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“youadeaistake.”
shehadquotedfroatextthatwasonlyonhisputer.
salandersatinsilence.finallyshelookedupathi,hereyesexpressionless.
“howdidyoudoit？”heasked.
“mysecret.whatareyouthinkingofdoingaboutit？”
mikaelshrugged.
“whatcanido？”
“it’sexactlywhatyoudoasajournalist.”
“ofcourse.andthat’swhywejournalistshaveahicsitteethatkeepstrackoftheoralissues.wheniwriteanarticleaboutsoebastardinthebankingindustry,ileaveout,forinstance,hisorherprivatelife.idon’tsaythataferisalesbianorgetsturnedonbyhavingsexwithherdogoranythinglikethat,evenifithappenstobetrue.bastardstoohavearighttotheirprivatelives.doesthatakesense？”
“yes.”
“soyouencroachedonyintegrity.myeployerdoesn’tneedtoknohoihavesexwith.that’sybusiness.”
salander’sfacewascreasedbyacrookedsile.
“youthinkishouldn’thaveentionedthat？”
“inycaseitdidn’takealotofdifference.halfthecityknowsaboutyrelationshipwitherika.butit’saatterofprinciple.”
“inthatcase,itightauseyoutoknowthatialsohaveprinciplesparabletoyourethicsittee’s.icallthesalander’sprinciples.oneoftheisthatabastardisalwaysabastard,andificanhurtabastardbydiggingupshitabouthi,thenhedeservesit.”
“ok,”blokvistsaid.“myreasoningisn’ttoodifferentfroyours,but…”
“butthethingisthatwhenidoapi,ialsolookatwhatithinkabouttheperson.i’notneutral.ifthepersonseeslikeagoodsort,iighttonedownyreport.”
“really？”
“inyourcaseitoneditdown.icouldhavewrittenaaboutyoursexlife.icouldhaveentionedtofrodethaterikabergerhasapastinclubxtreeandplayedaroundwithbdsmintheeighties—whichwouldhaveproptedcertainunavoidablenotionsaboutyoursexlifeandhers.”
blokvistetsalander’sgaze.afteraoenthelaughed.
“you’rereallyeticulous,aren’tyou？whydidn’tyouputitinthereport？”
“youareadultswhoobviouslylikeeachother.whatyoudoinbedisnobody’sbusiness,andtheonlythingiwouldhaveachievedbytalkingaboutherwastohurtbothofyou,o. rovidesoeonewithblackailaterial.idon’tknowfrode—therationcouldhaveendedupwithwennerstr？.”
“andyoudon’twan. rovidewennerstr？withration？”
“ifihadtochoosebetweenyouandhi,i’dprobablyendupinyourcourt.”
“erikaandihavea…ourrelationshipis…”
“please,ireallydon’tgiveatossaboutwhatsortofrelationshipyouhave.butyouhaven’tansweredyquestion:whatdoyouplantodoaboutyhackingintoyourputer？”
“lisbeth,i’notheretoblackailyou.i’heretoaskyoutohelpedosoeresearch.youcansayyesorno.ifyousayno,fine,i’llfindsoeoneelseandyou’llneverhearfroeagain.”
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whilehewaitedforwordonwhethervangerwasgoin. ullthroughornot,blokvistspentthedaysgoingoverhisaterials.hekeptinclosetouchwithfrode.onthursdayeveningfrodebroughthithenewsthattheiediatecrisisseeedtobeover.
“iwasabletotalktohiforawhiletoday.hewantstoseeyouassoonaspossible.”
soitwasthat,around1:00ontheafternoonofmidsuereve,blokvistdrovetohedestadhospitalandwentinsearchoftheward.heencounteredanangrybirgervanger,whoblockedhisway.henrikcouldnotpossiblyreceivevisitors,hesaid.
“that’sodd,”blokvistsaid,“henriksentwordsayingthatheexpresslywantedtoseeetoday.”
“you’renotaeberofthefaily；youhavenobusinesshere.”
“you’reright.i’notaeberofthefaily.buti’workingforhenrikvanger,anditakeordersonlyfrohi.”
thisighthaveledtoaheatedexchangeiffrodehadnotatthatoenteoutofvanger’sroo.
“oh,thereyouare.henrikhasbeenaskingafteryou.”
frodeheldopenthedoorandblokvistwalkedpastbirgerintotheroo.
vangerlookedtohaveagedtenyears.hewaslyingwithhiseyeshalfclosed,anoxygentubeinhisnose,andhishairoredishevelledthanever.anurse. pedblokvist,puttingahandfirlyonhisar.
“twoinutes.noore.anddon’tupsethi.”blokvistsatonavisitor’schairsothathecouldseevanger’sface.hefeltatendernessthatastonishedhi,andhestretchedouthishandtogentlysqueezetheoldan’shand.
“anynews？”thevoicewasweak.
blokvistnodded.
“i’llgiveyouareportassoonasyou’rebetter.ihaven’tsolvedtheysteryyet,buti’vefoundorenewstuffandi’followingupanuberofleads.inaweek,perhapstwo,i’llbeabletotelltheresults.”
theostvangercouldanagewastoblink,indicatingthatheunderstood.
“ihavetobeawayforafewdays.”
henrikraisedhiseyebrows.
“i’notjupingship.ihavesoeresearchtodo.i’vereachedanagreeentwithdirchthatishouldreporttohi.isthatokwithyou？”
“dirchis…yan…inallatters.”
blokvistsqueezedvanger’shandagain.
“mikael…ifidon’t…iwantyouto…finishthejob.”
“iwillfinishthejob.”
“dirchhas…full…”
“henrik,iwantyoutogetbetter.i’dbefuriouswithyouifyouwentanddiedafteri’veadesuchprogress.”
“twoinutes,”thenursesaid.
“nexttiewe’llhavealongtalk.”
birgervangerwaswaitingforhiwhenhecaeout.he. pedhibylayingahandonhisshoulder.
“idon’twantyoubotheringhenrikanyore.he’sveryill,andhe’snotsupposedtobeupsetordisturbed.”
“iunderstandyourconcern,andisypathise.andi’notgoingtoupsethi.”
“everyoneknowsthathenrikhiredyo. okearoundinhislittlehobby…harriet.dirchsaidthathenrikbecaeveryupsetafteraconversationyouhadwithhibeforehehadtheheartattack.heevensaidthatyouthoughtyouhadcausedtheattack.”
“idon’tthinksoanyore.henrikhadsevereblockagesinhisarteries.hecouldhavehadaheartattackjustbyhavingapee.i’sureyouknowthatbynow.”
“iwantfulldisclosureintothislunacy.thisisyfailyyou’reuckingaroundin.”
“itoldyou,iworkforhenrik,notforthefaily.”
birgervangerwasapparentlynotusedtohavinganyonestanduptohi.foraoenthestaredatblokvistwithanexpressionthatwaspresuablyeanttoinst
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