knoy door, here in st. albans. he’s askiions about ened in 1966. he khing.”
agaihen a anding voice.
“anita. put dowelephht have any tact for a while.”
“but…”
“write a letter. tell me what’s going ohe versation was over.
“sharp chider said.
they returel just before 11:00. the front desk mahem to reserve seats o available flight to australia. soon they had reservations on a pla 7:05 the following eveiing in singapore.
this was sala visit to lohe m walking from t garden through soho. they stopped to have a caffe latte on old pto. around 3:00 they were back at the hotel to collect their luggage. while blomkvist paid the bill, salaurned on her mobile. she had a text message.
“armansky says to ce.”
she used a telephohe lobby. blomkvist, who was standing a short distanotider turn to him with a frozen expression on her face. he was at her side at once.
“what is it?”
“my mother died. i have to go home.”
salander looked so unhappy that he put his arms around her. she pushed him away.
they sat iel bar. when blomkvist said that he would cel the reservations to australia and go ba with her, she shook her head.
“no,” she said. “we ’t screw up the job now. you’ll have to go by yourself.”
they parted outside the hotel, eaaking for a different airport.
chapter 26
tuesday, july 15–thursday, july 17
blomkvist flew from melbouro aligs. after that he had to choose either to charter a plao rent a aining 250-mile trip o go by car.
an uh the bibliature of joshua, lague’s or possibly trinity’s mysterious iiowork, had left an envelope for him at the formatio melbour.
the anita had called beloo a place called farm. it station. an article pulled off the i gave a snapshot guide.
australia: population of 18 million; sheep farmers, 53,000; approx. 120 million head of sheep. the export of rox. 3.5 billion dollars annually. australia exports 700 million tons of mutton and lamb, plus skins f. eat and wool produe of the ost important industries…
farm, founded 1891 by jeremy , australia’s fifth largest agricultural enterprise, approx 60,000 merino sheep (wool sidered espee). the station also raised cattle, pigs, and s. farm had impressive ao the u.s.a., japan, d europe.
the personal biographies were fasg.
in 1972 farm passed down from raymond to spencer , educ. oxford. spen 1994, and farm run by widow. blomkvist found her in a blurry, low-resolution photograph dowhe farm website. it shoith short blonde hair, her face partially hidden, shearing a sheep.
ag to joshua’s he couple had married in italy in 1971.
her a .
blomkvist stht in a dried-up hole of a town with the hopeful name of wannado. at the local pub he ate roast mutton ahree pints along with some locals who all called him “mate.”
last thi to bed he called berger in new york.
“i’m sorry, ricky, but i’ve been so busy that i haven’t had time to call.”
“what the hell is going on?” she exploded. “christer d told me that martin vanger had been killed in a car at.”
“it’s a long story.”
“and why don’t you aelephone? i’ve been g like crazy for two days.”
“it doesn’t work here.”
“where is here?”
“right now i’m about oy-five miles north of aligs. in australia, that is.”
mikael had rarely maer. this time she was sileen seds.
“and what are you doing in australia? if i might ask.”
“i’m finishing up the job. i’ll be ba a few days. i just called to tell you that my work fer is almost done.”
he arrived at farm around noon the following day, to be told that anita station near a place called makawaka seventy-five miles farther west.
it was 4:00 iernooime mikael found his way there on dusty back roads. he stopped at a gate where some sheep rahered around the hood of a jeep having coffee. blomkvist got out and explai he was looking for anita . they all turowards a musc
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