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"And you really think that this ganusson said

"I knoill And Sonny, I want you to put together a fake report eachthat the number of subscribers has also dropped"

"This sounds fun," Nilsson said "Should we keep it internal here in the office, or should we leak it to other media too?"

"Keep it internal If the story shows up anywhere, we’ll knoho put it there In a very few months, if anyone asks us about it, we’ll be able to tell the to baseless ru Millenniuo out and tip off the other ive Dahlman a tip about a plausible but fundamentally idiotic story, soa script and dividing up the various roles

After the atspuckeln

"Christer, it’s really important that you pick up Erika at the airport and fill her in You have to convince her to play along with the game If I know her, she’ll want to confront Dahlman instantly - but that can’t happen I don’t want Wennerstroe to bury the evidence"

"Will do"

"And see to it that Erika stays away froramme and learns how to use it It’s pretty likely that through Dahl we email to each other I want you and everyone else in the editorial offices to install PGP Do it in a natural way Get the name of a computer consultant to contact and have him come over to inspect the network and all the computers in the office Let him install the software as if it were a perfectly natural part of the service"

"I’ll doon?"

"Wennerstro, that has to remain my secret"

Malm looked uncomfortable "I’ve always trusted you, Mikael Does this hed

"Of course I trust you But right now I’et me two years in prison It’s the nature ofwith the same underhand methods as Wennerstrom uses I don’t want you or Erika or anyone else at Millenniu me awfully nervous"

"Stay cool, Christer, and tell Erika that the story is going to be a big one Really big"

"Erika will insist on knohat you’re working on"

Mikael thought for a second Then he smiled

"Tell her that she ned a contract with Henrik Vanger behind my back that I’er sits on the board and has no influence on Millenniuation to keep her inforive her first option on the story"

"She’s going to go through the roof," Malm said cheerfully

Blomkvist knew that he had not been entirely honest with Mal would have been to contact her at once and tell her about the information in his possession But he did not want to talk to her A dozen ti to call her Each tied his mind

He knehat the problem was He could not look her in the eyes

The cover-up in which he had participated in Hedestad was unforgivable from a professional point of view He had no idea how he could explain it to her without lying, and if there was one thing he had never thought of doing, it was lying to Erika Berger

Above all, he did not have the energy to deal with that proble Wennerstro her, turned off histo her But he knew that the reprieve could only be te, Mikael moved out to his cabin in Sandhae included two boxes of printouts and the CDs that Salander had given him He stocked up on food, locked the door, opened his iBook, and started writing Each day he took a short walk, bought the newspapers, and shopped for groceries The guestpeople who had borrowed their father’s boat were usually sitting in the Divers’ Bar, drinking thes He sat in front of his computer more or less froht, exhausted

Encrypted email from editor in chief ?[email protected] / / "> to publisher on leave of absence ?[email protected] / / :

Mikael I want to knohat’s going on - good grief, I’ve come back from holiday to total chaos The news about Janne Dahler dead Harriet Vanger alive What’s going on in Hedeby? Where are you? Is there a story? Why don’t you answer your mobile?/E

PS I understood the insinuation that Christer relayed with such glee You’re going to have to eat your words Are you seriously cross with , but you are going to have to give proof - you remember, the stuff that stands up in court - on JD

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Hi Ricky No, for God’s sake, I’ you updated, but the past few months ofe see each other, but not by email I’m at Sandhaer I’lued to my cos and kisses M

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To ?[e to see you immediately

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To ?[eht now Wait a couple of weeks, at least until I’ve got the story organised Besides, I’ company

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