第 13 部分阅读
inthelastbuildingontheeastsideoftheroadlivedgerdavanger；widowofhenrik’sbrothergreger；andherson；alexander。
“gerdaissickly。shesuffersfrorheuatis。alexanderownsasallshareofthevangercorporation；butherunsanuberofhisownbusinesses；includingrestaurants。heusuallyspendsafewonthseachyearinbarbados；wherehehasinvestedaconsiderablesuinthetouristtrade。”
betweengerda’sandhenrik’shouseswasaplotoflandwithtwosaller；eptybuildings。theywereusedasguesthousesforfailyebers。ontheothersideofhenrik’shousestoodaprivatedwellingwhereanotherretiredeployeelivedwithhiswife；butitwaseptyinthewinterwhenthecouplerepairedtospain。
theyreturnedtothecrossroads；andwiththatthetourwasover。duskwasbeginningtofall。blokvisttooktheinitiative。
“henrik；i’lldowhati’vebeenhiredtodo。i’llwriteyourautobiography；andi’llhuouryoubyreadingalltheaterialaboutharrietascarefullyandcriticallyasican。ijustwantyoutorealisethati’notaprivatedetective。”
“iexpectnothing。”
“fine。”
“i’anightowl；”vangersaid。“soi’atyourdisposalanytieafterlunch。i’llarrangeforyoutohaveanofficeuphere；andyoucanakeuseofitwheneveryoulike。”
“no；thankyou。ihaveanofficeintheguesthouse；andthat’swherei’lldoywork。”
“asyouwish。”
“ifineedtotalktoyou；we’lldoitinyouroffice；buti’notgoingtostartthrowingquestionsatyoutonight。”
“iunderstand。”theoldanseeediprobablytiid。
“it’sgoingtotakeacoupleofweekstoreadthroughthepapers。we’llworkontwofronts。we’lleetforafewhourseachdaysothaticaninterviewyouandgatheraterialforyourbiography。whenistarthavingquestionsaboutharrietwhichineedtodiscusswithyou；i’llletyouknow。”
“thatsoundssensible。”
“i’goingtorequireafreehandtodoywork；andiwon’thaveanysetworkhours。”
“youdecideforyourselfhowtheworkshouldbedone。”
“isupposeyou’reawarethatihavetospendacoupleofonthsinprison。idon’tknowexactlywhen；buti’notgoingtoappeal。it’llprobablybesoetiethisyear。”
vangerfrowned。“that’sunfortunate。we’llhavetosolvethatproblewhenitesup。youcanalwaysrequestapostponeent。”
“ifit’sperittedandihaveenoughaterial；iightbeabletoworkonyourinprison。oneorething：i’stillpartownerofmillenniuandasofnowit’saagazineincrisis。ifsoethinghappensthatrequiresypresenceinstockhol；iwouldhavetodropwhati’doingandgothere。”
“ididn’ttakeyouonasaserf。iwantyoutodoathoroughjobontheassignenti’vegivenyou；but；ofcourse；youcansetyourownscheduleanddotheworkasyouseefit。ifyouneedtotakesoetieoff；feelfreetodoit；butififindoutthatyou’renotdoingthework；i’llconsiderthatabreachofcontract。”
vangerlookedovertowardsthebridge。hewasagauntan；andblokvistthoughtthathelookedatthatoentlikeaelancholyscarecrow。
“asfarasmillenniuisconcerned；weoughttohaveadiscussionaboutwhatkindofcrisisit’sinandwhethericanhelpinsoeway。”
“thebestassistanceyoucanofferistogiveewennerstr？’sheadonaplatterrighthereandnow。”
“ohno；i’notthinkingofdoingthat。”theoldangaveblokvistahardlook。“theonlyreasonyoutookthisjobwasbecauseiproisedtoexposewennerstr？。ifigiveyoutherationnow；youcould. workonthejobwheneveryoufeltlikeit。i’llgiveyoutherationayearfronow。”
“henrik；fiveeforsayingthis；butican’tbesurethatayearfronowyou’llbealive。”
vangersighedandcastathoughtfulgazeoverthefishingharbour。
“fairenough。i’lltalktofrodeandseeifwecanworksoethingout。butasfarasmillenniuisconcerned；iightbeabletohelpinanotherway。asiunderstandit；theadvertisershavebegu. ullout。”
“theadvertisersaretheiediateproble；butthecrisisgoesdeeperthanthat。it’saatteroftrust。itdoesn’tatterhowanyadvertiserswehaveifno…onewantstobuytheagazine。”
“irealisethat。i’stillontheboardofdirectorsofquitealargecorporation；albeitinapassiverole。wehav. laceadvertiseentssoewhere。let’sdiscusstheatteratsoestage。wouldyouliketohavedinner…”
“no。iwanttogetsettled；buysoegroceries；andtakealookaround。toorrowi’llgotohedestadandshopforwinterclothes。”
“goodidea。”
“i’dlikethefilesaboutharriettobeovedovertoyplace。”
“theyneedtobehandled…”
“withgreatcare—iunderstand。”
blokvistreturnedtotheguesthouse。histeethwerechatteringbythetiehegotindoors。thetheroeteroutsidethewindowsaid5°f；andhecouldn’treebereverfeelingsocoldasafterthatwalk；whichhadlastedbarelytwentyinutes。
hespentanhoursettlinghiselfintowhatwastobehishoefortheingyear。heputhisclothesinthewardrobeinthebedroo；histoiletrieswentinthebathroocabi。hissecondsuitcasewasactuallyatrunkonwheels。froithetooks；cdsandacdplayer；notes；asanyotaperecorder；amicrotekscanner；aportableink…jetprinter；aminoltadigitalcaera；andanuberofotheritesheregardedasessentialkitforayearinexile。
hearrangedthesandthecdsontheshelfintheofficealongsidetwobinderscontainingresearchaterialonhans…erikwennerstr？。theaterialwasuseless；buthecouldnotletitgo。soehowhehadtoturnthosetwofoldersintobuildingblocksforhiscontinuingcareer。
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