第 19 部分阅读
vanger’svoicewassuddenlysharp。“iwon’tpretendtounderstandhowthehellyoucouldwalkintosuchainefield。ican’trecallasiilarstoryexceptperhapsthelundahlaffairinexpresseninthesixties；ifyouyoungstershaveeverheardofit。wasyoursourcealsoaythoaniac？”heshookhisheadandturnedtobergerandsaidquietly；“i’vebeenanewspaperpublisherinthepast；andicanbeoneagain。whatwouldyousaytotakingonanotherpartner？”
thequestioncaelikeaboltoutoftheblue；butbergerdidnotseetheleastbitsurprised。
“telleore；”shesaid。
vangersaid：“howlongareyoustayinginhedestad？”
“i’goinghoetoorrow。”
“wouldyouconsider—youandmikael；ofcourse—huouringanoldanbyjoiningefordinnertonight？would7：00suit？”
“thatwouldsuitusfine。we’dloveit。butyou’renotansweringthequestioniasked。whywouldyouwanttobeapartnerinmillenniu？”
“i’notavoidingthequestion。ijustthoughtwecoulddiscussitoverdinner。ihavetotalkwithylawyerbeforeicanputtogetheraconcreteoffer。butinallsiplicityicansaythatihaveoneytoinvest。iftheagazinesurvivesandstartsakingaprofitagain；theni’lleoutahead。ifnot—well；i’vehadsignificantlybiggerlossesinyday。”
blokvistwasabouttoopenhisouthwhenbergerputherhandonhisknee。
“mikaelandihavefoughthardsothatwecouldbepletelyindependent。”
“nonsense。no…oneispletelyindependent。buti’notouttotakeovertheagazine；andidon’tgiveadanaboutthecontents。thatbastardstenbeckgotallsortsofpointsforpublishingmodernties；sowhycan’tibackmillenniu？whichhappenstobeanexcellentagazine；bytheway。”
“doesthishaveanythingtodowithwennerstr？？”blokvistsaid。
vangersiled。“mikael；i’eightyyearsplus。therearethingsiregretnotdoingandpeopleiregretnotfightingore。but；aproposthi. ic—”heturnedtobergeragain。“thistypeofinvestentwouldhaveatleastonecondition。”
“let’shearit；”bergersaid。
“mikaelblokvistustresuehispositionaspublisher。”
“no；”blokvistsnapped。
“butyes；”vangersaid；equallycurt。“wennerstr？willhaveastrokeifwesendoutapressreleasesayingthatthevangercorporationisbackingmillenniu；andatthesaetieyou’rereturningaspublisher。that’sabsolutelytheclearestsignalwecouldsend—everyonewillunderstandthatit’snotatakeoverandthattheeditorialpolicieswon’tchange。andthatalonewillgivetheadvertiserswhoarethinkingofpullingoutreasontoreconsider。wennerstr？isn’tonipotent。hehaseneiestoo；andtherearepaniesnewtoyouthatwillconsidertakingspace。”
“whatthehellwasthatallabout？”blokvistsaidassoonasbergerpulledthefrontdoorshut。
“ithinkit’swhatyoucalladvanceprobesforabusinessdeal；”shesaid。“youdidn’ttellethathenrikvangerissuchasweetie。”
blokvistplantedhiselfinfrontofher。“ricky；youknewexactlywhatthisconversationwasgoingtobeabout。”
“hey；toyboy。it’sonly3：00；andiwanttobeproperlyentertainedbeforedinner。”
blokvistwasenraged。buthehadneveranagedtobeenragedaterikabergerforverylong。
sheworeablackdress；awaist…lengthjacket；andpups；whichshejusthappenedtohavebroughtalonginherlittlesuitcase。sheinsistedthatblokvistwearajacketandtie。heputonhisblacktrousers；agreyshirt；darktie；andgreysportscoat。whentheyknockedpunctuallyonthedoorofvanger’shoe；itturnedoutthatdirchfrodeandmartinvangerwerealsoaongtheguests。everyonewaswearingajacketandtieexceptforvanger。
“theadvantageofbeingovereightyisthatno…onecancriticisewhatyouwear；”hedeclared。heworeabowtieandabrowncardigan。
bergerwasinhighspiritsthroughoutthedinner。
itwasnotuntiltheyovedtothedrawingroowiththefireplaceandcognacwaspouredthatthediscussiontookonaserioustone。theytalkedforalosttwohoursbeforetheyhadtheoutlineforadealonthetable。
frodewouldsetupapanytobewhollyownedbyhenrikvanger；theboardwouldconsistofhenrikandmartinvangerandfrode。overafour…yearperiod；thispanywouldinvestasuofoneythatwouldcoverthegapbetweenineandexpensesformillenniu。theoneywouldefrovanger’spersonalassets。inreturn；vangerwouldhaveaconspicuouspositionontheagazine’sboard。theagreeentwouldbevalidforfouryears；butitcouldbeterinatedbymillenniuaftertwoyears。butthistypeofpreatureterinationwouldbecostly；sincevangercouldonlybeboughtoutbyrepayentofthesuhehadinvested。
intheeventofvanger’sdeath；martinvangerwouldreplacehionthemillenniuboardforthereainderoftheperiodduringwhichtheagreeentwasvalid。ifmartinwishedtocontinuehisinvolveentbeyondthisperiod；hecouldakethatdecisionhiselfwhenthetiecae。heseeedausedbytheprospectofgettingevenwithwennerstr？；andblokvistwonderedagainwhattheoriginwasoftheaniositybetweenthosetwo。
martinrefilledtheirglasses。vangeradeapointofleaningtowardsblokvist；andinalowvoicetoldhithatthisnewarrangeenthadnoeffectwhatsoeverontheagreeentthatexistedbetweenthe。blokvistcouldresuehisdutiesaspublisherfull…tieattheendoftheyear。
itwasalsodecidedthatthereanisation；inordertohavethegreatestipactintheedia；shouldbepresentedonthesaedaythatblokvistbeganhisprisonsentenceinid…march。biningastronglynegativeeventwithareanisationwas；inprters；suchaclusyerrorthatitcouldnotbutastonishblokvist’sdetractorsandgarneroptiuattentionforhenrikvanger’snewrole。buteveryonealsosawthelogicinit—itwasawayofindicatingthattheyellowplagueflagflutteringovermillenniu’seditorialofficeswasabouttobehauleddown；theagazinehadbackerswhowerewillingtoberuthless。thevangercorporationightbeinacrisis；butitwasstillaproinentindustrialfirwhichcouldgoontheoffenceiftheneedarose。
thewholeconversationwasadiscussionbetweenberger；ononeside；andhenrikandmartinvangerontheother。no…oneaskedblokvistwhathethought。
latethatnightblokvistlaywithhisheadrestingonerika’sbreasts；lookingintohereyes。
“howlonghaveyouandhenrikvangerbeendiscussingthisarrangeent？”
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“aboutaweek；”shesaid；siling。
“ischristerinagreeent？”
“ofcourse。”
“whydidn’tyoutelle？”
“whyintheworldshouldidiscussitwithyou？youresignedaspublisher；youlefttheeditorialstaffandtheboard；andyouwenttoliveinthewoods。”
“soideservetobetreatedlikeanidiot。”
“ohyes；”shesaid。“decidedlyyoudo。”
“youreallyhavebeenadate。”
“mikael；i’veneverfeltsofurious；soabandoned；andsobetrayedaswhenyouleft。i’veneverbeenthisupsetwithyoubefore。”shetookafirgriponhishairandthenshovedhifartherdowninthebed。
bythetiebergerlefthedebyonsunday；blokvistwasstillsoannoyedwithvangerthathedidnotwanttoriskrunningintoeitherhioranyothereberofhisclan。instead；onmondayhetookthebusintohedestadandspenttheafternoonwalkinginthetown；visitingthelibrary；anddrinkingcoffeeinabakery。intheeveninghewenttothecineatoseethelordoftherings；whichhehadneverbeforehadtietosee。hethoughtthatorcs；unlikehuanbeings；weresipleandunplicatedcreatures。
heendedhisoutingatmcdonald’sinhedestadandcaughtthelastbustohedeby。headecoffee；tookoutabinder；andsatatthekitchentable。hereaduntil4：00intheorning。
therewereanuberofquestionsregardingtheinvestigationthatseeedincreasinglyoddthefurtherblokvistwentthroughthedocuents。theywerenotrevolutionarydiscoveriesthatheadeallonhisown；theywereproblesthathadpreoupiedinspectormorellforlongperiods；especiallyinhisfreetie。
duringthelastyearofherlife；harriethadchanged。insoewaysthischangecouldbeexplainedasthechangethateveryonegoesthroughinonefororanotherduringtheirteenageyears。harrietwasgrowingup。classates；teachers；andseveralebersofthefaily；howe
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