridor.Q.

certainly. If you imported directly from the factory in Vietnam. the worst possible thing I could do in this situation would be to try to influence the shape or content of your story. This was not very informative. moving away. such as the Prime Minister himself. If the plan failed. ??Hello. Millennium??s editor-in-chief. ??I have my own investigative team and I decide for myself which colleagues to recruit for the investigation.?? ??Better quality maybe. ??Even though crucial evidence is lacking. Salander leaned back against the pillow and followed the conversation with a smile. had imported goods from a company on the United Nations blacklist of companies using child labour ?C and in this case slave labour too. she thought it odd that a man would consistently address his girlfriend with the words fucking fatty. When he had worked for seven straight hours. ??Do you think she??d want me for her lawyer??? ??Probably she wouldn??t want any lawyer at all. he exploited his hold over them to the maximum. Either we ancients step in and do our bit. and then he went to a pharmacy to buy a toothbrush and other toiletries. as listlessly she watched the stream of people walking down below on G?tgatan. 2. that requires evaluating a person??s credibility and general mental health. Not once had he seen its driver. and a person in that role is under no obligation to report his activities to the government. They continued the discussion over their meal. which he at once identified as belonging to the Security Police. His ill health had taken a heavy toll.

In this way Plague could also monitor outgoing calls from Ekstr?m. It was as if he needed a platform. She fervently wished that Blomkvist had been kind enough to smuggle in her PowerBook with a real keyboard and a 17?? screen instead of only the hand-held. I??m sorry. they knew what had provoked Lisbeth to do what she did.?? ??I??d rather you didn??t. I??m not going to steal your story. Her name is Lisbeth Salander. Mikael Blomkvist. But I see no evidence whatsoever that she is schizophrenic or suffering from paranoid delusions. But first he had to get a grip on the chaos that Svavelsj? M. ??Good idea. and squeezed the trigger.?? Jonasson frowned. She scrolled down to image 167 and clicked to enlarge it.?? ??I??ll do what I can. leaned her crutches against the bookshelves.K. but it was only a matter of time before the rain came. Malin had never before had to cope with anything more complex than a household budget. and worked on her computer.?? ??This means that if you have questions about something. Why are you so interested in the religion of antiquity??? Figuerola looked at Blomkvist. She walked out of the front door just as the taxi drew up.??s glasses. a need had arisen for the Section to assign a trusted colleague to the operation who could reinforce its control.?? Salander flipped the mobile shut so that Berger would not be tempted to waste precious seconds with unnecessary questions.?? The Prime Minister nodded grimly.

The exact same.?? Edklinth said. Guess how you can explain the price difference between Thailand and Vietnam??? ??Don??t tell me that???? ??Oh. and Blomkvist freely admitted that he himself had put him there. Annika is doing her best to prepare for your trial. Out of the corner of his eye he saw that both Modig and Andersson were nodding thoughtfully. Come over to my place and I??ll make you something more substantial. That way Bublanski would have his hands full for a while.?? ??Damn. he??ll only tell me what he feels like telling me.P. ??Why the hell is it that the first thing Millennium does after I leave is to start running background checks on S. ??there is one record that neither F?lldin nor his visitors thought of. and I don??t end up in bed with that many men. He??s been running his own criminal network ever since. but it passes. Go through the apartment centimetre by centimetre. The book Secret Forces was fascinating but largely dealt with the time before and during the Second World War. I should also tell you that Mikael Blomkvist is my brother ?C I think you already know that ?C and that he and Dragan Armansky are paying my fee. She might develop epilepsy. and was assistant chief before that.?? All of a sudden Zalachenko looked uncertain. Within the Firm the terms communist and traitor were synonymous. Zalachenko scrutinized him for fifteen seconds. getting up. That goddamn fucking Blomkvist. But instead of the usual assignment at sea that he had anticipated. As soon as you see him approach a car.