birger and gunnar have been any years.”
“i see.”
“torsson will be fired forthwith.”
“how old is he?”
“to tell you the truth, i don’t know. i’ve him.”
“don’t fire him. when he called me he sounded like a very young and inexperieer.”
“this ’t be allowed to pass without ces.”
“if you iio absurd, wheor in chief of a publied by the vanger family goes oast another publi whirik vanger is a part owner and on whose board you sit. your editor, karlman, is attag you and henrik.”
“i see what you mean, and i ought to lay the blame where it belongs. karlman is a part owion and has alot-shots at me, but this seems more like birger’s revenge because you had a run-in with him at the hospital. you’re a thorn in his side.”
“i believe it. that’s why i think torsso persoakes a lot for ao say he boss instructs him to write somethiain way.”
“i and that you be given an apology tomorrow.”
“better not. it would just turn into a long, drawn-out squabble that would make the situation worse.”
“so you don’t think i should do anything?”
“it wouldn’t be any use. karlman would kick up a fuss a case you’d be painted as a villain who, in his capacity as owrying to stamp on the freedom of expression.”
“pardon me, mikael, but i doh you. as a matter of fact, i also have the right to express my opinio this artiks—ao make my own point of view clear. however relutly, i’m he on millennium’s board, and in that role i am not goi aicle like this one pass unged.”
“fair enough.”
“so i’m goihe right to respond. and if i make karlman look like an idiot, he has oo blame.”
“you must do what you believe is right.”
“for me, it’s also important that you absolutely uhat i have nothio do with this vitriolic attack.”
“i believe you,” blomkvist said.
“besides—i did t this up now, but this just serves to illustrate what we’ve already discussed. it’s importaall you on milleorial board so that we show a uo the world. as long as you’re away, the gossip will ue. i believe in millennium, and i’m ced that we this fight together.”
“i see your point, but now it’s my turn to disagree with you. i ’t break my tract with henrik, a is that i wouldn’t wa. you see, i really like him. and this thing with harriet…”
“yes?”
“i know it’s a running sore for you ahat henrik has bee for many years.”
“just betweewo of us—i do love henrik and he is my mentor—but wheo harriet, he’s almost off his rocker.”
“whehis job i ’t help thinking that it was a waste of time. but i thihe verge h and that it might now be possible to knoened.”
blomkvist read doubt in martin va last he made a de.
“ok, in that case the best thing we do is to solve the mystery of harriet as quickly as possible. i’ll give you all the support i so that you fio your satisfad, of course, henrik’s—ao millennium.”
“good. so i wo with you too.”
“no, you won’t. you y help whenever you run into a problem. i’ll make dam birger won’t put any sort of obsta your way. and i’ll try to talk to ce her down.”
“thank you. i o ask her some questions, and she’s beei versation for a month now.”
martin vanger laughed. “perhaps you have other issues to iron out. but i wo i.”
they shook hands.
salander had listehe versatioi she reached for the hedestad d sed the article. she put the paper down without making a.
blomkvist sat ihinking. gunnar karlman was born in 1948 and would have beeeen in 1966. he was ohe people on the isla disappeared.
after breakfast he asked his research assistahrough the police repave her all the photographs of the at, as well as the ler’s owions.
blomkvist theo frode’s house and asked him kindly to draw up a for salander as a research assista month.
by the time he returage, salander had decamped to the garden and was immersed in the police repo
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