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"AnswerShe knows almost as much as I do, maybe even a little more Yes, I would reckon she knows ht She’s the one who made the link to Lena Andersson"

"Lena Andersson?" Martin sounded perplexed

"The girl you tortured and killed in Uppsala in 1966 Don’t tell otten?"

"I don’t knohat you’re talking about" But for the first time he sounded shaken It was the first time that anyone had made that connection - Lena Andersson was not included in Harriet’s date book

"Martin," Blo his voice as steady as he could "It’s over You can kill me, but it’s finished Too ain

I have to reht the cat down here, but he went to the fa You and Salander are the only ones who know anything You obviously haven’t talked to anyone, or the police would have been here by now A nice little blaze in the guest cottage and the proof will be gone"

"And if you’re wrong?"

"If I’, then it really is over But I don’t think it is I’ll bet that you’re bluffing And what other choice do I have? I’ll give that soht It’s that anorexic little cunt who’s the weak link"

"She went to Stockholhed

"Bluff away, Mikael She has been sitting in the archives at the Vanger Corporation offices all evening"

Blomkvist’s heart skipped a beat He knew He’s known all along

"That’s right The plan was to visit the archive and then go to Stockholm," Blo"

"Stop all this crap, Mikael The archives irl stay there as late as she liked Which oing to call me when she leaves"

PART 4 Hostile Takeover

JULY 11 TO DECEMBER 30

Ninety-two percent of women in Sweden who have been subjected to sexual assault have not reported the most recent violent incident to the police

CHAPTER 24

Friday, July 11 - Saturday, July 12

Martin Vanger bent down and went through Mikael’s pockets He took the key

"S to take care of your girlfriend when she gets back"

Blootiator experienced froh one bluff

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why all of this?" Blouely at the space around him

Martin bent down and put one hand under Blo his head so their eyes met

"Because it’s so easy," he said "Worants Whores froh Sweden every year"

He let go of Blomkvist’s head and stood up

Martin’s words hit Blohty This is no historicalwoht into it

"As it happens, I don’t have a guest right now But it ht a this winter and spring, there was a girl down here Irina from Belarus While you sat and ate dinner with e down here It was a pleasant evening as I res dangle Blomkvist shut his eyes He suddenly felt acid in his throat and he sed hard The pain in his gut and in his ribs seemed to swell

"What do you do with the bodies?"

"I haveway out to sea Unlike my father, I don’t leave traces But he was smart too He spread his victi into place

Gottfried Vanger Fro in 1966 in Uppsala

"You adht me He initiated me when I was fourteen"

"Uddevalla Lea Persson"

"Aren’t you clever? Yes, I was there I only watched, but I was there"

"1964 Sara Witt in Ronneby"

"I was sixteen It was the first tihtGood Lord, what a revoltingly sick family

"You can’t have any notion of how demented this is"

"You are a very ordinary little person, Mikael You would not be able to understand the godlike feeling of having absolute control over so and killing women, Martin"

"I don’t think so really If I do an intellectual analysis of my condition, I’m more of a serial rapist than a serial murderer In fact,is a natural consequence, so to speak, because I have to hide my crime

"Of course my actions aren’t socially acceptable, but ainst the conventions of society Death doesn’t couests’ visits here, after I’ve groeary of the to see their disappointment"

"Disappointine that if they please me, they’ll live They adapt to my rules They start to trustto the very end that this ca The disappointment comes when it finally dawns on them that they’ve been well and truly screwed"

Martin walked around the table and leaned against the steel cage

"You with your bourgeois conventions would never grasp this, but the excite They’re not done on iht It’s a science with thousands of details that I have to weigh I have to identify my prey, map out her life, who is she, where does she come from, how can I make contact with her, what do I have to do to be alone withit turn up in any future police investigation?"