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thirteenpercentofthewoeninswedenhavebeensubjectedtoaggravatedsexualassaultoutsideofasexualrelationship。
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friday；may16–saturday；may31
mikaelblokvistwasreleasedfrorull？kerprisononfriday；may16；twoonthsafterhewasaditted。thesaedayheenteredthefacility；hehadsubittedanapplicationforparole；withnogre. tiis。heneverdidquiteunderstandthetechnicalreasonsbehindhisrelease；butitayhavehadsoethingtodowiththefactthathedidnotuseanyholidayleaveandthattheprisonpopulationwasforty…twowhilethenuberofbedswasthirty…one。inanycase；thewarden—petersarowsky；aforty…year…oldpolishexile—withwhoblokvistgotalongwell；wroteareendationthathissentencebereduced。
histieatrull？kerhadbeenunstressfulandpleasantenough。theprisonhadbeendesigned；assarowskyexpressedit；forhooligansanddrunkdrivers；notforhardenedcriinals。thedailyroutinesreindedhioflivinginayouthhostel。hisfellowprisoners；halfofwhoweresecond…generationiigrants；regardedblokvistassoethingofararebirdinthegroup。hewastheonlyinatetoappearonthetvnews；whichlenthiacertainstatus。
onhisfirstday；hewascalledratalkandofferedtherapy；trainingfrokovux；ortheopportunityforotheradulteducation；andoupationalcounselling。hedidnotfeelanyneedatallforsocialrehabilitation；hehadpletedhisstudies；hethought；andhealreadyhadajob。ontheotherhand；heaskedforperissiontokeephisiinhiscellsothathecouldcontinuetoworkonthehewasissionedtowrite。hisrequestwasgrantedwithoutfurtherado；andsarowskyarrangedtobringhialockablecabisothathecouldleavetheputerinhiscell。notthatanyoftheinateswouldhavestolenorvandaliseditoranythinglikethat。theyratherkeptaprotectiveeyeonhi。
inthiswayblokvistspenttwoonthsworkingaboutsixhoursadayonthevangerfailychronicle；workthatwasinterruptedonlybyafewhoursofcleaningorrecreationeachday。blokvistandtwoothers；oneofwhocaefrosk？vdeandhadhisrootsinchile；wereassignedtocleantheprisongyeachday。recreationconsistedofwatchingtv；playingcards；orweighttraining。blokvistdiscoveredthathewasapassablepokerplayer；buthestilllostafewfifty…？recoinseveryday。regulationsperittedplayingforoneyifthetotalpotdidnotexceedfivekronor。
hewastoldofhisreleaseonlyonedaybefore。sarowskysuonedhitohisofficeandtheysharedatoastwithaquavit。
blokvistwentstraightbacktothecabininhedeby。whenhewalkedupthefrontstepsheheardaeowandfoundhiselfescortedbythereddish…browncat。
“ok；youcanein；”hesaid。“butihavenoilkyet。”
heunpackedhisbags。itwasasifhehadbeenonholiday；andherealisedthatheactuallyissedthepanyofsarowskyandhisfellowprisoners。absurdasitseeed；hehadenjoyedhistieatrull？ker；buthisreleasehadesounexpectedlythathehadhadnotietoletanyoneknow。
itwasjustafter6：00intheevening。hehurriedovertokonsutobuygroceriesbeforetheyclosed。whenhegothoehecalledberger。aessagesaidshewasunavailable。heaskedforhertocallhithenextday。
thenhewalkeduptohiseployer’shouse。hefoundvangeronthegroundfloor。theoldanraisedhiseyebrowsinsurprisewhenhesawmikael。
“didyouescape？”
“releasedearly。”
“that’sasurprise。”
“foretoo。ifoundoutlastnight。”
theylookedateachotherforafewseconds。thentheoldansurprisedblokvistbythrowinghisarsaroundhiandgivinghiabearhug。
“iwasjustabouttoeat。joine。”
annaproducedagreatquantityofbaconpancakeswithlingonberries。theysatthereinthediningrooandtalkedforalosttwohours。blokvisttoldhiabouthowfarhehadgotwiththefailychronicle；andwheretherewereholesandgaps。theydidnottalkatallaboutharriet；butvangertoldhiallaboutmillenniu。
“wehadaboardeeting。fr？kenbergerandyourpartnermalwerekindenoughtoovetwooftheeetingsuphere；whiledirchstoodreataeetinginstockhol。ireallywishiwereafewyearsyounger；butthetruthisthatit’stootiringforetotravelsofar。i’lltrytogetdownthereduringthesuer。”
“noreasonnottoholdtheeetingsuphere；”blokvistsaid。“sohowdoesitfeeltobeapartowneroftheagazine？”
vangergavehiawrysile。
“it’sactuallytheostfuni’vehadinyears。i’vetakenalookatthefinances；andtheylookprettyfair。iwon’thav. utupasuchoneyasithought—thegapbetweenineandexpensesisdwindling。”
“italkedwitherikathisweek。shesaysthatadvertisingrevenuehasperkedup。”
“it’sstartingtoturnaround；yes；butit’lltaketie。atfirstthepaniesinthevangercorporationwentinandboughtupabunchoffullpageads。buttwoforeradvertisers—obiletelephonesandatravelbureau—haveeback。”hesiledbroadly。“we’realsodoingalittleoreone…to…onehustlingaongwennerstr？’seneies。and；believee；there’salonglist。”
“haveyouhearddirectlyfrowennerstr？？”
“well；notreally。butweleakedastorythatwennerstr？isanisingtheboycottofmillenniu。thatusthaveadehilookpetty。areporteratdnissaidtohavereachedhiandgotasurlyreply。”
“youareenjoyingthis；aren’tyou？”
“enjoyisn’ttheword。ishouldhavedevotedyselftothisyearsago。”
“whatisitbetweenyouandwennerstr？；anyway？”
“don’teventry。you’llfindoutattheendofyouryear。”
whenblokvistleftvangeraround9：00therewasadistinctfeelingofspringintheair。itwasdarkoutsideandhehesitatedforaoent。thenheadehisfailiarcircuitandknockedonthedoorofceciliavanger’shouse。
hewasn’tsurewhatheexpected。ceciliaopenedhereyeswideandinstantlylookedunfortableasshelethiintothehall。theystoodthere；suddenlyunsureofeachother。shetooaskedifhehadescaped；andheexplainedthesituation。
“ijustwantedtosayhello。aiinterruptingsoething？”
sheavoidedhiseyes。mikaelcouldsenseatoncethatshewasn’tparticularlygladtoseehi。
“no…no；ein。wouldyoulikesoecoffee？”
“iwould。”
hefollowedherintothekitchen。shestoodwithherbacktohiasshefilledthecoffeeakerwithwater。heputahandonhershoulder；andshestiffened。
“cecilia；youdon’tlookasifyouwanttogiveecoffee。”
“iwasn’texpectingyouforanotheronth；”shesaid。“yousurprisede。”
heturnedheraroundsothathecouldseeherface。theystoodinsilenceforaoent。shestillwouldnotlookhiintheeye。
“cecilia。fetaboutthecoffee。what’sgoingon？”
sheshookherheadandtookadeepbreath。
“mikael；i’dlikeyoutoleave。don’task。justleave。”
mikaelfirstwalkedbacktothecottage；butpausedatthegate；undecided。insteadofgoinginhewentdowntothewaterbythebridgeandsatonarock。hesokedacigarettewhilehesortedouthisthoughtsandwonderedwhatcouldhavesodraaticallychangedceciliavanger’sattitudetowardshi。
hesuddenlyheardthesoundofanengineandsawabigwhiteboatslipintothesoundbeneaththebridge。whenitpassed；mikaelsawthatitwasmartinvangerstandingatthewheel；withhisgazefocusedonavoidingsunkenrocksinthewater。theboatwasaforty…foototorcruiser—anipressivebundleofpower。hestoodupandtookthebeachpath。hediscoveredthatseveralboatswerealreadyinthewateratvariousdocks；aixtureofotorboatsandsailingboats。therewereseveralpetterssonboats；andatonedockanif…classyachtwasrockinginthewake。otherboatswerelargerandoreexpensivevessels。henoticedahallberg…rassy。theboatsalsoindicatedtheclassdistributionofhedeby’sarina—martinvangerhadwithoutadoubtthel
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