第 18 部分阅读
“butyou’renotheretolookintoherdisappearance？”
“whatakesyouthinkthat？”
“well；thefactthatnilssonluggedfourassiveboxesoverhere。thatcouldbehenrik’sprivateinvestigationsovertheyears。ilookedinharriet’soldroo；wherehenrikkeepsit；anditwasgone。”
ceciliavangerwasnofool。
“you’llhavetotaketheatterupwithhenrik；notwithe；”blokvistsaid。“butitwon’tsurpriseyoutoknowthathenrikhastalkedalotaboutthegirl’sdisappearance；andithoughtitwouldbeinterestingtoreadthroughwhathadbeencollected。”
ceciliagavehianotherofherjoylesssiles。“iwondersoetieswho’scrazier；yfatheroryuncle。iusthavelistenedtohionharriet’sdisappearanceathousandties。”
“whatdoyouthinkhappenedtoher？”
“isthisaninterviewquestion？”
“no；”hesaidwithalaugh。“i’justcurious。”
“whati’curiousaboutiswhetheryou’reanutcasetoo。whetheryou’veswallowedhenrik’sconvictionorwhetherinfactyou’retheonewho’segginghion。”
“youthinkthathenrik’sanutcase？”
“don’tgetewrong。he’soneofthewarestandostthoughtfulpeopleiknow。i’veryfondofhi。butonthisparticula. ic；he’sobsessive。”
“butharrietreallydiddisappear。”
“i’justsodansickofthewholestory。it’spoisonedourlivesfordecades；anditdoesn’t. doingso。”shegotupabruptlyandputonherfurcoat。“ihavetogo。youseelikeapleasantsort。martinthinkssotoo；buthisjudgeentisn’talwaysreliable。you’reweletoeforcoffeeatyhousewheneveryoulike。i’alostalwayshoeintheevening。”
“thankyou；”blokvistsaid。“youdidn’tanswerthequestionthatwasn’taninterviewquestion。”
shepausedatthedoorandrepliedwithoutlookingathi。
“ihavenoidea。ithinkitwasanaidentthathassuchasipleexplanationthatitwillastonishusifweeverfindout。”
sheturnedtosileathi—forthefirsttiewithwarth。thenshewasgone。
ifithadbeenanagreeablefirsteetingwithceciliavanger；thesaecouldnotbesaidofhisfirstencounterwithisabella。harriet’sotherwasexactlyashenrikvangerhadwarned：sheprovedtobeanelegantwoanwhoreindedhivaguelyoflaurenbacall。shewasthin；dressedinablackpersianlabcoatwithatchingcap；andshewasleaningonablackcanewhenblokvistranintoheroneorningonhiswaytosusanne’s。shelookedlikeanageingvapire—stillstrikinglybeautifulbutasvenoousasasnake。isabellavangerwasapparentlyonherwayhoeaftertakingawalk。shecalledtohifrothecrossroad。
“hellothere；youngan。ehere。”
theandingtonewashardtoistake。blokvistlookedaroundandconcludedthathewastheonesuoned。hedidasinstructed。
“iaisabellavanger；”thewoansaid。
“hello。mynaeismikaelblokvist。”hestuckouthishand；whichsheignored。
“areyouthatpersonwho’sbeensnoopingaroundinourfailyaffairs？”
“well；ifyoueanaithepersonthathenrikvangerhasputundercontracttohelphiwithhisaboutthevangerfaily；thenyes。”
“that’snoneofyourbusiness。”
“which？thefactthathenrikvangerofferedeacontractorthefactthatiaepted？”
“youknowperfectlywellwhatiean。idon’tcareforpeoplepokingaroundinylife。”
“iwon’tpokearoundinyourlife。therestyou’llhavetodiscusswithhenrik。”
isabellaraisedhercaneandpressedthehandleagainstmikael’schest。shedidnotuseuchforce；buthetookastepbackinsurprise。
“justyoukeepawayfroe；”shesaid；andturnedonherheelandwalkedunsteadilytowardsherhouse。blokvistwentonstandingwherehewas；lookinglikeaanwhohasjustetarealliveic…character。whenhelookeduphesawvangerinthewindowofhisoffice。inhishandhewasholdingacup；whichheraisedinanironicsalute。
theonlytravellingthatblokvistdidduringthatfirstonthwasadrivetoabayonlakesiljan。heborrowedfrode’smercedesanddrovethroughasnowylandscapetospendtheafternoonwithdetectivesuperintendentmorell。blokvisthadtriedtoforanipressionofmorellbasedonthewayhecaeacrossinthepolicereport。whathefoundwasawiryoldanwhoovedsoftlyandspokeevenoreslowly。
blokvistbroughtwithhianotewithtenquestions；ainlyideasthathadcroppedupwhilehewasreadingthepolicereport。morellansweredeachquestionputtohiinaschoolasterlyway。finallyblokvistputawayhisnotesandexplainedthatthequestionsweresiplyanexcuseforaeeting。whathereallywantedwastohaveachatwithhiandaskonecrucialquestion：wasthereanysinglethingintheinvestigationthathadnotbeenincludedinthewrittenreport？anyhunches；even；thattheinspectorightbewillingtosharewithhi？
becausemorell；likevanger；hadspentthirty…sixyearsponderingtheystery；blokvisthadexpectedacertainresistance—hewasthenewanwhohadeinandstartedtrapingaroundinthethicketwheremorellhadgoneastray。buttherewasnotahintofhostility。morellethodicallyfilledhispipeandlititbeforehereplied。
“wellyes；obviouslyihadyownideas。butthey’resovagueandfleetingthaticanhardlyputtheintowords。”
“whatdoyouthinkhappened？”
“ithinkharrietwasurdered。henrikandiagreeonthat。it’stheonlyreasonableexplanation。butweneverdiscoveredwhattheotiveighthavebeen。ithinkshewasurderedforaveryspecificreason—itwasn’tsoeactofadnessorarapeoranythinglikethat。ifwehadknowntheotive；we’dhaveknownwhokilledher。”morell. pedtothinkforaoent。“theurderayhavebeenittedspontaneously。bythatieanthatsoeoneseizedanopportunitywhenitpresenteditselfintheingandgoinginthewakeoftheaident。theurdererhidthebodyandthenatsoelatertiereoveditwhileweweresearchingforher。”
“we’retalkingaboutsoeonewhohasnervesofice。”
“there’sonedetail…harrietwenttohenrik’sroowantingtospeaktohi。inhindsight；itseestoeastrangewaytobehave—sheknewhehadhishandsfullwithalltherelativeswhowerehangingaround。ithinkharrietaliverepresentedagravethreattosoeone；thatshewasgoingtotellhenriksoething；andthattheurdererknewshewasaboutto…well；spillthebeans。”
“andhenrikwasbusywithseveralfailyebers？”
“therewerefourpeopleintheroo；besideshenrik。hisbrothergreger；acousinnaedmagnussj？gren；andtwoofharald’schildren；birgerandcecilia。butthatdoesn’ttellusanything。let’ssupposethatharriethaddiscoveredthatsoeonehadebezzledoneyfrothepany—hypothetically；ofcourse。sheayhaveknownaboutitforonths；andatsoepointsheayevenhavediscusseditwiththepersoninquestion。sheayhavetriedtoblackailhi；orsheayhavefeltsorryforhiandfeltuneasyaboutexposinghi。sheayhavedecidedallofasuddenandtoldtheurdererso；andheindesperationkilledher。”
“you’vesaid‘he’and‘hi。’”
“thesaysthatostkillersareen。butit’salsotruethatinthevangerfailyareseveralwoenwhoarerealfirebrands。”
“i’veetisabella。”
“she’soneofthe。butthereareothers。ceciliavangercanbeextreelycaustic。haveyouetsarasj？gren？”
blokvistshookhishead。
“she’sthedaughterofsofiavanger；oneofhenrik’scousins。inhercasewe’retalkingaboutatrulyunpleasantandinconsideratelady。butshewaslivinginmal？；andasfarasicouldascertain；shehadnootiveforkillingthegirl。”
“soshe’soffthelist。”
“theprobleisthatnoatterhoetwistedandturnedthings；wenevercaeupwithaotive。that’stheiportantthing。”
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