He found Magnusson??s book to be especially worthwhile reading. We installed a steel safety door.

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If the situation had been reversed ?C if S. ??Let me guess. Finally Prosecutor Ekstr?m. Who wants to go first??? Berglund cleared his throat. with mud. In great excitement she turned on the computer at once and discovered that it was password-protected.?? ??Not because of me.?? Malm said.?? Blomkvist said.?? Edklinth took off his glasses and polished them thoroughly with paper napkin. Zalachenko??s answers were much more aggressive and hostile when she asked the questions.?? ??I get it. The Security Police recently initiated an investigation of this man because he had written a number of apparently unstable letters to well-known politicians and the media. Berger had been a boss she could always rely on. has no alternative. We have an agreement with a local security company. The Zalachenko story was beginning to get tremendously complicated. It??s your mind I need. Salander had already discussed all of this with Giannini. and the younger one followed Blomkvist towards Hornstull tunnelbana station.?? ??If I??m going to survive. And if the person responsible for Zalachenko??s safety had seen fit to resign. who had sent him the brisk advice: It would be best if you took the first train home. the investigation and registration of Swedish citizens who might be suspected of harbouring communist or subversive views. or other handicaps from the injury. During the past ten years.

He wondered what had got into S?po to make them.X.?? ??Call me Erika. She had sat through a number of presentations there herself. And of course it was usually after somebody had given in to such impulses that Inspector Bublanski was called in. ??Even though crucial evidence is lacking. and an endless number of wrong times. And she had the Borgsj? problem. One result of this increased workload was that Eriksson had had to contract several freelancers to produce articles for future issues. She looked at the bloodied piece of glass in amazement.?? Blomkvist said.?? in official contexts. I??m furious at the state and the government and S?po and all these fucking bastards who for no reason at all locked up a twelve-year-old girl in a mental hospital until she could be declared incompetent. In short. As the nurse was closing the door Salander glimpsed the guard on his chair out in the corridor. in Stockholm. He was Kurdish. ??We??ll have to postpone the meeting a bit longer. Niedermann had brought Svavelsj? M. I had no ??need to know??. and what vehicles drop anyone off at that address. They went from room to room. I??ve reminded you about this at least half a dozen times. ??O. Hans von Rottinger. Jonasson met them in the emergency admissions area.

Then she got a bedpan.?? Edklinth swallowed and nodded. Henry shoots from the hip a little too often.S.?? ??That??s no excuse. The first hours of her workday had been taken up entirely with meetings.?? ??What did he do??? ??He realized that he had no choice but to do what the gentlemen from S?po were proposing. it still took five minutes to force the lock to Blomkvist??s apartment. He??s very experienced and doubtless one of the most competent news chiefs I??ve come across. why are apartments so bloody expensive? Because the people commissioning the buildings don??t know how to set the price. but there??s no sign of him. Salander was lying on her back on the floor when Nurse Marianne came in. Then Figuerola called the assistant chief of Counter-Espionage. Arresting him would reveal the existence of the investigation. He would then take the used batteries home and recharge them overnight. but he was so exhausted that he did not have the strength or the means to get out there to fetch it.?? Edklinth said. He suspected that the Russian defector wanted to be exposed.?? ??And you??re saying that it??s an invention. the fate of Sweden rests in your hands.00 per minute. She had twice texted her husband to tell him that she was still held up. Jesus Christ?? She looked into the living room and saw that the picture window was shattered and the floor was covered in shattered glass. he has to be treated as a madman. No-one ?C not in the government or in the Security Police or anywhere else ?C can interfere in how you run this investigation. He had no difficulty with the work.

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. was to uncover and prevent threats to the internal security of the nation. Olsson had dug up much more on Ghidi than on any other hospital worker. I??m not going to try to convince you one way or the other. It was not the first time she had received a threatening email or a message from a crackpot.?? ??Why??s that??? ??Circulation has dropped by nearly 150. From her bed at Sahlgrenska she could now reach the entire world. If she continued to heal at the same pace. he had a rough draft of two articles totalling twenty-one pages.000 a month if you wanted to move in. Under Berger??s leadership the magazine had always been a collective. ??Just what the bloody hell is going on??? Wadensj?? shrieked.?? ??O. Fr?ken Salander. who boxed with him. and he??s an ace. He reckoned that he would have to produce twice as much text again for the summer issue.?? ??Is that the truth??? Berger nodded. ??I assume that we??re going to tell him in a subtle way what he has to do to avoid an abrupt end to his career.?? ??If you have a long list of requirements.?? Blomkvist referred to M?rtensson??s C. In 1997 he was no longer on the official roster of the external service. Where is everybody??? Waltari told him where the other five members of Svavelsj? M. ??There was one thing that struck me. He somehow tracked down where Salander was living but he won??t give us the address.?? ??Did you come straight here??? ??Yes ?? no.

kill the whole story? Orring turned in a good piece. sent from centraled@smpost. What??s the situation??? ??Our technicians were here and installed a proper alarm. I always thought I wanted to be a doctor.?? ??She had an operation soon after she was brought in and was awake in the early evening.?? Berger nodded. If she had been charged with the murders of Dag and Mia.00??? ??One more thing ?? I??m seeing my sister. Gullberg considered various alternatives and then chose to steer Bjurman carefully out of the picture.?? Jonasson pulled off his blood-stained nitrile gloves and dropped them in the bio-waste disposal bin. We??ve met before but it??s been a few years. She wondered whether she ought to go into the city to spend the night at a hotel. Gunnar Bj?rck. ??I must admit ?? just between us ?? that sometimes I worry about Niedermann. but he restrained himself for the simple reason that he did not know how far up in the organization the conspiracy reached. At that time he was regarded as ??up and coming?? in criminal circles and had been questioned as a suspect in three other burglaries. ??Why the hell is it that the first thing Millennium does after I leave is to start running background checks on S. Erika has taken the job of editor-in-chief at Svenska Morgon-Posten.G.I. He said that he couldn??t know who would be going to the Hague. had a certain opinion of Palme???? ??You??re suggesting that somebody forgot to inform the social democratic government??? Edklinth nodded.?? Blomkvist stood at Armansky??s whiteboard and picked up a marker. it is. Vinge had been dismissed from the service after he had given voice to the view. or swimming.

What general impression did you get of her nature.?? Fredriksson??s expression darkened. he was handcuffed and pushed into the back seat of Paulsson??s car. and present a first outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had cobbled together to deal with the legal proceedings. There were four others there: his sister. there??s going to be a rack of other charges. Maybe you should call a press conference. The magazine suddenly felt foreign.30 Linder managed to talk Berger into getting into bed to rest.P. he was willing to listen. Karl Axel Bodin was brought up by an uncle living in Norway. but it passes. in any case. or that you don??t care??? ??I don??t know. Blomkvist emerged at 9. This attitude. Sometimes I start running regularly and lose a couple of kilos. and he did not ask any questions.?? ??Whichever. Is making coffee part of Milton??s service agreement??? He gave her a polite smile. and he reckoned that the final book would run to 320 or 336 pages. It??s a long story. and Holmberg wondered who did the sowing and harvesting.?? * Figuerola spent her lunch hour pumping iron in the police gym.?? ??I intend to kill this story.

M.?? ??Of course. and the Ministry of Justice. Blomkvist assumed it was Figuerola herself. not vice versa??? ??Exactly. schedules and other uninteresting stuff. ??Could you tell Malin that I??ll be back in two hours??? ??What??s going on??? ??I think I??ve got a lead on a story.?? ??I promise.?? She acknowledged as much with her eyes. and in our estimation she still represented a threat to Zalachenko??s anonymity. SixOfOne wrote. that is.?? Silence descended in Bublanski??s office as the four criminal inspectors considered these implications. She was wearing a short-sleeved summer dress and had laid a brick-red leather jacket over the top stair. S?po??s ears are going to be burning. a woman by the name of Kristina Cederholm. He had brushed up his prose. She heard a movement and turned to see Salander just starting to clamber out of bed again. Annika won??t be able to go out and do a media campaign in the same way that the prosecution can (and does). How could you be so bloody stupid? We give you a whole new life and you finish up here. and she enjoyed her job at Milton Security a great deal. If you publish before Edklinth has completed it. Unfortunately Dr Jonasson had made it difficult even for Giannini to have access to her client. ??No. although there??s a drawback. I??d have to get myself a new lawyer.

I asked you for two things: first. Swedish workers were already out of that race in the ??90s. We ?? that is. I??ll be out of my office tonight. She forced herself to relax. asked him for it. What she was interested in was access to S. He drove down Hornsgatan and across to Bellmansgatan via Br?nnkyrkagatan. Plague. They??re not supposed to interfere with the content. which was available in the Republic??s archive for its citizens.P. Berger did not care if Borgsj? was or was not chairman of the board of Vitavara Inc. Then I got an article late in the evening. The pain in her left shoulder had subsided a bit. I??m quite sure Henry would agree to that. He defected in the ??70s. If we had to arrange for bodyguard protection that would be a different matter ?C and it would be rather expensive. She has to be acquitted by a court. Not much to hang on the Christmas tree.?? ??Congrats.?? ??Hello. I??m going to make you so happy. Borgsj? approached and touched her shoulder. He was based in London. This character Zalachenko ?? what can our colleagues from Stockholm tell us about him??? ??The truth is.

?? ??Because we??re facing a conflict of loyalties too.P. Where exactly this boundary was seemed to vary from one person to another.?? She told Blomkvist to fasten his seat belt and drove over Slussen to ?stermalm and parked on a side street off Artillerigatan. but he looked much older. The later conventional use of the term ??S?po?? was actually something that the potentially subversive communist publication Clart?? had coined as a pejorative name for the communist-hunters within the police force. Finally he lit upon the obvious solution.?? Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor. and that won??t be until August. He had himself received a number of calls concerning these rumours. These doors are so thin that the bullets would have gone clean through them if he had fired. Zalachenko had at first been thought of as a potential breakthrough in the Palme mystery. she had encouraged him to think for himself.?? ??We don??t know how this story??s going to turn out. She needed a weapon.?? ??What??s your impression of her??? ??What do you mean??? ??Martina. ??O. I??m in. Thomasson was and remained a corporate lawyer. no matter what they ask you. But you didn??t see that??? ??No. She punched letters. He explained step by step how she had been targeted by a gang of Cold-Warmongers at S. At first he could not grasp what he was seeing. He asked her to open her mouth and examined her throat.00??? ??That??ll be fine.

You??re an errand boy. Zalachenko.G. small burn marks on his chest. * Zalachenko lay awake for a long time after the man who called himself Jonas Sandberg had left.?? Wadensj?? said. we??re going to need new blood. But that doesn??t mean he has to behave like an idiot.?? Giannini was both tired and irritated on Wednesday evening as she boarded the X2000 at G?teborg Central Station.. She called the registrar and was informed that no report with that protocol number existed. It must be some insult.30 a. ??I can handle it. you control the operation.?? ??This means that if you have questions about something. which just happened to mean something to him.M. Nothing to indicate anything but suicide by hanging.?? ??What sort of strategy had you in mind??? ??Herr Zalachenko ?? I??m afraid that a process has been set in motion in which the deleterious effects are hard to foresee.M. was founded. The first time it was parked near the entrance to his building on Bellmansgatan on Wednesday morning when he left to walk to the office. The operations unit of Constitutional Protection spent Friday trying to get a handle on the information they had received from Blomkvist. E.?? Blomkvist said.

But they were every one of them computer wizards. At the same time my sister was mugged and her copy of the report was also stolen. The disk is very strong evidence. ??When it??s time. Thereafter Gullberg acted only as an adviser in especially sensitive matters.?? ??It??s not the same thing. With infinite care he inserted a probe into the brain and enlarged the wound channel by a few millimetres. He had to deal with Teleborian. It was 10. Nystr?m had first come to see him in the days following the murder of Karl Axel Bodin. She had several messages. and I??m the one paying her to defend Salander. When he started. studied law and eventually became a tax adviser. To be honest. On this law democracy stands or falls. I need his help to do a simple job. As it was growing light an observant police officer found traces of blood on the ground behind the woodshed. and when he was pressingly invited to dinner and a private conversation. S. Can you hear me??? ??Mmm.50. they don??t have the evidence.I. was in and delighted to see him. while she and Karim were expected to do all the spadework for the next issue of a magazine that had not had any real leadership since Berger left.

And then she lay back and stared up at the ceiling. And I??ve decided not to come back here to put in any days during the transition period. His wounds had not been life-threatening. Cortez wrote feverishly.I. And Svensk Handel has also got into the game. you would most probably be charged with manslaughter. and swung her legs over the side of the bed. Where are you??? ??I??m at the bar. If you don??t want to give me an answer to something. They??re on the U. ??I never thought I??d see you again. of course. and ask yourself whose interests it might serve. He thought for a long while and then began to write. The Zalachenko club. Who wants to go first??? Berglund cleared his throat. lifted him off the ground. she would have recognized that she looked completely demented.?? ??You mean we should ???? Nieminen had already decided that Niedermann had to be got rid of.05. The problem is the ones who won??t let them do their jobs. Berger??s boss is a bloody crook.?? ??Nor do I. that would have been one thing. if the need arose.

It was. I have a mountain of work before the trial begins. He did not like this. ??Yes. She started by checking whether Fleming was online and at work. There are also windows on the ground floor and six basement windows that were left without alarms by our predecessors. he had. but Paulsson presumably thought it was Blomkvist??s own. When he got back to ?stermalm he sat at his desk and wrote down a list of the people who knew about Zalachenko: himself. She looked up. She knew right away that it was not one of the night nurses. One reason for this was the expenses incurred by Blomkvist in connection with the Salander story. the government cannot do a thing. It has come to my attention that an employee of S.?? Mikael glanced at the clock. What makes you ask such a dramatic question??? ??It??s prompted by a dramatic and extraordinary request. He called Figuerola.M. He had not been to Stockholm for two years. He simply concluded that Salander was suffering from stress.?? ??I said that we probably didn??t have any more advanced books in the patient library ?C we have more Philip Marlowe than scientific literature ?C but that I??d see what I could dig up. cares about it.?? ??Why the hurry??? ??Because as soon as you come back I need you to make love to me.?? ??He succeeded in getting a policeman killed tonight. and rejected various options. for God??s sake.

The United Nations keeps an eye on child labour. By 10.?? ??What do you mean??? ??It??s Lisbeth Salander. Figuerola changed gear and turned up Vasagatan. At 2. ??Then he has a four-hour head start. Seconds later Blomkvist could also see Cortez.?? ??Can you prove that??? ??I can. that he saw visions ?C ghosts even.?? ??Meanwhile. You have a beach at the back of the house and a few large houses in the immediate vicinity. Blomkvist could see from Baksi??s expression that he started out with words of greeting and small talk before he got serious and explained why he was calling.?? Edklinth said.I. Edklinth thought long and hard about how to proceed. His leave of absence had begun on April 10. and I come into the picture before a crime is committed. WHORE She raised her index finger to delete the message. then we??ll decide what to do. She could not piece together all that had happened. I couldn??t even take notes. ??a public defence has already been appointed.?? On the reverse was a stamp saying that the picture belonged to ?hlens & ?kerlunds Publishers and that the photographer??s name was Julius Estholm. but it could be something as simple as an allergy to her medication or to something else she??s come into contact with. taking her pulse. and came to the conclusion that the girl was mentally ill.

If the plan failed. ??And to be able to persuade him to keep his mouth shut. ??I??ve understood that you know more about this story than anyone else. He felt vulnerable and exposed. Sonja.?? When she hung up she called the office and left a message for Fredriksson. His injuries seem to be similar to those of a car crash victim ?C it??s hardly credible that anyone could do such damage with his bare hands: a broken leg. You??ve been hurt and had surgery.?? ??I see. P. ??Vitavara Inc. It was Blomkvist who found Svensson and his girlfriend??s bodies.?? Edklinth stared at Figuerola. I usually draw a blank. All of a sudden a heavy downpour lashed at the window. That was where he had stayed on previous visits. He did his military service in the ??40s and became an accountant or some such.. ?C among the few people who actually knew about the existence of the Section ?C a certain amount of criticism had surfaced. But if she left her car. Gullberg had a bunch of flowers in his hand when he got into the lift at Sahlgrenska hospital at the same time as a short-haired woman in a dark jacket. She simply did not grasp or did not care that the only way Giannini could provide her with an effective defence would be if she had access to all the facts. who was much more agreeable. They??re a reputable manufacturer. He was dead tired but running on adrenaline.S.

??I think you can.?? Wadensj?? shook his head. The thieves were eventually caught. but he assumed it had something to do with the military.?? Armansky told her.?? ??But let??s save the secrets till we meet again tomorrow. That was the part she had spent the most time on.?? ??Nonetheless. She was in a bad way. To do that I have to have something to work with. ??The last thing we want to do is to interfere with the press. He very seldom called in sick.00 and then she turned off her computer and put it to recharge in the recess at the back of her bedside table. ??We??re really putting Erika on the spot.?? ??Car. Giannini had supposed it must be some phase. So he must know that M?rtensson is not at Counter-Espionage. make her way to his farm. Someone who was trying to cover Zalachenko??s tracks. If this were a regular police investigation of an ordinary crime. Millennium??s staff sat in silence. a white top. Teleborian had indeed had dealings with S. I have already established an elite body called The Knights of the Idiotic Table. But Malm had not participated in any parade ?C apart from Gay Pride ?C in at least ten years. nothing.

??Fredrik Clinton. I won??t get involved in any horse-trading that might be constitutionally dubious. Her foot was hurting so badly that she could not put any weight on it. My guess is that several employees of the Section would go to prison. The survival of the patient depended on the extent of the damage and on Dr Jonasson??s skill. So he had decided to play it safe. ??Twenty Questions??? What are you after??? Her voice sounded like sandpaper.?? ??Good luck. almost friendly manner. Lunch consisted of black coffee and a meatball sandwich with beetroot salad. I??m out. Open up S.?? The Prime Minister frowned and glanced at Figuerola. She lay passively looking up at the ceiling when the night nurse came in. It was when Paulsson arrived that things really started to go awry. Zalachenko was used to pain. which in this case is a bit of a handicap.000 copies since the glory days of the ??60s. Cortez. ??And how did you know that this meeting was going to take place??? ??I have to protect my source. This attitude. nor had Monika Nilsson. ??It??s a Colt 1911 Government. I assume you will ignore it. ??Lisbeth Salander.K.

At long last D. It doesn??t matter how hard Annika works for you. But it has to be done in one fell swoop. and if I were you I wouldn??t voice that theory in public. disappeared. it must have been something that Niedermann decided to do. It took her a few seconds to make the connection. either by customs or by passport control. She had a routine that I can??t compete with. married to Hans Wilhelm Francke. It was in an upstairs room used by Niedermann. The telephone tapping was a more difficult task than the computer monitoring. Then identify the other person in the pictures taken by Blomkvist??s photographer. She was not interested in being editor-in-chief of Millennium and working a minimum of twelve hours a day as well as sacrificing her weekends.?? Clinton went on. The Section was not a criminal enterprise. My job is to produce a good newspaper. but they had evidently found nothing of value to the Nykvarn investigation.S.?? He looked at her and mumbled something. But after a few months he was always back with the Salander woman. Then he shut off the computer and sat down at Salander??s kitchen table with an editing pencil. It??s almost as powerful as good sex. our job is still to find the killer. Give me information and I won??t try to compromise you. We depend for that on freelancers and the material from the T.

??Vietnam.?? she added.?? ??Exactly.?? ??I understand. He was gone from 1985 to 1987. the question of Palme??s possible Russian contacts was never resolved. I don??t know how he??s going to react if they catch him. ??You can??t be involved in this. If it hasn??t already happened.R. First of all. ??Listen ?? I??m not an open book for everyone to read. at Nacka hospital. No visitors will be permitted other than you.?? ??That ?? wasn??t so good. Then she called a taxi and jumped into the shower for a minute.B. We??ve been friends so long ?C nothing can destroy that. Her hands were tied behind her back. He already had a lawyer.?? ??Alright. but unacceptable for a newly appointed editor-in-chief.?? ??And??? ??When we were discussing this yesterday. that person could not have known in advance that he was on his way to meet Jonas Sandberg. This time they failed.?? He went back to her bedside and looked her in the eye.

But it??s been classified Top Secret by order of the district court. and part-time student. She knew that much from his biography. Could you possibly write it??? Magnusson hesitated a moment but then said.?? Blomkvist headed for the bathroom. He took the registration number and looked me up. It was the most horrendous thing I??ve ever experienced. but she could not untie the rope that bound her hands behind her back. She had wiped her hard drive clean before she left for Gosseberga and the confrontation with Zalachenko. It was the third time he had met Superintendent Nystr?m. to every word I say.?? he said.?? Modig looked at the time again. She began to have doubts about the ability of the Security Police to protect her. Von Rottinger came originally from the military intelligence service and worked for several years in the office that coordinated military defence with the Security Police. to gather documentation about its extent.T. She had brought a green military bag containing her laptop. and Blomkvist had got himself somehow involved in the killing of a policeman in G?teborg. you risk being convicted anyway. He knows he??s being watched. But I can??t talk about this. One nurse had merely said in a neutral tone that her condition was stable.?? ??Right now we??re confronted with an exceptionally complicated situation that requires operational expertise. One of the robbers had a mid-length jacket with a Swedish flag shoulder patch. I??ve visited her three times and offered to talk with her.

?? ??What do we know??? Blomkvist shouted after him. Edklinth thought him taciturn. ??I was thinking of going home tonight. we have to know who they are. ??That sounds good. Someone. not the source. He had terrible pain in his back.?? ??O. The boy was going to be a formidable reporter.?? ??As do we all.?? ??The house is a monster.?? ??I can do complicated.?? Edklinth said.?? He wrote an email address on a page torn from his notebook. Of course not.?? ??Evert Gullberg. Shall we go and have some coffee??? Berger sat up. which you call the Zalachenko club. I??m so tired. but there is always a risk of bleeding or some other complication. and with all the wisdom of hindsight.. Finally Blomkvist read what Olsson had produced about Dr Anders Jonasson. Sandberg was accompanied by a man who went by the nickname of Falun and who in his youth had been a professional burglar. they smiled and said that it was outside my security clearance level.

so she couldn??t tell the rest of us. We have to publish. He blamed Niedermann for everything and offered to help them in any way he could to find the fugitive. She was tall. How fast can you have the story ready??? ??Two weeks. She has secrets I happen to know about. but this was no deviation from the daily routine.?? the P. and lance.?? She pointed. no matter what havoc he wrought. reached out and grabbed the pencil. He did not seem to take in anything that Blomkvist said. I followed up with her until she turned eighteen. right away. maybe three.?? ??I find you incredibly attractive. She started by going on to a website that advertised rather uninteresting pictures by an unknown and not especially skilled amateur photographer called Gil Bates in Jobsville. Giannini called Blomkvist this morning.?? ??I??m not sure that??s such a good idea. He had hung up his jacket and was leaning back in his chair at the conference table.M.I. which was mostly figuring out what was going on on the other side of the Baltic. If the government was involved. (2) They have to separate the ??Salander affair?? from the ??Zalachenko affair??.

P. But not active. retrained as a locksmith. Neither of them had noticed the man in the lobby who had been watching them as they stepped into the lift.?? Eriksson realized with terrible clarity how understaffed the paper was. When she returned to her station. I urge you to listen to his story and answer his questions.00 in the afternoon he turned on his iBook and took up the thread of the text he had begun writing at the hotel in G?teborg. that is.?? The Prime Minister nodded grimly. were still haunting the former C. What the hell is going on??? Bublanski took off his reading glasses and tucked them into his breast pocket. she would not have hesitated. and underwear. She was taken completely by surprise when the door opened and Faste came out. For the first time in modern history. I consider this office of central importance to Swedish democracy. and now we have to reach some sort of agreement about what??s going to happen. I can??t give you the name. ??Evert Gullberg. and present a first outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had cobbled together to deal with the legal proceedings.?? he said at last. They chatted for a while.?? Blomkvist burst out laughing. was Zalachenko.?? ??A Christian frogman with two weapons and offspring in S?dert?lje.

?? ??Micke ?? I??m so sorry.?? Her lips curled a little. At 4. ??Yes??? ??Apologies for bothering you on the street outside your home. The document must not state that you are conducting a preliminary investigation ?C I may be wrong. The organization in London had been very willing to supply the evidence.?? ??Good Lord. which was mostly figuring out what was going on on the other side of the Baltic. and lastly Inspectors Modig and Holmberg from the Stockholm police. One problem of course is that she??s working for you and is bound and fettered by one of those damned confidentiality oaths. Mikael Blomkvist. he??ll only tell me what he feels like telling me. ??Should I call her??? ??No. but usually we use someone from the external organization if necessary. And you can??t use any of that material at the trial.?? ??And you reckon that he??s S?po.M. ??I miss you. According to the doctors.?? ??Naturally. This was not very informative.I.. The Zalachenko unit had taken on the role of clean-up patrol in that sense. whoever did it had access to the very typewriter that Bj?rck used. and delinquent in his youth.

But after a month of conversations ?C ignoring the fact that the first two weeks had been wasted time because Salander was hardly able to speak ?C their communication was still distinctly one-sided. They had both left S. So we??re bound to observe the bureaucratic procedures. He issued instructions that required even the chief of S. They have their own club that you can??t join. Clinton and von Rottinger were the ones who took the lead. some of it.?? ??But this thing with Erika is a real fly in the ointment. The costs would certainly run into the billions if Salander gave it the thumbs-up. a government agency. Sex was almost as satisfying as a rigorous workout at the gym. You were injured and you??re waking up after an operation. She tugged her lip.M. Something has come across my desk that is so remarkable that I believe both you and the Prime Minister need to be informed. Don??t do anything until we can agree a strategy. You shouldn??t worry your pretty head over complex matters.00 on Saturday morning. Millennium had paid a fee to Advokat Giannini which was supposed to come out of the general fund. I gave her Dexofen. but Paulsson presumably thought it was Blomkvist??s own.?? ??Third. S?po got saddled with Zalachenko in the middle of the Cold War.?? Blomkvist referred to M?rtensson??s C.?? ??And when would you like me to publish? After the next election. I??m dealing with pros here.

He took him out to Viktor??s. and a rapist.?? ??Correct. so she could not see the front door itself. She took the stairs up to the next floor and stopped at the door to the corridor.00 and then she turned off her computer and put it to recharge in the recess at the back of her bedside table. Millennium??s staff sat in silence. but it??s also a risk. They do marketing analyses and have annual sales of around thirty million kronor. I was pretty busy. The pain in her left shoulder had subsided a bit. If these very unpleasant pranks continue we will have to consider reporting them to the police. I won??t. and on top of it all. That meant that he would have to disappear. Then there was the incident in the tunnelbana. Her neck had been broken when her head was turned 180 degrees. but her intellectual gifts are undeniable. In 1996 he became assistant chief of the Immigration Division and ended up in a stressful position.?? ??Do you know him??? ??I certainly do.00 on Friday morning and sent a copy to Blomkvist via the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table]. was alive and healthy. He sat naked on the bed and took Salander??s Palm Tungsten T3 from the inside pocket of his jacket. He can be surly sometimes. He found Magnusson??s book to be especially worthwhile reading. We installed a steel safety door.