15 in the morning 15 in the morning. I checked out the story behind the Bellona apartment. but he also gave lectures from time to time at S. and it was his job to see to it that it stayed intact. But she could see that he was lost in his own thoughts. You can decide nearer the time. he??s turned up Drottninggatan heading north. he was suspected of running errands for the Yugoslav mafia.?? They said goodbye. which he at once identified as belonging to the Security Police. She stared in frustration at the blinking screen. In Sweden this function is divided between two institutions. the day the Salander trial begins.?? She met his gaze.?? ??You mean we should ???? Nieminen had already decided that Niedermann had to be got rid of. They take care of their normal jobs and do some discreet moonlighting for us should the need or opportunity arise. the patient might die or perhaps wake up disabled for life.?? Jonasson looked again at the unconscious patient??s face. I was in the police for six years and I??ve worked at Milton for four.?? Karim said. ?? Erlander cleared his throat.?? ??I don??t think???? ??It??s up to you. so the obvious thing would be for him to head for Germany. and then attended a vocational school and earned a certificate as a trained telecommunications technician.?? ??The police suspect that I am involved. She took another step and pain shot through her entire foot.I. And this is the document that proves me right. I had no idea that he worked for S?po. As far as I understand it. as far as we can tell. People who have risked their lives for democracy will be in danger of being killed. And that means that Teleborian will be given the chance to observe you. This bothered her.?? ??First thing is to locate all the copies ???? ??I??ve already done that. which she had not done since she got the hand-held. What mattered to her was that he was the board chairman of S. ??Thank you. Yet Blomkvist was right: behind the conspiracy there had to be others not known to her who had contributed to the shaping of her life. and I haven??t been able to tell Mikael. A genuine scoop for Millennium. in H?rn?sand. She recognized Modig as one of the officers in Bublanski??s team. and from there she would create a new identity somewhere in the world.K.?? ??Is that the truth??? Berger nodded. Bingo. swastika.C. He did not think that Advokat Thomasson??s visit earlier in the day had been particularly reassuring.?? He explained how the story had developed. or at least parts of it. The public register listed eighteen Susanne Linders in Stockholm county. Only four people in the world knew how he had come by that scar. ??Jonas Sandberg. And that particular murder was no longer one of the charges against her.?? Modig and Holmberg exchanged glances. but you??re standing here lying to my face. M?rtensson??s C. As soon as he closed the door Figuerola was on her feet and back out on Kungsgatan. 11. adjusted his glasses. it??s like the old days. he called Berger himself. At least Morander understood the necessity of the reductions. If she continued to heal at the same pace.D. But the offer came like a bolt from the blue. ??Teleborian meets with the Section and then goes directly to see Prosecutor Ekstr?m. and your delicious grotto. ??that we make the whole thing disappear and put Salander back in an asylum??? ??Salander we can handle.?? Salander said without enthusiasm. but I won??t mention how or where I got them.?? Teleborian laughed. Bates had taken more than 200 photographs of the community and created a gallery of small thumbnails. or the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. He quoted from the correspondence between Teleborian and Bj?rck. Dr Jonasson burst out laughing and shook his head. but the wires stretched in the direction of the pencil. But I can give you the authority to conduct a one-man investigation. or whatever his name was.U. ??If I didn??t know about it ???? ??But if you did know about it. have already done me in. He thought for a long time before he went back to the landline and called his sister. ??You know more than you ought to.?? ??And yet the recommendation was that she should be institutionalized??? ??That was based on her prior history.?? ??Evert Gullberg. it must have been something that Niedermann decided to do.00 Linder arrived and knocked on the door. who for some strange reason was not online. Either the person who did the falsification was someone in the psychiatric or forensic medicine departments. He had terrible pain in his back. But I??m only talking about a couple of days until we have all the installations ready. I??m guessing that Blomkvist has a copy and that there??s one at the editorial offices. (No. He looked back at the clock. She reported in a matter-of-fact manner how he had hit her. ??Do you have any pain or discomfort in the shoulder??? She shook her head.?? ??You changed the whole door??? ??Yes. And now I have the world??s worst guilty conscience. a summer cabin or???? ??I don??t think it would be a summer cabin. Niedermann must not be captured alive.?? ??Thomas Paulsson happened at Gosseberga.?? Clinton shook his head again. she consistently refused to participate in conversations with Dr L?derman. A dental nurse by the name of Anita Kaspersson left her home by car at 7. just ring for us.?? ??Rubbish. and was gone. You and your colleague are sources and you have complete source protection.?? ??Micke ?? I??m so sorry. switched on the night light and looked around the room. ??I can find my way. He was gasping as if he had just run a marathon..I. He was dead before the ambulance arrived. Her client was in much worse shape than she had been led to believe. That??s what this button is for. 15 in the morning. It was in fact Bj?rck who had proposed the solution. She sank back on to the pillow. staying at the Radisson on Avenyn. We??ll have to keep an eye on both of them. Then the efficient chaos. she armed herself with the canister of Mace.. He would not be able to get back to sleep. She sat still. He was handcuffed and increasingly uncomfortable. All except Figuerola shook their heads. As she heard the key in the door she realized that the cloth bag and charger were still in view on the bedside table. Her testimony has to be declared invalid. ??I thought Salander had recovered. he already had enough material to set off a landslide of headlines.?? ??But I???? ??Give it a try. Since the murder of Zalachenko. ??Thorbj?rn F?lldin.P. Salander stared for a long time at the locked door. the footnotes often referred to articles in the evening newspapers. He had played it safe. It had taken him all day to work out that her room was two doors down the corridor to the right. ??Coffee. I officially leave on the last day of April.?? ??And??? Modig hesitated once again. Don??t do anything until we can agree a strategy.?? ??I didn??t give anyone permission to arrest Bj?rck. But this rape took place two years ago. and he paid attention because those were the initials of Zalachenko??s holding company. The electrodes.10 a. To raise the matter with the chief of Secretariat might be to chuck a very large stone into a pond. Clinton would take care of Giannini. But he??s tricky to deal with. ??I thought you??d be dead by now. it??s pretty slow today. Jonasson ordered tomography with the new and improved C. Cortez sat on the sofa in Eriksson??s office looking guilty. ?? ??Yes. He downloaded four folders. ??That was a long time ago.?? Sandberg nodded his agreement. the day the Salander trial begins.?? which referred to the Security Police as a whole. ??Blomkvist. Finally he inserted narrow forceps with serrated jaws. Then he sat on the edge of the bed and untied the strings of her nightshirt.?? ??Who got in first??? ??We got in more or less at the same time. it was a case of deep antagonism in a tragically dysfunctional family. Come and have breakfast if you can make it. 3. and Trinity.?? Zalachenko was suddenly very unsure whether Gullberg was bluffing. Francke and P. No. He was better at planning operations than I. ??And how did you know that this meeting was going to take place??? ??I have to protect my source. Salander looked at him. we are quite aware of that. mostly so that the wound would not be exposed to bacteria or dirt. and Trelleborg.M.?? Karim said.?? Berger got up. But somehow. Petrova had injuries that could very well have been inflicted by a man??s bare hands ???? ??Niedermann??? ??It??s a reasonable assumption. since Bj?rck already knew of Zalachenko??s existence.?? Clinton said. Then he placed his hands gently around her neck and turned her head back and forth and to the sides a few times. She was looking at the building from the side. and throw a brick through the window. Milton will send cars out here. ??Coffee. She looked in astonishment at the icon bar. And you??re better than I am at what you do.P. Figuerola locked all the material in her safe. were masters of forgery and disinformation. I??ve apologized to him for the way he was treated last night. and it??s important that we see to it at once that this is the image presented to the press. ??Hello. Blomkvist called from Caf?? Madeleine on his anonymous mobile to book a flight to Amsterdam.?? ??That would be a mistake. Not tonight. ??The four of us are just dumb police officers. He had been key as a consultant in connection with Counter-Espionage??s surveillance of a suspected industrial spy. but from a number of sources Cortez had a fairly clear picture of the events of the night before.?? At 10. the defector had lived in an anonymous apartment owned by the Section.?? ??Alright. ??Worst of all. Quite elderly for a murderer. He was given asylum and began to work for S?po.?? ??All I ask is that you hear me out. which was available in the Republic??s archive for its citizens. ??Is it something personal between the two of you??? ??You could say that. She had said her name and started to count. has been to see me twice in the past few days. Yet he was not hungry. then pay out as much as you want in bonuses.?? ??Try out the idea that she??s innocent of these accusations. When she was alone she said: ??Hello.M.?? Edklinth said at last. and she went through every public register she could find. She had a brace on her neck. So I would recommend that you extract it ?? but ???? ??But what??? ??The bullet doesn??t worry me so much. He held it up to the light for a few seconds and saw that it appeared intact; then he dropped it into a bowl. S. and a muted brick-red jacket. It was entirely up to him to decide whether he would talk to her or not. ??How does that work in practice??? ??That??s a very good question. He looked around the corridor and saw that he was being watched by nurses. a van pulled out and left a parking space on Bellmansgatan at the corner with Tavastgatan. And the paedophile industry. ??You don??t know about the tattoo Bjurman had on his abdomen??? ??What tattoo??? Blomkvist was taken aback. If you find evidence of criminal activity. Perhaps the murder of Zalachenko is a part of it too. You??ll have to send the material to a hotmail address. She says that the murderer was a man in his seventies. ??So you??re completely innocent??? ??Of course I am.?? ??If I tried to go at your pace. of course.P. I??m also going to charge him with probable involvement in arson. it is not merely a criminal conspiracy ?C it is a threat to national security. is to provide you with information. She said she??d read books on the subject before.?? Salander??s heart sank. In the end he had his own resources to fall back on. I??m just so swamped here. Ever since he had heard the news at the Kaffebar he had had his heart in his throat and a panicky feeling that Salander might have been the killer. In any normal situation she would have knocked on the door. so he decided that Salander??s lawyer should serve as a proxy friend.00. An industrious investigative journalist could get paranoid on less than this.?? ??Not so. and she told him that she had been assigned by her boss to form an unofficial picture of what was true and what not true in the so-called Zalachenko case. ?? ??No. could decide to put S?po??s top bosses under the microscope. Alias Falun. He had filled in the gaps by saying that Bjurman had made a deal with Zalachenko which collapsed when Bjurman lost control. ??What is it??? ??Well. Of all the people who touched her and poked at her.?? Sandberg said.??? ??Are you bullshitting me??? Ellis had lived in Sweden for many years and was fluent in Swedish ?C albeit with an American accent ?C but when Jonasson spoke to him in Swedish.?? ??I can??t. ??Hello. just call. and its purpose is to damage Salander before the trial.?? ??I understand. that Bjurman had been Salander??s guardian; on the other hand he could not see why the old Zalachenko story should surface.?? The officers nodded. You know how the paper is made and I have a while to go on the school bench.M. She??s been doing so well lately.?? ??I get it. apart from Gunnar Bj?rck. and his girlfriend too.?? ??Car. We??ll hold back on charging him with the murders of the three individuals we dug up on the property. She put the Palm in the recess behind the bedside table and waited while two Eritrean women vacuumed the room and changed her bedlinen. Then she walked back to the door and punched in the code again.?? Edklinth frowned. She has been badly treated and is under a lot of pressure. We have taps on Blomkvist??s landline and mobile. And then she called to say that Teleborian and somebody called Jonas were meeting at Central Station this afternoon. ??Well. A man in advanced old age. Probably he would go to Tallinn. Then she looked at her husband. had landed in because of Salander and Niedermann. so that she will not be believed if anyone should start asking questions about Zalachenko. There had to be a group ?? a division or unit of some sort. no matter how many times she tried to block it. I??m saying that some people within the Security Police are involved in such activity.00. Metro and Stockholm City. She heard a movement and turned to see Salander just starting to clamber out of bed again. Through all these storms Berger had been the rock that nothing seemed capable of shifting. he had become involved.?? he said. ??Evert.?? ??Is there any prognosis??? ??As I understand it. of whom four were female.?? ??So Blomkvist had a gun. Richard Ekstr?m.?? Figuerola said. There were photographs from various parties. It??s beautiful weather and Saturday afternoon.K. Who wants to go first??? Berglund cleared his throat. Blomkvist closed his eyes.?? Gullberg said. then pay out as much as you want in bonuses.?? ??Correct. if the need arose. He is correctly quoted. He took the stairs down to the ground floor.?? Blomkvist said.?? Blomkvist stood at Armansky??s whiteboard and picked up a marker. But she could scarcely keep her eyes open. Salander got up from the edge of the bed and went to the window. writing his own programs and planting insidious tendrils on the Internet. S. he opened the door to the room next to Salander??s. and he has backing from higher up in the bureaucracy. The question is. The old bastard had a pistol too. Pain stabbed through her shoulder. some unknown lawyer appointed by the court would probably be worse. he had found her sitting in the chair by the window. But I need an opportunity to question the girl.?? ??Which means that if problems arise. She??s considering taking on Salander as a client. don??t you??? ??You were sitting with a map spread out on the front seat. Blomkvist had his arm around her shoulders. but in any case she was in no condition to be questioned. or rather two. we want surveillance on that apartment around the clock. The fourth was a copy of Ekstr?m??s email folder made at 2. ??Nothing.I. As far as he knew. and he had to stop after each step to deal with the pain. It had upset F?lldin that an important Soviet agent had sought asylum in Sweden. but it could have come about in a dozen different ways ?? for instance.06 p. along with the kidnapping and assault of Salander??s friend Miriam Wu.?? ??Just to say that I??d be on very thin ice if my superiors found out about this visit. We get access tomorrow. He??s at his best when things heat up. She was walking to the university when someone shot her with a crossbow. ??Imbecile. Only when Salander had logged out of Hacker Republic did she go into Yahoo and log on to the private newsgroup [Idiotic_Table]. ??Svensson. and would have been passed over to the next administration. and paid with Berger??s credit card. ?? ??And how are we supposed to give her the proper care here if we can??t have access to her records? The medical responsibility for her right now is ours. for example. nutters who had the gift to read messages hidden from the normal world.06 p. I??m certainly not used to this kind of situation. was dissolved. some of it. She shook her head. trying to find out what??s happening there. The blood had coagulated at the entry wound in her head.?? ??I understand. but in reality he had scarcely been seen in the department before the ??90s.00 in the evening. two columns.?? Sonny froze. She had a cyber-stalker on her hands. She pondered for a moment her suspicion that the person threatening her had something to do with S.?? ??You??re not married. Things could not go on this way. If he wanted to. I usually draw a blank. not to discuss the topic in his office without taking special precautions. Those three had formed an inner circle and were always shutting themselves in Berger??s office ?? well. She put her hand over the mouthpiece and turned to the others. For a moment he considered turning to the regular police. S?po??s ears are going to be burning. That yielded better results. Blomkvist sat on a sofa while Baksi got coffee from a machine in the hallway. ??Interesting. They told a fantastic story about a Russian defector who had come to Sweden. I repeat. I??m being paid a monthly salary of 88. but I think we??ll put that idea on the back burner for now. but we may have to postpone it for a month. I??m still on the Salander story. but he looked much older.?? Only three people knew where Svavelsj? M. Which was not very likely.?? ??Good. He wrote a carefully worded and noncommittal comment on her chart: Radiological examination gives a basis for definitive conclusions but the condition of the patient has deteriorated steadily during the day.

15 in the morning
15 in the morning. I checked out the story behind the Bellona apartment. but he also gave lectures from time to time at S. and it was his job to see to it that it stayed intact. But she could see that he was lost in his own thoughts. You can decide nearer the time. he??s turned up Drottninggatan heading north. he was suspected of running errands for the Yugoslav mafia.?? They said goodbye. which he at once identified as belonging to the Security Police. She stared in frustration at the blinking screen. In Sweden this function is divided between two institutions. the day the Salander trial begins.?? She met his gaze.?? ??You mean we should ???? Nieminen had already decided that Niedermann had to be got rid of. They take care of their normal jobs and do some discreet moonlighting for us should the need or opportunity arise. the patient might die or perhaps wake up disabled for life.?? Jonasson looked again at the unconscious patient??s face. I was in the police for six years and I??ve worked at Milton for four.?? Karim said.

?? Erlander cleared his throat.?? ??I don??t think???? ??It??s up to you. so the obvious thing would be for him to head for Germany. and then attended a vocational school and earned a certificate as a trained telecommunications technician.?? ??The police suspect that I am involved. She took another step and pain shot through her entire foot.I. And this is the document that proves me right. I had no idea that he worked for S?po. As far as I understand it. as far as we can tell. People who have risked their lives for democracy will be in danger of being killed. And that means that Teleborian will be given the chance to observe you. This bothered her.?? ??First thing is to locate all the copies ???? ??I??ve already done that. which she had not done since she got the hand-held. What mattered to her was that he was the board chairman of S. ??Thank you. Yet Blomkvist was right: behind the conspiracy there had to be others not known to her who had contributed to the shaping of her life. and I haven??t been able to tell Mikael.

A genuine scoop for Millennium. in H?rn?sand. She recognized Modig as one of the officers in Bublanski??s team. and from there she would create a new identity somewhere in the world.K.?? ??Is that the truth??? Berger nodded. Bingo. swastika.C. He did not think that Advokat Thomasson??s visit earlier in the day had been particularly reassuring.?? He explained how the story had developed. or at least parts of it. The public register listed eighteen Susanne Linders in Stockholm county. Only four people in the world knew how he had come by that scar. ??Jonas Sandberg. And that particular murder was no longer one of the charges against her.?? Modig and Holmberg exchanged glances. but you??re standing here lying to my face. M?rtensson??s C. As soon as he closed the door Figuerola was on her feet and back out on Kungsgatan.

11. adjusted his glasses. it??s like the old days. he called Berger himself. At least Morander understood the necessity of the reductions. If she continued to heal at the same pace.D. But the offer came like a bolt from the blue. ??Teleborian meets with the Section and then goes directly to see Prosecutor Ekstr?m. and your delicious grotto. ??that we make the whole thing disappear and put Salander back in an asylum??? ??Salander we can handle.?? Salander said without enthusiasm. but I won??t mention how or where I got them.?? Teleborian laughed. Bates had taken more than 200 photographs of the community and created a gallery of small thumbnails. or the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. He quoted from the correspondence between Teleborian and Bj?rck. Dr Jonasson burst out laughing and shook his head. but the wires stretched in the direction of the pencil. But I can give you the authority to conduct a one-man investigation.

or whatever his name was.U. ??If I didn??t know about it ???? ??But if you did know about it. have already done me in. He thought for a long time before he went back to the landline and called his sister. ??You know more than you ought to.?? ??And yet the recommendation was that she should be institutionalized??? ??That was based on her prior history.?? ??Evert Gullberg. it must have been something that Niedermann decided to do.00 Linder arrived and knocked on the door. who for some strange reason was not online. Either the person who did the falsification was someone in the psychiatric or forensic medicine departments. He had terrible pain in his back. But I??m only talking about a couple of days until we have all the installations ready. I??m guessing that Blomkvist has a copy and that there??s one at the editorial offices. (No. He looked back at the clock. She reported in a matter-of-fact manner how he had hit her. ??Do you have any pain or discomfort in the shoulder??? She shook her head.?? ??You changed the whole door??? ??Yes.

And now I have the world??s worst guilty conscience. a summer cabin or???? ??I don??t think it would be a summer cabin. Niedermann must not be captured alive.?? ??Thomas Paulsson happened at Gosseberga.?? Clinton shook his head again. she consistently refused to participate in conversations with Dr L?derman. A dental nurse by the name of Anita Kaspersson left her home by car at 7. just ring for us.?? ??Rubbish. and was gone. You and your colleague are sources and you have complete source protection.?? ??Micke ?? I??m so sorry. switched on the night light and looked around the room. ??I can find my way. He was gasping as if he had just run a marathon..I. He was dead before the ambulance arrived. Her client was in much worse shape than she had been led to believe. That??s what this button is for.

15 in the morning. It was in fact Bj?rck who had proposed the solution. She sank back on to the pillow. staying at the Radisson on Avenyn. We??ll have to keep an eye on both of them. Then the efficient chaos. she armed herself with the canister of Mace.. He would not be able to get back to sleep. She sat still. He was handcuffed and increasingly uncomfortable. All except Figuerola shook their heads. As she heard the key in the door she realized that the cloth bag and charger were still in view on the bedside table. Her testimony has to be declared invalid. ??I thought Salander had recovered. he already had enough material to set off a landslide of headlines.?? ??But I???? ??Give it a try. Since the murder of Zalachenko. ??Thorbj?rn F?lldin.P.

Salander stared for a long time at the locked door. the footnotes often referred to articles in the evening newspapers. He had played it safe. It had taken him all day to work out that her room was two doors down the corridor to the right. ??Coffee. I officially leave on the last day of April.?? ??And??? Modig hesitated once again. Don??t do anything until we can agree a strategy.?? ??I didn??t give anyone permission to arrest Bj?rck. But this rape took place two years ago. and he paid attention because those were the initials of Zalachenko??s holding company. The electrodes.10 a. To raise the matter with the chief of Secretariat might be to chuck a very large stone into a pond. Clinton would take care of Giannini. But he??s tricky to deal with. ??I thought you??d be dead by now. it??s pretty slow today. Jonasson ordered tomography with the new and improved C. Cortez sat on the sofa in Eriksson??s office looking guilty.

?? ??Yes. He downloaded four folders. ??That was a long time ago.?? Sandberg nodded his agreement. the day the Salander trial begins.?? which referred to the Security Police as a whole. ??Blomkvist. Finally he inserted narrow forceps with serrated jaws. Then he sat on the edge of the bed and untied the strings of her nightshirt.?? ??Who got in first??? ??We got in more or less at the same time. it was a case of deep antagonism in a tragically dysfunctional family. Come and have breakfast if you can make it. 3. and Trinity.?? Zalachenko was suddenly very unsure whether Gullberg was bluffing. Francke and P. No. He was better at planning operations than I. ??And how did you know that this meeting was going to take place??? ??I have to protect my source. Salander looked at him.

we are quite aware of that. mostly so that the wound would not be exposed to bacteria or dirt. and Trelleborg.M.?? Karim said.?? Berger got up. But somehow. Petrova had injuries that could very well have been inflicted by a man??s bare hands ???? ??Niedermann??? ??It??s a reasonable assumption. since Bj?rck already knew of Zalachenko??s existence.?? Clinton said. Then he placed his hands gently around her neck and turned her head back and forth and to the sides a few times. She was looking at the building from the side. and throw a brick through the window. Milton will send cars out here. ??Coffee. She looked in astonishment at the icon bar. And you??re better than I am at what you do.P. Figuerola locked all the material in her safe. were masters of forgery and disinformation.

I??ve apologized to him for the way he was treated last night. and it??s important that we see to it at once that this is the image presented to the press. ??Hello. Blomkvist called from Caf?? Madeleine on his anonymous mobile to book a flight to Amsterdam.?? ??That would be a mistake. Not tonight. ??The four of us are just dumb police officers. He had been key as a consultant in connection with Counter-Espionage??s surveillance of a suspected industrial spy. but from a number of sources Cortez had a fairly clear picture of the events of the night before.?? At 10. the defector had lived in an anonymous apartment owned by the Section.?? ??Alright. ??Worst of all. Quite elderly for a murderer. He was given asylum and began to work for S?po.?? ??All I ask is that you hear me out. which was available in the Republic??s archive for its citizens. ??Is it something personal between the two of you??? ??You could say that. She had said her name and started to count. has been to see me twice in the past few days.

Yet he was not hungry. then pay out as much as you want in bonuses.?? ??Try out the idea that she??s innocent of these accusations. When she was alone she said: ??Hello.M.?? Edklinth said at last. and she went through every public register she could find. She had a brace on her neck. So I would recommend that you extract it ?? but ???? ??But what??? ??The bullet doesn??t worry me so much. He held it up to the light for a few seconds and saw that it appeared intact; then he dropped it into a bowl. S. and a muted brick-red jacket. It was entirely up to him to decide whether he would talk to her or not. ??How does that work in practice??? ??That??s a very good question. He looked around the corridor and saw that he was being watched by nurses. a van pulled out and left a parking space on Bellmansgatan at the corner with Tavastgatan. And the paedophile industry. ??You don??t know about the tattoo Bjurman had on his abdomen??? ??What tattoo??? Blomkvist was taken aback. If you find evidence of criminal activity. Perhaps the murder of Zalachenko is a part of it too.

You??ll have to send the material to a hotmail address. She says that the murderer was a man in his seventies. ??So you??re completely innocent??? ??Of course I am.?? ??If I tried to go at your pace. of course.P. I??m also going to charge him with probable involvement in arson. it is not merely a criminal conspiracy ?C it is a threat to national security. is to provide you with information. She said she??d read books on the subject before.?? Salander??s heart sank. In the end he had his own resources to fall back on. I??m just so swamped here. Ever since he had heard the news at the Kaffebar he had had his heart in his throat and a panicky feeling that Salander might have been the killer. In any normal situation she would have knocked on the door. so he decided that Salander??s lawyer should serve as a proxy friend.00. An industrious investigative journalist could get paranoid on less than this.?? ??Not so. and she told him that she had been assigned by her boss to form an unofficial picture of what was true and what not true in the so-called Zalachenko case.

?? ??No. could decide to put S?po??s top bosses under the microscope. Alias Falun. He had filled in the gaps by saying that Bjurman had made a deal with Zalachenko which collapsed when Bjurman lost control. ??What is it??? ??Well. Of all the people who touched her and poked at her.?? Sandberg said.??? ??Are you bullshitting me??? Ellis had lived in Sweden for many years and was fluent in Swedish ?C albeit with an American accent ?C but when Jonasson spoke to him in Swedish.?? ??I can??t. ??Hello. just call. and its purpose is to damage Salander before the trial.?? ??I understand. that Bjurman had been Salander??s guardian; on the other hand he could not see why the old Zalachenko story should surface.?? The officers nodded. You know how the paper is made and I have a while to go on the school bench.M. She??s been doing so well lately.?? ??I get it. apart from Gunnar Bj?rck.

and his girlfriend too.?? ??Car. We??ll hold back on charging him with the murders of the three individuals we dug up on the property. She put the Palm in the recess behind the bedside table and waited while two Eritrean women vacuumed the room and changed her bedlinen. Then she walked back to the door and punched in the code again.?? Edklinth frowned. She has been badly treated and is under a lot of pressure. We have taps on Blomkvist??s landline and mobile. And then she called to say that Teleborian and somebody called Jonas were meeting at Central Station this afternoon. ??Well. A man in advanced old age. Probably he would go to Tallinn. Then she looked at her husband. had landed in because of Salander and Niedermann. so that she will not be believed if anyone should start asking questions about Zalachenko. There had to be a group ?? a division or unit of some sort. no matter how many times she tried to block it. I??m saying that some people within the Security Police are involved in such activity.00. Metro and Stockholm City.

She heard a movement and turned to see Salander just starting to clamber out of bed again. Through all these storms Berger had been the rock that nothing seemed capable of shifting. he had become involved.?? he said. ??Evert.?? ??Is there any prognosis??? ??As I understand it. of whom four were female.?? ??So Blomkvist had a gun. Richard Ekstr?m.?? Figuerola said. There were photographs from various parties. It??s beautiful weather and Saturday afternoon.K. Who wants to go first??? Berglund cleared his throat. Blomkvist closed his eyes.?? Gullberg said. then pay out as much as you want in bonuses.?? ??Correct. if the need arose. He is correctly quoted.

He took the stairs down to the ground floor.?? Blomkvist said.?? Blomkvist stood at Armansky??s whiteboard and picked up a marker. But she could scarcely keep her eyes open. Salander got up from the edge of the bed and went to the window. writing his own programs and planting insidious tendrils on the Internet. S. he opened the door to the room next to Salander??s. and he has backing from higher up in the bureaucracy. The question is. The old bastard had a pistol too. Pain stabbed through her shoulder. some unknown lawyer appointed by the court would probably be worse. he had found her sitting in the chair by the window. But I need an opportunity to question the girl.?? ??Which means that if problems arise. She??s considering taking on Salander as a client. don??t you??? ??You were sitting with a map spread out on the front seat. Blomkvist had his arm around her shoulders. but in any case she was in no condition to be questioned.

or rather two. we want surveillance on that apartment around the clock. The fourth was a copy of Ekstr?m??s email folder made at 2. ??Nothing.I. As far as he knew. and he had to stop after each step to deal with the pain. It had upset F?lldin that an important Soviet agent had sought asylum in Sweden. but it could have come about in a dozen different ways ?? for instance.06 p. along with the kidnapping and assault of Salander??s friend Miriam Wu.?? ??Just to say that I??d be on very thin ice if my superiors found out about this visit. We get access tomorrow. He??s at his best when things heat up. She was walking to the university when someone shot her with a crossbow. ??Imbecile. Only when Salander had logged out of Hacker Republic did she go into Yahoo and log on to the private newsgroup [Idiotic_Table]. ??Svensson. and would have been passed over to the next administration. and paid with Berger??s credit card.

?? ??And how are we supposed to give her the proper care here if we can??t have access to her records? The medical responsibility for her right now is ours. for example. nutters who had the gift to read messages hidden from the normal world.06 p. I??m certainly not used to this kind of situation. was dissolved. some of it. She shook her head. trying to find out what??s happening there. The blood had coagulated at the entry wound in her head.?? ??I understand. but in reality he had scarcely been seen in the department before the ??90s.00 in the evening. two columns.?? Sonny froze. She had a cyber-stalker on her hands. She pondered for a moment her suspicion that the person threatening her had something to do with S.?? ??You??re not married. Things could not go on this way. If he wanted to.

I usually draw a blank. not to discuss the topic in his office without taking special precautions. Those three had formed an inner circle and were always shutting themselves in Berger??s office ?? well. She put her hand over the mouthpiece and turned to the others. For a moment he considered turning to the regular police. S?po??s ears are going to be burning. That yielded better results. Blomkvist sat on a sofa while Baksi got coffee from a machine in the hallway. ??Interesting. They told a fantastic story about a Russian defector who had come to Sweden. I repeat. I??m being paid a monthly salary of 88. but I think we??ll put that idea on the back burner for now. but we may have to postpone it for a month. I??m still on the Salander story. but he looked much older.?? Only three people knew where Svavelsj? M. Which was not very likely.?? ??Good. He wrote a carefully worded and noncommittal comment on her chart: Radiological examination gives a basis for definitive conclusions but the condition of the patient has deteriorated steadily during the day.