would then shoot down. blomkvist tried to maiain distan his assighere were moments when he found himself hopelessly fasated by the enigma of the girl’s disappearance.
blomkvist had assured berger that he would also formulate a strategy f up the battle with wer?m, but after a moad he had opehe files whi to the do the district the trary, he had deliberately pushed the matter aside because every time he thought about wer?m and his own situation, he would sink into depression and listlessness. he woher he was going crazy like the old man. his professioion had imploded, and his means was to hide himself away in a tiny town iry, g ghosts.
vaell that blomkvist was on some days a bit off balahe end of january, the old man made a de that surprised even himself. he picked up the telephone ao. the versatioy minutes a largely with mikael blomkvist.
it had taken almost that whole mer’s fury to subside. at 9:30 in the evenihe last days in january, she called him.
“are you really io stay up there?” she began. the call rise that blomkvist ot at first reply. then he smiled ahe blaer around him.
“hi, ricky. you should try it yourself.”
“hat is s about living in the back of beyond?”
“i just brushed my teeth with ice water. it makes my fillings hurt.”
“you have oo blame. but it’s cold as hell dowo too.”
“let’s hear the worst.”
“we’ve lost two-thirds ular advertisers. ht out and say it, but…”
“i k of the o jump ship. someday we’ll do a good story on them.”
“micke…i’ve run the numbers, a rope iisers, we’ll be bust by the autumn. it’s as simple as that.”
“things will turn around.”
she laughed wearily oher end of the line.
“that’s hing you estling up there in laplander hell.”
“erika, i’m…”
“i know. a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do, and all that crap. you doo say anything. i’m sorry i was such a bitd didn’t answer yes. we start again? do i dare e up there to see you?”
“whenever you like.”
“do i a rifle with wolf-shot?”
“not at all. we’ll have our os, dog teams and all the gear. when are you ing?”
“friday evening, ok?”
apart from the narrow shovelled path to the door, there was about three feet of she property. blomkvist gave the shovel a long, critical look ao nilssoo ask whether berger could park her bmw there. that roblem; they had room in the de, and they even had eers.
berger drh the afternoon and arrived around 6:00. they stared at each other warily for several sed theher for muger.
there was not much to see in the darkhe illuminated d both konsum and susanne’s bridge café were g up. so they hurried home. blomkvist ner while berger poked around in his house, making remarks about the issues asihe fifties that were still there, aing engrossed ihe office.
they had lamb cutlets with potatoes in cream saud drank red wine. blomkvist tried to take up the thread of their earlier versation, but berger was in no mood to discuss millennium. ialked for two hours about what blomkvist was doing up there and how he and vaing ohey wehe bed was big enough to hold both of them.
her third meeting with advokat nils bjurman was rescheduled, and fi for 5:00 on that same friday afternoon. at the previous meetings, salander was greeted by a middle-aged woman who smelled of musk and worked as his secretary. this time she had left for the day, and bjurmaly of drink. he waved salao a visitor’s d leafed distractedly through the do his desk until he seemed suddenly to bee aware of her presence.
it turo be aerrogation. this time he asked sala her sex life—which she had ion of disg with anyone.
after the meeti she had ha badly. at first she refused to answer his questions. his iion of this was that she was shy, retarded, or had something to hide, and he pressed her for answers. salahat he was not going to give up, siving him brief, colourless ahe sort she assumed would fit with her psycholog
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