office on Monday morning. Most of them never come here. ??Hmm.?? ??That??s good.

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Just tell us. she had encouraged him to think for himself. Modig and Andersson had already arrived. I understand Mikael??s plan. And of course it was usually after somebody had given in to such impulses that Inspector Bublanski was called in. I need his help to do a simple job. They were to find out if there was any truth to Blomkvist??s story that a man was sitting in a ditch there.?? he said. Criminal Inspector Holmberg. ??If I didn??t know about it ???? ??But if you did know about it.?? ??Mikael. revenue in Stockholm. He had no idea what he did in his free time. looking around in desperation. but he made these journeys less and less often. on the other hand. Berger jumped as though someone had fired a shot in her living room. You won??t win any points with the Trades Union Federation. with the result that Ghidi was granted both a residency permit and a work visa in the kingdom of Sweden. there was a possibility that the Section would be subjected to official scrutiny.?? ??All I ask is that you hear me out. but in a week nobody will even remember the name Zalachenko. In September 1964. because he thought Palme was working for the K.I.

Erlander glanced up at the lowering rain clouds. ribs crushed. ??Focus on the information.?? Berger nodded. Their assignment is to determine the truth behind the assertions we have discussed. but he was also known for winning his cases.?? ??If anything happens.?? ??O.7 million kronor for a staff of ninety-six people. knew about the Section for Special Analysis. his left hip was smashed with a sledgehammer to discourage any mischief in the future. I just need to know if he has a meeting with anybody right now. ??No again.?? Blomkvist said.00 on Friday morning and sent a copy to Blomkvist via the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table]. in time. and then he paused for a moment. don??t try to move. right next to the gate to the Maria lift. I officially leave on the last day of April. For the past few weeks he had been loaned to Counter-Espionage. She downloaded the report and sent it off to [Idiotic_Table]. She hobbled to the door and leaned against the wall to catch her breath.?? Gullberg nodded. switched on the night light and looked around the room.

was a real person. It was about initiating a logical sequence of inquiries.?? Sandberg said at last.?? Berger said. His job was to decide what to do.?? ??But who would be interested in creating such a thing??? Nystr?m put down the report and frowned. It was Friday. ??I come from a working-class family. But it??s a balancing act. trying to get down every word that was said from the podium at the police press office at Kungsholmen.?? he said. And we would very much like to know what strategy they??re planning. Henry.C. ??What you have to understand is that the Section functions as the spear head for the total defence of the nation. took half a step forward and spoke in a firm voice: ??I knew H?kan Morander for all of three days. Then it??s a medical matter.?? Modig said. But this will be O. getting to his feet. She had caught up with him just as he was leaving for home; she had suggested a conversation over a cup of coffee. ??Bullshit. What do we have to do??? ??The alarm we installed today is temporary. He poured himself the miniature Glenfiddich. I want to talk to Erika.

the woman turned 180 degrees and went down the steep hill towards Bellmansgatan 1.?? ??It??s an excellent system. Blomkvist??s plan was to have the book printed and ready to distribute on the first day of the trial. He took a screwdriver from his pocket.G. you??re going to have to sort out some resources pretty damn fast. He started up the hill straight towards her. which would then itself be incorporated within the European statistics put together by the E. ??The X2000 to G?teborg leaves at 5. which provided electricity for her bedside lamp and digital clock. He bathed too seldom and his apartment smelled like a monkey house. we??ve landed in a constitutional crisis. she could hardly notice any difference. Her door had been open all evening and the nurses had been in to check on her every ten minutes. Salander was in rehabilitation at Sahlgrenska and was up to her neck in her own problems. ??He has a number of opinions about you. But this is going to take some legwork. where he was searching for information about Zalachenko??s murderer with Cortez and Eriksson.?? ??I understand. correct??? Blomkvist nodded. ??Lisbeth ?? I??m wondering ???? He then said nothing for such a long time that Salander almost asked what it was he wanted. You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life. but ???? ??You think it??s excessive. I managed to persuade Paulsson to let me talk to him for a moment.P.

?? ??We understand that.?? ??Was she angry.?? ??I??m not afraid of the dark. She asked for a Tylenol. He had understood that the death of Bodin/Zalachenko was a case that had to be handled with the utmost discretion. According to our documents.?? ??What sort of co-operation are you talking about??? ??You??re responsible for her medical condition. She ordered a beer and a small plate of calamari with Greek potatoes. Edklinth??s palms were sweating when he put down the telephone. She moved as gracefully as a ballerina. As soon as the trial begins???? ??No. has really fouled his nest this time. On page thirty-four there is a paragraph in which Bj?rck appears to suggest that Salander be branded psychotic. She paused at the front door to think. after all. It took ten minutes for the cleaner to work his way over to Adamsson??s spot at the end of the corridor. At S. ??When you came to see me the first time. both of them had said they would be in her corner.?? Edklinth turned to Blomkvist. I??m a necessary evil that??s suddenly appeared in your life.?? ??I??m still a member of Millennium??s board. The walls are sturdy and it would take quite a while to break down that door even if your assailant had tools at hand.?? Endrin hesitated for a moment. ??They??ll twist what I say and use it against me.

had worked at St Stefan??s in 1991 and was today its senior physician. You can??t be employed by the investigation because that would mean you would be obliged to sign an oath of confidentiality. Lisbeth Salander??s trial will be starting in a couple of weeks. and the defective alarm from N. making her feel like a teenager being quizzed on her homework. The best thing would be if he was found with a bullet in his head.?? sent apparently by someone at a well-known media outlet in Sweden. Everything was classified. only to me.K. Acts calm and cool. And so on. ??I need to know what you and Blomkvist have cooked up to help her. which contradicted all law and justice and which would result in a disastrous scandal if it were ever discovered. Until that moment Salander had meant nothing to him. it seems to be a small-calibre bullet.M. ??Hello. some spooks have bugged the place and they listen. Francke was a bit of a cowboy who saw K. Nothing new. She wondered how long it would take for her to escape and settle down safely in some other country to create a new identity and a new life for herself. Dr Jonasson paused for a second. ??We just have to discover what it was they really were doing.?? ??I got a tip this morning and took it to Holm.

K. which should mean that Zalachenko??s room was two doors down from hers.?? The P. For three years you??ve been working in S. For a long moment they stood looking at each other. They had both left S. took a double room. Don??t you understand what???? Clinton cut him off. ??I??m sorry. He was arrested with Lundin at Stallarholmen.B. She met his gaze. And yet she had connectivity. Armansky hesitated. Yet she felt uncomfortable. Then Salander came into the picture. was possibly that in his day there was nobody who would have come up with the wild idea of ordering raw fish.V. 100 B. Nearly every report submitted in any police district in Sweden passed through the computers in Figuerola??s department. Zalachenko isn??t budging one millimetre. pulled a comb through her hair. We chatted for a couple of minutes. the magazine is a threat because of one thing only: Bj?rck??s 1991 police report. I??m a cynic.

and he has a very painful facial wound. Finally she shrugged. ??Twenty-two. He was asleep within thirty seconds. I was supposed to take over from him in two months.?? ??So ?? what else? Illegal tapping or something??? Edklinth said. If so. Then she tried to reach Berger. Blomkvist had been one of the people who gave Baksi practical help when he started the magazine Black/White with an issue that he produced secretly at night at the Trades Union Federation offices.?? ??Have you an operations unit??? Wadensj?? frowned. had been told in a private conversation with the head of Secretariat that the Section was a secret unit appointed by the government. a terrible pain shot up his leg. which is six weeks for the basics. Salander bit her lip.I. that is. They sat down on the sofas as she stayed in the background. And then he had attempted suicide.P. F?lldin said that he hadn??t known how he should handle it. But this was nothing new. It sounded like the prelude to a typical Blomkvist adventure.?? ??I couldn??t help reading in the papers that you??re mixed up in this Salander story. I couldn??t swear to it. Better not to move her to a new ward with new routines.

S. The Salander affair had cracked wide open. ??I??m not competent to judge whether or not Salander is mentally ill. But it was. that is. and nobody became a member of this exclusive club without very strong recommendations.K. I??ve been at it since dawn. In addition. He turned on his mobile and saw that the battery was low. S?po got saddled with Zalachenko in the middle of the Cold War. nothing??s happened. O. at the request of Helena Endrin. less regular breathing. It was his last editorial and it would be a crying shame not to print it. The costs would certainly run into the billions if Salander gave it the thumbs-up.VI Blomkvist had no warning that someone was in the stairwell when he reached the landing outside his top-floor apartment at Bellmansgatan 1. And as for their own complicated relationship. You??ve got to decide for yourself.?? ??Could you explain your relationship to Niedermann??? ??I??m disabled. ??Exactly.?? Salander smiled lopsidedly. friends from dozens of skirmishes with the Enemy.M.

He took the stairs down to the ground floor.K.?? Berger studied the chairman of the board. beforehand that is. and when I asked for it back he said he??d make me a copy. ??Good afternoon. That was the natural order of things. put on coffee. Dear Bertil. Bj?rck had traces of a strong painkiller in his blood. Then an animated door opened and a Lara Croft-like figure stepped out. In fact he did not have the slightest idea how Berger came to call him out of the blue to tell him of the meeting. Your lawyer. even if he was beginning to get an idea of what he was up against. he??s going to survive and he??s been up walking around on crutches. I thought he looked rather bewildered. Nystr?m saw that Ekstr?m had swallowed the bait. Then an animated door opened and a Lara Croft-like figure stepped out. not as a doctor. But it??s a good question. I was tipped off by a source. can??t answer that question. ??Good morning. Much more blood had obviously been shed in and around the trench. ??He drove a Saab.

Cortez had met Blomkvist??s sister a few times. didn??t you??? ??Yes. or something like that. There was blood on her palm. the attack on Annika. ferreted out a toothbrush and went to the bathroom. ??I assume that we??re going to tell him in a subtle way what he has to do to avoid an abrupt end to his career. he would apologize and resign from his positions on various boards. Blomkvist nodded. ??You played your cards very well. Pippi and the password is p9i2p7p7i. I have to make a call. They asked pretty much the same questions about Niedermann as they had the night before. ???? that Curt Andersson and Jerker Holmberg at least. ??And you have seen her only for a short period when she has been forced to be passive because of her injuries. On four separate occasions Gullberg tried to have Bergling removed.?? ??You??re from Uppsala. It??s hardly a story we can make public.?? ??And??? Modig hesitated once again. ??Nothing. From now on we??ll meet in an office we??ve rented at Fridhemsplan. scanner. They handle coverage about 320 days a year. And not a word in the daily memo about Svavelsj? M. ??I??m sorry.

He was suddenly aware of Nurse Nicander saying something. Blomkvist had known Baksi since the ??80s. There??s a new realpolitik in Europe since the Soviet Union collapsed. After a moment he turned on his heel and resumed his little stroll towards Hornsgatan. Malin Eriksson. This is getting us nowhere. had worked at St Stefan??s in 1991 and was today its senior physician. there was a downpour. Both understood that Edklinth was covering his back. ??Lie still. Then I visited her about a week ago. Berger held up her hands. She followed him to the kitchen and filled a large glass with cold water. and I??ve checked out this company. He approached Thomasson and proposed that the lawyer come in as a third.I. and the registration number. We??re calling the report ??E. once the victim of a petrol bomb attack ?C from that bloody daughter of his two doors down the corridor. He could be in Oslo by now. ??But it??ll cost you a bottle of Cragganmore the next time we go fishing.P. He had started out from Laholm just after 8. was placed in a foster home in Uppsala. thought Malm.

?? ??I was never convicted of anything.?? ??I understand ?? Frank. After a minute she turned her head and became aware that she had a neck brace. and taped hours and hours of conversations of no interest whatsoever. who boxed with him. He had his story straight and did not slip up. but he claims it was in self-defence. ??Then he has a four-hour head start.30 a.?? Blomkvist said again. Gullberg did not have a clear sense of what Wadensj?? was made of. Berger read slowly through the article. But now I have to be careful that the muscles don??t turn to fat.?? Berger said. but tell Armansky that Erika Berger called and make damn sure someone comes round in the morning.?? Jonasson unlocked the door and ushered the visitor in. She has hit the nail on the head. I??m saying that some people within the Security Police are involved in such activity. ??He??s taking the back roads.I. everything related to the Zalachenko case is Top Secret. He smiled. ??Hello. So they have. ??So you??re telling me instead.

of course not. Finally she found a rubber doorstop and wedged it under the bedroom door. Then he cautiously put his left foot down on the floor. Eriksson had only called.37. It??s nonsense. he had become involved. But it??s not an arrest. We have Borgsj? ready for the slaughter.?? ??I??m going to expose two doctors who were errand boys for S?po. And she was in hot water. When she returned to her station. If you have to work. Or was it clumsy? The only reason he first noticed the car was the registration number. Is that what you??re saying??? ??No.?? said Modig. ??A woman??s gotta do what a woman??s gotta do and all that crap. Bingo. polite. very close to Sand?bron.?? ??What would it cost exactly??? ??You??d have to negotiate that with her. The same D.O. and that had to be prevented at all costs. had come under question more and more in recent years.

?? * Berger went to bed at 11.Q. ??Could you tell Malin that I??ll be back in two hours??? ??What??s going on??? ??I think I??ve got a lead on a story. for exactly twelve days.se>: Darling Eva. Never mind that Zalachenko had supposedly been murdered by a nutter. And Georg Nystr?m you know. S. but what I have to tell you is very important. He was arrested with Lundin at Stallarholmen.I. There must be several others like it. this is an extreme state of affairs. seeing to it that documents disappeared and records were altered. Can you manage that??? Salander waited patiently for almost a minute before Annika nodded.?? Erlander visualized the map in his head.?? She studied the group thoughtfully.?? he said. they just slip into the shadows. Talk with doctors. ??Worst of all. Until she had access to a computer. and she had not used the program since starting at S.?? ??I understand.?? At 10.

though it might come to that. she would leave hospital with a scar on her scalp. ??You know how it goes. What??s the situation??? ??Our technicians were here and installed a proper alarm. In this way Plague could also monitor outgoing calls from Ekstr?m. a little sense of responsibility would not hurt. She stood there for a while. The man from N. She was pleased and thanked me for taking the trouble. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise.?? Armansky said. Criticism of the Section had increased during the first half of the seventies. But M?rtensson was still there.?? ??But your proposal is off the wall.M.S.?? he said.P.?? Berger said. but the percentage was negligible.?? ??Really??? ??It contains no diagnosis. He sauntered after the man tailing Blomkvist even though he had not been instructed to do so. Modig held up her mobile to the gap in the curtains and took two low-res photographs of the group outside Ekstr?m??s door. Heads or tails? She already knew who M?rtensson was and what he was up to.S.

But let??s analyse your article. We put out the paper. Bj?rck recognized Zalachenko??s importance at once and broke off the interview to install the defector in a room at the Hotel Continental. She studied the pencil. It??s a typical pre-emptive retaliation to undermine potential complaints from Blomkvist. It??s my Palm. It was humiliating. no-one could fail to notice her biceps and powerful shoulders.?? ??Beatrice.?? ??Who??s H. I don??t think that.I. ??Explain. Figuerola came to Edklinth??s office. Blomkvist felt utterly helpless: he could only hope that she would be given the very best care.?? Armansky said. ??I know. ??No.?? ??But you??re still withholding key material. It??s a complex criminal case. no question. You may not question her unless I am present. and came to the realization that most of all she felt indifference towards her entire life.?? Cortez said. That??s called capitalism.

?? Karim said. was involved in Zalachenko??s murder. ??The only option is cutbacks.?? She sat down. and he had kept his promise. He went to the bathroom to shower and brush his teeth. But those two copies have to be recovered. your sister. She would be forced to explain herself and to beg for forgiveness because she had defended herself. It was parked on a side street 350 metres from the railway station. He is to gather information that can be turned over to the Prosecutor General. He was a bodyguard. For the construction industry it??s the opposite. He was not surprised that she had called to wake him early that morning and put him and Lottie Karim to work. ??A source within the investigation claims that Lisbeth is non compos mentis. where everyone knew everyone else.?? but she had spent two hours with Linder at the kitchen table. I recognize you. Do we have a description of the third man??? ??Even better. Not until Monday evening did Dr Endrin decide.?? ??But if things go well. ??Do you have the address??? Blomkvist nodded. Bj?rck had been accompanied at Zalachenko??s original reception by a lawyer. getting his bearings.Thursday.

Bonuses should be paid to people who do something to strengthen S. Figuerola parked seven cars behind M?rtensson??s Volvo on Luntmakargatan. When Blomkvist checked his mobile.?? ??That shouldn??t be such a big problem. and not chasing political mirages. It was tight.I. Blomkvist had heard of the place for the first time less than twelve hours earlier. ??I don??t talk to crazy-doctors because they never listen to what I have to say.G.?? ??I don??t know any secrets. You stay here and sit down. The nurse had asked him to wait while she went to see whether Herr Bodin was awake. Fr?klund cannot find a single reference to Gullberg anywhere. The burial ground in the woods in Nykvarn was a wretched mess. Once he had understood how the telephone network functioned and realized how hopelessly antiquated it was.. There was no reason to volunteer the information that Lundin had called her a whore or that she had bent down and picked up Nieminen??s P-83 Wanad and punished Lundin by shooting him in the foot. We??ll come back next week and do the proper installation with alarms on every window on the ground floor and in the basement. Ekstr?m is going to commission one more thorough evaluation of Salander. ??I??m O. but F?lldin didn??t reply.?? ??May I ask ?? Paulsson. Clinton sat up cautiously.?? ??He is forbidden to talk about it.

strengths and weaknesses of all his colleagues. also in some quarters known as the Salander case. a policeman. Criminal Inspector Faste was the investigative leader in all matters dealing with Salander. Hi Sally.?? ??Right then ?? that??s all. ??Does it feel tight??? ??A little. S?po people conspired with a psychiatrist to lock Salander up in an asylum. There??s one apartment that raises a question mark though.S.M. Since April he had not even plugged in the broadband cable to his own machine.?? She pointed. The relatively limited technology to which Trinity had access meant that he had to park his van on Bergsgatan or one of the nearby streets and laboriously calibrate the equipment until he had identified the fingerprint that represented Ekstr?m??s mobile number.?? ??From S?po??? ??Yes. Who??s that over there? God. By the time the train went through Nyk?ping he had already discarded a number of drafts. ??I??m looking for Gunnar Bj?rck. ??We also have Peter Teleborian. Response time would be about thirty minutes. The Prime Minister gave the Director of Constitutional Protection a long.000 kronor in Sweden. I owe you one.30 on Tuesday. of course ?C that was among the most secret to be found in Sweden.

That??s why you asked about your credibility. who for some reason wanted to involve Teleborian in a scandal. But he could not get into the room and he did not have the strength to force the door. but that was exactly why you hired me. The news neither pleased Nieminen nor made him any calmer. I couldn??t swear to it. and ten years later he was one of the younger security police officers who. He was bright red in the face and looked as if he was about to have a stroke. He weighed the pros and cons. Mikael picked up his mobile and made another call to Inspector Erlander in G?teborg. She thought the most important thing was simply to stop the bastards. He is to gather information that can be turned over to the Prosecutor General. ??No. Millennium. it could also be classified as murder. between 37 and 37.?? Berger smiled. Have you got any more surprises up your sleeve??? ??Yes. E.?? ??That??s good. listening to her breathing. almost as though it had nothing to do with her. He took the tunnelbana to City Hall.?? Figuerola said. She prepared a memorandum on the conclusions she had arrived at the day before.

The difference. You can bill us for five days. and seldom got the chance to sleep even if no emergency patients came in.?? Edklinth nodded. But when it comes to policy he??s going to have to toe the line. ??I??m beginning to like my contact with S?po.?? ??Hans Faste is back on duty. He began by making coffee and sandwiches before he went into Salander??s office and booted up her PowerBook. with whom?; three. You??re right about that. Its task. ??I??m a little miffed at my brother. When he tried to resist. A number of pictures were of infants.?? Clinton said into his earpiece. ??I doubt that.?? ??I don??t like institutions that are beyond normal parliamentary scrutiny. A summer romance? A love affair? Was she in love? She went to the bathroom and washed her face and brushed her teeth. she knew.?? ??What I mean is that you should go on with your life and not feel as though you need to entertain me.?? ??Regardless of the consequences??? ??Especially regardless of the consequences. According to Giannini. ??I??ve read Dag Svensson??s manuscript. We have to talk. ??Hello! So you??re still here??? and then sailed right in.

?? ??Henry.?? ??I know. pushed open the door.?? Blomkvist said.?? ??No. I??d fall asleep at the wheel and die in a crash.M. But this will be O. ??That was the crucial part of the evidence.?? ??You mean ???? ??Jerker and I have discussed it. and among colleagues he would also refer to ??the Company?? or ??the Firm. In terms of espionage it was a sad chapter in their history. This also had geographical consequences. Hans von Rottinger had first hired Falun for the Section in 1986 for an operation that involved forcing entry into the home of the leader of an anarchist group. but really that seems his most logical course.?? She acknowledged as much with her eyes. She had electrodes taped to her body to record her pulse and breathing. He was snoring. Erika. They told a fantastic story about a Russian defector who had come to Sweden. Edklinth explained what Figuerola and her team had unearthed. Your role was only to do me the kindness of introducing me to one of your acquaintances. But it??s a balancing act. What actually convinced her to decide to play the game Blomkvist??s way was her desire for revenge. So that the report would be accurate.

?? ??What??s this about. but the news sort of got drowned out by all the turmoil surrounding Dag and Mia. whoever did it had access to the very typewriter that Bj?rck used. He noticed that the other reporters were taking notes as feverishly as he was. Pred. His sister had almost?? ??How is she??? he said. ??I think she??s coming round. In some sections she was particularly reticent about details and went to a lot of trouble not to supply any evidence that could back up in any way the many claims she was making.?? She nodded. it can??t have been her intention to kill him. you have to trust me. ??He knew that the whole Zalachenko affair was in danger of being exposed and that he risked a prison sentence for sex-trade crimes.?? ??I understand. He was pleased with what he had written. He walked to Dressman on Kungsgatan and bought a shirt and a change of underwear. He went there off his own bat. against or the attempted murder of Zalachenko. Teleborian??s report from 1991 has been leaked. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Svea Construction Inc. she would like a cup of tea. I especially like the way he wrote in the margin. and some of them should really be put out to grass. ??Evert ?? you have to understand that ?? we don??t do things like that any more.??s glasses.?? ??Why is that??? ??You??re proposing that the newspaper should not be profitable.

?? ??Andersson is a tough customer. but the letter to the Deputy Minister wasn??t logged in at the department until the following day. Blomkvist ?C or more likely somebody he had hired and who was out there ?C would have to change the batteries at regular intervals. past the parliament building.?? ??I understand ?? Frank. He was fully aware that everything had gone about as badly as it could have. It??s possible that when this conversation is over. Zalachenko had good reason to hate the girl. no matter what they ask you. And I??m going to write a full account in time for Lisbeth??s trial.K. Those three had formed an inner circle and were always shutting themselves in Berger??s office ?? well. a week. She bought a tin of Catch Dry snuff and went back out on to S?dermalmstorg and turned right across Katarinav?gen. ??No. Salander did not need a thermometer to work that out. originally from Ume? in northern Sweden. don??t do it. out on the car ever since. He was pleased with what he had written. Blomkvist studied her carefully as she came back from the ladies??. They were in Armansky??s office on Monday morning. Most of them never come here. ??Hmm.?? ??That??s good.