第 10 部分阅读
“totellyouthetruth；thesearchwasevenoreextensivethani’vedescribed。itwasn’tuntilibegantothinkofharrietasaurdervictithatirealisedseveralwaysinwhichherbodycouldhavedisappeared。ican’tprovethis；butit’satleastwithintherealofpossibility。”
“telle。”
“harrietwentissingsoetiearound3：00thatafternoon。atabout2：55shewasseenbypastorfalk；whowashurryingtothebridge。atalostexactlythesaetieaphotographerarrivedfrothelocalpaper；andforthenexthourhetookagreatnuberofpicturesofthedraa。we—thepolice；iean—exainedthephotographsandconfiredthatharrietwasnotinanyoneofthe；buteveryotherpersonintownwasseeninatleastone；apartfroverysallchildren。”
vangertookoutanotheralbuandplaceditonthetable。
“thesearepicturesfrothatday。thefirstonewastakeninhedestadduringthechildren’sdayparade。thesaephotographertookitaround1：15p。。；andharrietisthereinit。”
thephotographwastakenfrothesecondfloorofabuildingandshowedastreetalongwhichtheparade—clownsontrucksandgirlsinbathingsuits—hadjustpassed。spectatorsthrongedthepaveents。vangerpointedatafigureinthecrowd。
“that’sharriet。it’sabouttwohoursbeforeshewilldisappear；she’swithsoeofherschoolfriendsintown。thisisthelastpicturetakenofher。butthere’soneoreinterestingshot。”
vangerleafedthroughthepages。thealbucontainedabout180pictures—fiverolls—frothecrashonthebridge。afterhavingheardtheaount；itwasalosttoouchtosuddenlyseeitintheforofsharpblack…and…whiteiages。thephotographerwasaprofessionalwhohadanagedtocapturetheturoilsurroundingtheaident。alargenuberofthepicturesfocusedontheactivitiesaroundtheoverturnedtankertruck。blokvisthadnoprobleidentifyingagesticulating；uchyoungerhenrikvangersoakedwithheatingoil。
“thisisybrotherharald。”theoldanpointedtoaaninshirtsleevesbendingforwardandpointingatsoethinginsidethewreckofaronsson’scar。“mybrotherharaldaybeanunpleasantperson；butithinkhecanbeeliinatedfrothelistofsuspects。exceptforaveryshortwhile；whenhehadtorunbackheretothefartochangehisshoes；hespenttheafternoononthebridge。”
vangerturnedsoeorepages。oneiagefollowedanother。focusonthetankertruck。focusonspectatorsontheforeshore。focusonaronsson’scar。generalviews。close…upswithatelephotolens。
“thisistheinterestingpicture；”vangersaid。“asfaraswecoulddeterineitwastakenbetween3：40and3：45；orabout45inutesafterharrietranintofalk。takealookatthehouse；theiddlesecondfloorwindow。that’sharriet’sroo。intheprecedingpicturethewindoasclosed。hereit’sopen。”
“soeoneusthavebeeninharriet’sroo。”
“iaskedeveryone；nobodywouldadittoopeningthewindow。”
“whicheansthateitherharrietdiditherself；andshewasstillaliveatthatpoint；orelsethatsoeonewaslyingtoyou。butwhywouldaurderergointoherrooandopenthewindow？andwhyshouldanyonelieaboutit？”
vangershookhishead。noexplanationpresenteditself。
“harrietdisappearedsoetiearound3：00orshortlythereafter。thesepicturesgiveanipressionofwherecertainpeoplewereatthattie。that’swhyicaneliinateanuberofpeoplefrothelistofsuspects。forthesaereasonicanconcludethatsoepeoplewhowerenotinthephotographsatthattieustbeaddedtothelistofsuspects。”
“youdidn’tansweryquestionabouthowyouthinkthebodywasreoved。irealise；ofcourse；thatthereustbesoeplausibleexplanation。soesortofonoldillusionist’strick。”
“thereareactuallyseveralverypracticalwaysitcouldhavebeendone。soetiearound3：00thekillerstruck。heorshepresuablydidn’tuseanysortofweapon—orwewouldhavefoundtracesofblood。i’guessingthatharrietwasstrangledandi’guessingthatithappenedhere—behindthewallinthecourtyard；soewhereoutofthephotographer’slineofsightandinablindspotfrothehouse。there’sapath；ifyouwanttotakeashortcut；totheparsonage—thelastplaceshewasseen—andbacktothehouse。todaythere’sasallflowerbedandlawnthere；butinthesixtiesitwasagravelledareausedforparking。allthekillerhadtodowasopenthebootofacarandputharrietinside。whenwebegansearchingtheislandthenextday；nobodywasthinkingthatacriehadbeenitted。wefocusedontheshorelines；thebuildings；andthewoodsclosesttothevillage。”
“sonobodywascheckingthebootsofcars。”
“andbythefollowingeveningthekillerwouldhavebeenfreetogetinhiscaranddriveacrossthebridgetohidethebodysoewhereelse。”
“rightunderthenosesofeveryoneinvolvedinthesearch。ifthat’sthewayithappened；we’retalkingaboutacold…bloodedbastard。”
vangergaveabitterlaugh。“youjustgaveanaptdescriptionofquiteafewebersofthevangerfaily。”
theycontinuedtheirdiscussionoversupperat6：00。annaservedroastharewithcurrantjellyandpotatoes。vangerpouredarobustredwine。blokviststillhadplentyoftietoakethelasttrain。hethoughtitwasabouttietosuthingsup。
“it’safascinatingstoryyou’vebeentellinge；iaditit。butistilldon’tknohyyouwantedetohearit。”
“itoldyou。iwanttonailtheswinewhourderedharriet。andiwanttohireyoutofindoutwhoitwas。”
“why？”
vangerputdownhisknifeandfork。“mikael；forthirty…sixyearsi’vedrivenyselfcrazywonderingwhathappenedtoharriet。i’vedevotedoreandoreofytietoit。”
hefellsilentandtookoffhisglasses；scrutinisingsoeinvisiblespeckofdirtonthelens。thenheraisedhiseyesandlookedatblokvist。
“tobepletelyhonestwithyou；harriet’sdisappearancewasthereasonwhygraduallyiwithdrewfrothefir’sanageent。ilostallotivation。iknewthattherewasakillersoewherenearbyandtheworryingandsearchingforthetruthbegantoaffectywork。theworstthingisthattheburdendidn’tgetanylighterovertie—onthecontrary。around1970ihadaperiodwhenijustwantedtobeleftalone。thenmartinjoinedtheboardofdirectors；andhehadtotakeonoreandoreofywork。in1976iretiredandmartintookoverasceo。istillhaveaseatontheboard；butihaven’tsailedanyknotssinceiturnedfifty。forthelastthirty…sixyearsnotadayhaspassedthatihavenotponderedharriet’sdisappearance。youaythinki’obsessedwithit—atleastostofyrelativesthinkso。”
“itwasahorrificevent。”
“morethanthat。itruinedylife。that’ssoethingi’vebeeoreawareofastiehaspassed。d
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