huffle the deck by putting out a press release saying that henrik vanger is an old has-been who’s still trying to steal some business from him, and then he’ll probably claim that he was a orders from henrik. eve prove his inno lay down enough smoke ss that ake the story seriously.”
frode looked unhappy.
“you e,” blomkvist said.
“that wasn’t our iion.”
“i blame myself. i ing at straws, and i should have realised it was somethi.” he laughed abruptly. “henrik is an old shark. he was selling a produe what i wa’s time you went, dirch.”
“mikael…i’m sorry that…”
“dirch. go.”
sala ko go over to blomkvist or to leave him in peace. he solved the problem for her by pig up his jacket without a word and slamming the door behind him.
for more than aed restlessly i. she felt so bad that she cleared the table ahe dishes—a role she usually left to blomkvist. she weo the wihere was any sign of him. finally she was so hat she put o ao look for him.
first she walked to the maris were still on in the s, but there was no sign of him. she followed the path aloer where they usually t walks. martin vanger’s house was dark and already looked abando to the rocks at the poihey had often sat talking, and the bae. he still had urned.
she went to the church. still no sig a loss to know what to do. theo her motor d got a flashlight from the saddlebag a off aloer again. it took her a ay along the half-rown road, and eveo fio gottfried’s . it loomed out of the darkness behirees when she had almost reached it. he was not on the pord the door was locked.
she had turowards the village wheopped a back, all the way out to the poi sight of blomkvist’s silhouette in the darkhe ey where harriet vanger had drowher. she sighed with relief.
he heard her as she came out oy, aurned arou dowo him without a word. at last he broke the silence.
“five me. i had to be alone for a while.”
“i know.”
she lit two cigarettes and gave him one. blomkvist looked at her. salahe most aso being he had ever met. usually she igempt on his part to talk about anything personal, and she had ed a single expression of sympathy. she had saved his life, aracked him out here i. he put an arm around her.
“nohat my price is,” he said. “we’ve forsakehey’re going to bury the whole st in marti will be vato oblivion.”
sala answer.
“erika was right,” he said. “i would have dood if i’d goo spain for a month and then e refreshed and taker?m. i’ve wasted all these months.”
“if you’d goo spain, martin vanger would still be i.”
they sat together f time befested that they go home.
blomkvist fell asleep before salander. she lay awake listening to him breathe. after a while she wed sat in the dark og several cigarettes as she brooded. she had taken it fra vanger a . it was iure. but it was blomkvist’s problem, not hers. or was it?
at last she made a de. she stubbed arette ahe bedroom, turhe lamp, and shook mikael awake. it was 2:30 in the m.
“what?”
“i’ve got a question. sit up.”
blomkvist sat up, drunk with sleep.
“wheed, why didn’t you defend yourself?”
blomkvist rubbed his eyes. he looked at the clock.
“it’s a long story, lisbeth.”
“i’ve got time. tell me.”
he sat f while, p what he should say. finally he de the truth.
“i had he informatioicle was wrong.”
“when i haputer and read your email exge with berger, there were plenty of referehe wer?m affair, but you two kept disg practical details about the trial and nothing about e was it that went wrong?”
“lisbeth, i ’t let the real stet out. i fell into a trap. erika ae clear that it would damage our credibility eveold a really happened.”
“listen, kalle blomkvist, yesterday afternoon you sat here preag about friendship and trust and st
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