He was a bodyguard. She had filled five packing crates. then it was the Constitutional Protection Unit??s duty to react.

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?? Nurse Agneta frowned. his whole cover. ??Good evening.?? Bublanski added the suggestion of a press conference out of sheer cussedness.?? ??How do you mean??? Sandberg looked so nervous for a second that Zalachenko had to smile. It would be outside all our formal agreements. a lawyer colleague who was a member of the Women??s Network and an old friend from law school. Who would guarantee that the top ranks and middle management at the Firm were not working for the Russians? Who.iv ?C Sunday.?? Ellis said.: Clinton in 1971 and von Rottinger in 1973. And Holm ?? you??re starting to look like dead meat to me. In the end he had his own resources to fall back on.?? ??Maybe you aren??t aware of this ?C though I doubt that ?C but you give off the most incredible sexual vibrations. what??? ??Holm and the head of the legal section are on the warpath. Their affair was carried on with his assent. shaking his head. Let me do it.?? ??Apart from the two nurses. Prime Minister Erlander signed a directive that guaranteed the setting aside of funds for the Section for Special Analysis. We??ll have a complete security plan ready in a few days which will include a personal attack alarm. Zalachenko.?? ??And you??re saying that it??s an invention. She had to find a hiding place..

After a few minutes she had worked out what was routine mail in the form of daily memos.?? ??And then what happened??? ??We kept an eye on her. and who at that moment was sitting in a ditch on the road to Nossebro tied to a traffic sign. They found G?ransson and his girlfriend in the basement. He had not said a word about the Wennerstr?m story either ?C not even Berger had known ?C but this time he had two confidants. ??But you??re the leader of the preliminary investigation. and a number of individuals were acting outside of. They went to the bar with Niedermann.?? ??I understand. He wrote three names on a pad: G?ran M?rtensson. We can put it inside a wardrobe or a cabinet so that it isn??t in full view. She was a suspect in all three murders. We live in a democracy and naturally we cannot influence what is written in the press.?? Blomkvist smiled at her. 31. The front door was unlocked. I wasn??t listening. I??ll show you the way. but she noticed that he was no longer putting much effort into it. then crossed Belgium by way of Liege. Bambi wrote. but the preliminary investigation against Salander for the murder of your friends seems to have been shelved.?? ??Which means that the excellent Herr Niedermann took the weapon while Zalachenko was asleep and shot Salander.?? ??But Blomkvist managed to overpower Niedermann all by himself. Fredrik Clinton.

Salander??s childhood.C. talking on the telephone. Lisbeth??? Go away. this is a preliminary investigation and the police are handling it. ??But we have more urgent issues to talk about. I have to make a call. and one from Berger. and to the board.?? ??You don??t have to break any law.?? He got up and stood next to her to look through the glass at the newsroom. From her bed at Sahlgrenska she could now reach the entire world. It was an ordinary formula. He could not stay in the borrowed summer cabin in Sm?dalar?. I don??t want to guess what it would cost with fries and a Coke. But let??s analyse your article. It??s exercise more than hard training. born in 1969.?? Blomkvist said.P.00 per minute. and lastly Inspectors Modig and Holmberg from the Stockholm police.S.?? ??Extraordinary. All three of our names will be on the cover and title page.

The first year??s budget amounted to 52. ??I don??t know what this is going to turn into. ??there is one record that neither F?lldin nor his visitors thought of. thereby indicating her doubts about the wisdom of this style of conduct in the intensive care unit.?? ??Naturally. But M?rtensson was not at Counter-Espionage. He called the front desk to ask if he could get coffee and a sandwich at this early hour.P. If a group from the military or police starts pursuing an independent foreign policy. She was obviously trying to find an address on the map while she talked on the telephone. The telephone tapping was a more difficult task than the computer monitoring. The conflict between you and your daughter can explain your fear of her and why you took such drastic measures ?? but I??m afraid we??re talking about your doing some time in prison. but heard nothing.S. Do you feel like an afternoon on the town??? ??Not particularly.?? Blomkvist nodded. ??Anders ?C I need a mobile. At any rate Holmberg thought so.?? ??It could be as simple as Lundin carrying the pistol and Salander disarming him.?? * The distance by land from London to Stockholm is roughly 1900 kilometres. was in and delighted to see him. It wasn??t good.?? ??Yes. and Nystr?m is turning sixty. right??? He turned and smiled at her in surprise.

I have also received similar emails from a sender who purports to be ??centraled?? at S.I. Ekstr?m surreptitiously scanned the stamp. By the time Mikael had finished his account. Even so. called Jonas Sandberg. ??Hello.C. It had eventually been established that the warehouse was owned by the Medimport Company. but he wanted to go and see them to get their approval. I do have secrets. The storm that had ravaged G?teborg earlier in the night had obviously passed to the south of the Nossebro area. She knew that much from his biography. She probably found it in Bjurman??s summer cabin. Ekstr?m is the head of the preliminary investigation ???? ??But Bublanski??s leading it. But that??s the angle the police are taking. As far as I can work out.?? Salander heard footsteps in the corridor. It was 10. But it??s very simple to fake an apparently legitimate address. She was impressed that Giannini had replied so precisely and lucidly. He walked rapidly into the ticket hall. and I??m convinced that it??s the best care she could receive. If we took the job I??d have to subcontract out your house. that she had been shot three times.

She saw the face of a complete stranger and memorized every detail. But she also felt tremendously depressed. one.?? ??What do you mean.?? ??I can live with that attitude. And I??m dead tired. Director of Constitutional Protection at the Security Police. He was advised that he alone had to make the decisions. I??m the one you hired to run the paper. He would ordinarily meet each member of his team every day. which Bj?rck and Teleborian drafted together. S. I wonder ???? ??Yes??? ??She was so covered with dirt.S.M. She went back to her inbox and opened the message that had arrived two days before. But I do know that no psychiatric evaluations have been done. has no idea that you have access to this computer. He had a limp. show him the document. had made some damaging discovery about Millennium??s chairman of the board (who happened to be herself) ?C they would not have hesitated either. ??Twenty-two minutes. ??Waltari.?? ??But Blomkvist has already been warned ?? they stole Bj?rck??s report from there. I??ll have a car in place in five minutes.

there is no doubt that Lisbeth Salander was shot and buried alive on his property in Gosseberga. nigger.?? She walked off down the corridor. Jan.?? ??Tell me how I??m supposed to do that if I have a stalker after me??? ??You see to it that he never has a chance to get close to you. After the introductory drama.M. The Zalachenko unit had taken on the role of clean-up patrol in that sense. She reached for the address book in her bag and found the number Blomkvist had given her the night they met at Samir??s Cauldron. he shouldn??t have had a clue that she was Zalachenko??s daughter; it??s not in any public records. I??ve noticed that quite a few men get interested. damn it. at the request of Helena Endrin.?? ??And you were the one who operated to remove the bullet??? ??That??s right. In addition. But I do know that no psychiatric evaluations have been done. Monica.M. ??Good afternoon. Jesus ?? it??s wonderful that she got the job. He had undergone a rather extensive operation in which a significant section of his jaw was realigned and fixed with titanium screws. another half-dozen citizens had come online and welcomed back Wasp before joining the debate. but her intellectual gifts are undeniable. you??ll have to apply to Prosecutor Jervas here in G?teborg. ??What have you come up with this morning??? ??A nationwide A.

M. Niedermann was on the run. He wiped the sweat from his brow with the back of his hand and set off in pursuit of the two men. He smiled to himself. But the surgeon says he has high hopes that she??ll survive. writing with the stylus on the keypad. He was being led through a doorway by two broad-shouldered plain-clothes police officers. If Volvo built cars the same way. Why are you so interested in the religion of antiquity??? Figuerola looked at Blomkvist. Vinge was fired shortly thereafter. ??Toilets.?? ??He??s going to publish the information. You??re welcome to visit him there. I can??t determine what it is. after the male soldiers were all slaughtered in a far-reaching genocide. Neither of them had noticed the man in the lobby who had been watching them as they stepped into the lift.S.?? ??But??? ??He??s an analyst. She was too easily noticeable.B. recently treated for depression. Her second check was to consult a media archive. and the Ministry of Justice. 3. Then there were a hundred other details.

??s glasses. But of course things have become more complicated technically. And yet Bj?rck had never had anything to do with Counter-Espionage. ??Right. All manner of investigations loomed.?? ??And you reckon that he??s S?po. The night porter said that was possible. It was as dark as coal. If you want to initiate any psychiatric treatment of her. He remembered him as thin with a narrow moustache. She raised her right hand and felt her head. They introduced themselves only as Stefan and Anders. He was on the board of Zalachenko??s company. You were the one who created the system. regardless of how artistic the originator believes the depiction to be. Nieminen called him twice on his mobile. She was feeling guilty because she had not contacted Blomkvist even once since the day she had walked into S.?? ??I don??t doubt that. was to be that of Olof Palme. and Jonasson could not imagine that this would be some sort of tomfoolery. There are sites on the Net that you can use to send anonymous mail. V. In fact it had taken almost twenty hours to reach the northern border of Germany with Denmark. Just as Figuerola reached the Bishop??s Arms. Is that a clear enough answer??? She shut her eyes to say yes.

Francke. Never mind that Zalachenko had supposedly been murdered by a nutter. and then enrolled in the army. She looked at the officers in sullen silence as they came into her room and pulled up chairs. The message consisted of a single line: Caf?? Madeleine. She was in a cold sweat by the time she heard the door to the stairwell close.P.22 calibre Browning. for using child labour.?? ??We??re aware of that.?? ??I know. And if Carlsson had received an email like that. Can we keep it on a friendly level??? ??I think that would be best.?? The red Audi turned south on Sveav?gen. Right now we??re examining a large number of old personnel files. He had spent ten days there on that occasion and been round the company??s factories. Criminal Inspector Holmberg. And while I??m on this topic ?? I??ll be writing editorials from time to time.?? ??Holm is not best pleased???? ??I??m not best pleased with Holm.?? ??So you don??t think it takes much to manipulate him??? ??Exactly. Call her. When the cleaner had finished in the corridor. More than once Zalachenko had had to intervene when Niedermann began acting irrationally or lay curled up in terror. I transferred to the foreign ministry and became a diplomat. but it could have been longer.

then it??s documented. ??Your night editors are Billinger and Karlsson ?? they??re a whole chapter unto themselves.?? ??But isn??t that supposed to be done by her lawyer??? ??As you must have gathered by now.?? ??He didn??t.?? Only three people knew where Svavelsj? M. as a result of which Wu was rescued from certain death.?? ??He does have one. He shook his head. It ended in a violent argument and a spectacular fight between the sisters.?? Gullberg took a deep breath. Yet she felt uncomfortable.?? ??Mikael ?? I??ve said this before.?? ??The chief of Secretariat is the only person who could make this sort of arrangement. She took out her stylus and wrote the word Remarkable on the screen as her I. mug. He felt strangely uninterested in everything to do with the hunt for Niedermann. He even managed ?C for a short time ?C to take command of a nuclear submarine on patrol in the North Sea.?? Glum silence.00. Salander is not their assignment any more.?? ??O.?? Sandberg said suddenly. Slip wrote. ??I??ll sum up so that I am absolutely certain that I understood you correctly. When the name Zalachenko turned up in the preliminary investigation.

So. The original shows that Peter Teleborian was assigned by the district court to do a forensic psychiatric examination of Lisbeth Salander.?? he said. of course. It was a job she enjoyed. but it??s possible. made it impossible for her to relax. Armansky was working with Blomkvist. Good cop.. ??Since the early ??90s S. That did not help either. ??First of all. Why Aftonbladet? The address was another fake. and since she was feeling irritated in general she decided not to take it out on him. so Salander is in intensive care. I??ll ask your advice and I??ll depend on your skill and experience. She knew perfectly well that no such address existed at Millennium. ??Died in the early ??90s.S. It had been one of Gullberg??s last responsibilities. Wasp wrote. ??That I don??t know.?? ??And??? ??There are seven full-timers.?? Blomkvist suggested.

or nigger-lover.P. If anyone can inject life into that dying body. for at least twenty-five years. He was bright enough to keep his mouth shut.?? The challenge hung like a cloud over the table.?? ??We??re ready.. Salander waited patiently. At first he had been almost hostile. which normally he hated. This was Nieminen??s arms cache. You know him. That was one thing. Forty-seven. It??s about Lisbeth Salander. which was what he was famous for doing. His larynx was rammed deep into his throat. > Salander disconnected from Plague and accessed the server he had directed her to.?? ??I definitely heard him at the door. we are not in agreement. It simply could not have been the government. especially when the violence was directed at full-grown men. First. ??What I want to know is: how certain are you that Niedermann really is involved in the murders in Stockholm??? ??My gut feeling? I??m 100 per cent convinced.

and he needs your authorization to do a thorough examination of your house. ??The Section?? was Francke??s idea.?? ??He didn??t. It was a pleasant feeling to know that her reactions were up to an emergency. he would be obliged to take up the matter at least with the leaders of the other two parties in the coalition government. which meant that some operator would go in manually and listen to the conversation to decide whether it was of interest or not. With text on the back. The burek was fantastic.?? Blomkvist said. He appeared confused. I don??t like it. Ingela Oscarsson. what his motives are. You said it yourself: we have to trust each other.V. but???? ??It struck me that there is so little background on him that it seems almost like a smokescreen.D. I??m not. You report directly and only to me. had spent twelve years in the glass cage.. He works for Karl Axel Bodin.?? ??So what happened??? ??Well ?? F?lldin left office. She did not mean to make their job any easier by confessing to something that would lead to a prison sentence. ??I went to see him.

The meeting did not end until 7. and exclamation marks.?? ??But isn??t that supposed to be done by her lawyer??? ??As you must have gathered by now. ??Do you think she??d want me for her lawyer??? ??Probably she wouldn??t want any lawyer at all. ??Even though crucial evidence is lacking. when she was due to appear at a school in T?by. but Paulsson ?C whose opinion had little influence on Erlander ?C had warned him that Blomkvist had been babbling on about Russian agents and German hit men ?C hardly routine elements in Swedish police work. and tortured there for eleven months to make him confess. And Criminal Inspector Faste is an unadulterated idiot who believes that Salander is a lesbian Satanist. Gullberg had been consumed with worry. which meant that she was still more of a real police officer than a fully fledged desk warrior. It??s no secret that some of my predecessors at S. When Linder answered the telephone. Someone. you may regard me as her legal representative. Blomkvist got out his anonymous mobile and called Daniel Olsson. Why had she not stayed outside? She would have recognized him when he came out.S. and if clashes between various interests threaten to arise. and then he switched to study at the police academy in Solna. ??I just collapsed in exhaustion last night. The man is a tragic figure who evidently acted alone.?? ??What do you mean??? ??It??s Lisbeth Salander.?? ??Interesting. Blomkvist did not see the grey Volvo on Monday.

??I come from a working-class family. He used all his powers of persuasion and explained that he was there on a matter of great urgency. Who were his friends? Who had he been in prison with? Where does his girlfriend live? Who did he drink with? In what area was his mobile last used? Where is his vehicle? At the end of that sequence the fugitive would generally be found. was founded in the ??70s. Some time after 4. That could be explained.B Import. If we don??t have a source for something. She had a headache again. He inserted an opinion into the headline in the news section. but in practice he had been given a unique position with exceptional powers.?? Malm threw up his hands. She tried 52553.T. there was a confrontation between the government security forces and her Milton bodyguards. But do you want me to represent you??? Salander gave a curt nod. re: narcotics bust in S?dert?lje. A new editor-in-chief will have to take over. The reason was simple.?? ??Two??? ??And I??m not Erika. with you??? ??It??s completely O. He switched on the T. You??ve spoken to our notorious patient. pinged again.?? ??I??m not sure that what you propose is legal.

Peter. That??s why you asked about your credibility. Berger woke at 7. ??I don??t know. what??s going to be in the paper tomorrow??? ??Well ???? ??Well. Salander thought for a moment. ??No. And you can still spend nine hours every other day on dialysis. When he was dropped off. His colleagues all frowned.?? ??Uh ?? there must be some sort of misunderstanding. It was 1.M.?? ??Yes. I already know that.m. That part of the story focused on the deaths of Svensson and Johansson ?C what they were working on. Since S. ??Guess where Vitavara Inc. Back in Sweden. we have good reason to believe that your associate.?? ??Jesus.?? Erlander cleared his throat.?? Figuerola held up a diplomatic finger.?? ??You??d better tell me the whole story.

what do you say then??? ??I can??t prove otherwise.5 told her that Zalachenko was in a room about 930 centimetres down the corridor to the left. When the hook came out and his body fell. re: narcotics bust in S?dert?lje. I had to read them the riot act. ??I??ll gladly listen to other suggestions.S. Constitutional Protection. In the United States you can cross-examine members of the government in a normal court of law.M.??s personnel files. But today is my last day of work. If people in government are mixed up in this. Do you know if she??s at headquarters??? ??I doubt it. nothing more. ??And you spy on the Zalachenko club. That was a surprise. she was tending towards the theory that stability was overrated.?? ??There??s quite a bit of budget work to check up on. She has been badly treated and is under a lot of pressure. Zalachenko acknowledged for the umpteenth time that it was a shame and a crime that his son did not possess certain qualities. Somebody must have made that decision. decidedly unsimple.K. that requires evaluating a person??s credibility and general mental health.

had submitted a report which examined the Prosecutor General??s want of initiative over a number of years.?? Ghidi nodded. and he had not yet been caught.?? he said. Olsson had dug up much more on Ghidi than on any other hospital worker.?? ??With regard to this girl Salander ???? the Minister of Justice began. She radiated a cheerful confidence.?? Blomkvist headed for the bathroom.?? ??The most serious problem is going to be the third part. ??It??s Anders. If she wrote the wrong password three times in a row the site would shut down and the name Wasp would be struck from the membership list. It was a reasonable decision.?? ??I??m going to keep an eye on her overnight. it was entirely possible that the emailer had been busy elsewhere too ?C that other people had got mail apparently from her that she did not know about. the night nurse looked in. and in A. ??There was one thing that struck me. ??This is. Holmberg nodded.?? ??First name??? ??Fredrik. And there??s something wrong with him. He showed Blomkvist the photograph of Evert Gullberg with Colonel Wennerstr?m. She knew right away that it was not one of the night nurses. everything was quiet. ??Evert Gullberg.

?? ??Good God. He doesn??t know who they are. ??But it doesn??t add up. Then he picked up the telephone. The Salander investigation is fake. the G. neither could he. the defected G. Worked first in Uppsala and then in S?dert?lje. but he made these journeys less and less often. He quoted the newspaper headlines about lesbian Satanists and the media??s apparent hope that the murders might have involved S. ??A woman??s gotta do what a woman??s gotta do and all that crap. Or did he? Blomkvist got up and went to the telephone. The layout was not perfect. Again. muggings and telephone tapping. She has to be acquitted by a court. Apparently he was a tax lawyer. Gradually she succeeded in sitting up. But he tried to get into Lisbeth??s room.?? ??Zalachenko ?? let me repeat that to see if I??ve understood you correctly.?? ??No. He raised the pistol and fired at a picture hanging on the wall at the end of the corridor. It??s not something I can influence. but he was the last to arrive.

with a mandate to see to it that authorities do not ride roughshod over the democratic process. You must not talk to anyone else in the Security Police. They removed a bullet from her head.?? Eriksson said. Lundin had been shot in the foot and then the police showed up. When Lisbeth was twelve. Bloody Blomkvist. He??s German. Then a crooked grin spread across her face. Her eyes narrowed.?? ??How badly hurt am I??? ??Your prognosis is good. I??m a doctor. the attack on Salander??s lawyer ?C which Edklinth could not bring himself to accept was a part of the same pattern ?C and possible involvement in the murder of Zalachenko.?? She nodded. a 26-year-old temp on the culture pages.?? ??Please explain. Then he saw a figure by the window. had to be added to the list: Peter Teleborian.30 p. and time kept slipping by ?? And then she found herself with an unbearably guilty conscience and was feeling terrible. Advokat Palmgren. at the request of Helena Endrin. list of companies that use child labour.?? ??Precisely. he has integrity.

??The information he contributed was supplied. thinks that Bjurman raped Salander. He was the one who recruited you. ??Welcome. Then identify the people who are allegedly tailing this guy Blomkvist. 27. He had. and he did not ask any questions. She closed her eyes. I??ll know exactly what you talked about less than an hour after I get to my office in Stockholm.?? ??Good. there was a possibility that the Section would be subjected to official scrutiny.S.?? ??What is it? Tell me. When Blomkvist had finished reading. until the whole gang ended up in the slammer for fraud. go on ???? ??I have a man in the regular police who has spoken with Prosecutor Ekstr?m. and whether the robbery could be defined as a racist crime. She got out of bed and took out the new Dell laptop that she had been given when she had started at S. She ran her fingers over her hip where the wound had healed to a scar. If they don??t have the copies. we??ll talk it through. She had tested herself by going on the Net and picking out random H. And if they did not. But Jonasson had never before had a patient with a bullet in her skull.

Plague was an intelligent and socially gifted citizen.?? ??I??m not sure exactly what I think. Holmberg had been tasked to work out how Bj?rck had died. as you can appreciate. Finally she turned off the computer and went out to find a caf?? where she could sit and think. We are now close to the point where we can draw conclusions. and a message from her dental hygienist suggesting a time for her quarterly visit. In March 1989. But I know how to handle those two. There was the morning memo. S. Either you roll up your sleeves or it??s time for somebody else to take over here. and urged him to send a platoon armed with automatic weapons to pick him up.?? she said. ??Clinton will make the operational decisions while I??m gone. I??ll see you on Monday. ??Very good. she risked being seen by the woman. But first he had to get a grip on the chaos that Svavelsj? M. with whom?; three. and that in turn would lead to even more damaging speculation and perhaps yet more insistent investigation. really bad bastard. Monica??? ??We??re following up on the robbery of the grocer??s in Sunne. but no idea how to find him. Then she made some coffee and called Armansky.

it was.R. E. Naturally I don??t want the scandal to affect S. He had offered credentials to indicate that he worked for S. But we have no trace of the car he took.?? ??She was shot.?? Wadensj?? said. Zalachenko??s answers were much more aggressive and hostile when she asked the questions. He took a pinch of snuff.nu>. ??Hello.?? Edklinth turned to Blomkvist. I called him an imbecile and an incompetent fool.?? Erlander bent towards him. Jonasson saw lightning out over the sea. She was not responsible for appointing a guardian who turned out to be a pig and a rapist. ??Zala is a Russian hit man ?C apparently without a grain of conscience ?C who defected in the ??70s.?? ??The government does not cover up criminal activity.?? ??You??re a police officer in a democracy.?? Blomkvist said.?? Teleborian said. ??I thought we could have a few words first. He had tried to kill her. Consequently.

?? The P. his uncle took him to a farm well away from Mosul and there.. But apparently he had a habit of sending crazy and threatening letters to people in government. the ball??s in your court. as he often did. One part concerns Zalachenko. overtook the unit. He??s been so tied up in this Salander mess that there hasn??t been the right opportunity. have a seat. as far as we can tell.K. They do marketing analyses and have annual sales of around thirty million kronor. ??I??ll show him out.I. Wasp wrote.B.?? ??Then what??? ??We kept close track of Lisbeth during those months.I.?? Bublanski said.?? ??What should we do about this Salander story??? Cortez said. God knows what they??re playing at. He was a bodyguard. She had filled five packing crates. then it was the Constitutional Protection Unit??s duty to react.