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Saturday；July26–Monday；July28
BlokvistpickedupSanderbyherfrontdooronLundagatanat10：00anddrovehertotheNorracreatoriu。 Hestayedathersideduringthecereony。Foralongtietheyweretheonlyouersalongwiththepastor；butwhenthefuneralbeganAranskyslippedin。HenoddedcurtlytoBlokvistandstoodbehindSander；gentlyputtingahandonhershoulder。Shenoddedwithoutlookingathi；asifsheknehowasstandingthere。Thensheignoredtheboth。
Sanderhadtoldhinothingaboutherother；butthepastorhadapparentlyspokentosoeoneatthenursinghoewhereshedied；andBlokvistunderstoodthatthecauseofdeathwasacerebralhaeorrhage。Sanderdidnotsayawordduringthecereony。Thepastorlosthertrainofthoughttwicewhenshetueddirectlytoher。Sanderlookedherstraightintheeyewithoutexpression。Whenitwasovershetuedonherheendleftwithoutsayingthankyooodbye。BlokvistandAranskytookadeepbreathandlookedateachother。
“Shesfeelingreallybad；”Aranskysaid。
“Iknowthat；”Blokvistsaid。“Itwasgoodofyoutoe。”
“Inotsosureaboutthat。”
AranskyfixedBlokvistwithhisgaze。
“Ifyoutwoaredrivingbacknorth；keepaneyeonher。”
Heproisedtodothat。Theysaidgoodbye；andtothepastor；atthechurchdoor。Sanderwasalreadyinthecar；waiting。
ShehadtogobackwithhitoHedestadtogetherotorcycleandtheequipentshehadborrowedfroMiltonSecurity。NotuntiltheyhadpassedUppsadidshebreakhersilenceandaskhowthetriptoAustraliahadgone。BlokvisthadndedatArndatethenightbeforeandhadsleptonlyafewhours。DuringthedrivehetoldherHarrietVangersstory。Sandersatinsilenceforhalfanhourbeforesheopenedherouth。
“Bitch；”shesaid。
“Who”
“HarrietFuckingVanger。Ifshehaddonesoethingin1966；MartinVangercouldnthavekeptkillingandrapingforthirtysevenyears。”
“Harrietknewaboutherfatherurderingwoen；butshehadnoideathatMartinhadanythingtodowithit。Shefledfroabrotherwhorapedherandthenthreatenedtorevealthatshehaddrownedherfatherifshedidntdowhathesaid。”
“Bullshit。”
AfterthattheysatinsilenceallthewaytoHedestad。BlokvistwasteforhisappointentanddroppedheratthetuofftoHedebyIsnd；heaskedifshewouldpleasebetherewhenhecaeback。
“Areyouthinkingofstayingoveight”shesaid。
“Ithinkso。”
“Doyouwantetobehere”
Heclibedoutofthecarandwentaroundandputhisarsaroundher。Shepushedhiaway；alostviolently。Blokvisttookastepback。
“Lisbeth；youreyfriend。”
“Doyouwantetostayheresoyoullhavesoebodytofucktonight”
Blokvistgaveheralonglook。Thenhetuedandgotintothecarandstartedtheengine。Hewounddownthewindow。Herhostilitywaspalpable。
“Iwanttobeyourfriend；”hesaid。“Ifyouwantotherwise；thenyoudontneedtobeherewhenIgethoe。”
HenrikVangerwassittingup；dressed；whenDirchFrodelethiintothehospitalroo。
“TheyrethinkingoflettingeoutforMartinsfuneraltoorrow。”
“HowuchhasDirchtoldyou”
Henriklookeddownatthefloor。
“HetoldeaboutwhatMartinandGottfriedgotupto。Thisisfar；farworsethanIcouldhaveiagined。”
“IknohathappenedtoHarriet。”
“Telle：howdidshedie”
“Shedidntdie。Shesstillive。Andifyoulike；shereallywantstoseeyou。”
Bothenstaredathiasiftheirworldhadjustbeentuedupsidedown。
“Ittookawhiletoconvincehertoe；butshesalive；shesdoingfine；andsheshereinHedestad。Shearrivedthisoingandcanbehereinanhour。Ifyouwanttoseeher；thatis。”
Blokvisthadtotellthestoryfrobeginningtoend。AcoupleoftiesHenrikinterruptedwithaquestionoraskedhitorepeatsoething。Frodesaidnotaword。
Whenthestorywasdone；Henriksatinsilence。Blokvisthadbeenafraidthatitwouldbetoouchfortheoldan；butHenrikshowednosignofeotion；exceptthathisvoiceighthavebeenabitthickerwhenhebrokehissilence
“Poor；poorHarriet。 Ifonlyshehadetoe。”
Blokvistgncedattheclock。Itwasfiveinutestofour。
“DoyouwanttoseeherShesstilfraidthatyouwontwanttoafteryoufoundoutwhatshedid。”
“Whatabouttheflowers”Henriksaid。
“Iaskedherthatonthepneinghoe。Therewasonepersoninthefaily；apartfroAnita；whosheloved；andthatwasyou。She；ofcourse；wastheonewhosenttheflowers。Shesaidthatshehopedyouwouldunderstandthatshewasaliveandthatshewasdoingfine；withouthavingtoakeanappearance。ButsinceheronlychannelofrationwasAnita；whoovedabroadassoonasshefinishedherstudiesandnevervisitedHedestad；Harrietsawarenessaboutwhatwentonherewasliited。Sheneverknewhowterriblyyousufferedorthatyouthoughtitwasherurderertauntingyou。”
“IassueitwasAnitawhopostedtheflowers。”
“Sheworkedforanairlineandflewallovertheworld。Shepostedthefrowherevershehappenedtobe。”
“ButhowdidyouknowAnitawastheonewhohelpedher”
“ShewastheoneinHarrietswindow。”
“Butshecouldhavebeenixedupinshecouldhavebeentheurdererinstead。HowdidyoufindoutthatHarrietwasalive”
BlokvistgaveHenrikalonglook。ThenhesiledforthefirsttiesincehehadretuedtoHedestad。
“AnitawasinvolvedinHarrietsdisappearance；butshecouldnthavekilledher。”
“Howcouldyoubesureofthat”
“Becausethisisntsoedanedlockedrooysterynovel。IfAnitahadurderedHarriet；youwouldhavefoundthebodyyearsago。SotheonlylogicalthingwasthatshehelpedHarrietescapeandhide。Doyouwanttoseeher”
“OfcourseIwanttoseeher。”
BlokvistfoundHarrietbytheliftinthelobby。Atfirsthedidnotrecogniseher。SincetheyhadpartedatArndaAirportthenightbeforeshehaddyedherhairbrownagain。Shewasdressedinbcktrousers；awhiteblouse；andanelegantgreyjacket。Shelookedradiant；andBlokvistbentdowntogiveheranencouraginghug。
HenrikgotupfrohischairwhenMikaelopenedthedoor。Shetookadeepbreath。
“Hi；Henrik；”shesaid。
Theoldanscrutinisedherfrtotoe。ThenHarrietwentoverandkissedhi。BlokvistnoddedtoFrodeandclosedthedoor。
SanderwasnotinthecottagewhenBlokvistretuedtoHedebyIsnd。Thevideoequipentandherotorcycleweregone；aswelsthebagwithherextraclothesandherspongebag。Thecottagefeltepty。Itsuddenlyseeedalienandunreal。Helookedatthestacksofpaperintheoffice；whichhewouldhavackupinboxesandcarrybacktoHenrikshouse。Buthecouldnotfacestartingtheprocess。HedrovetoKonsuandboughtbread；ilk；cheese；andsoethingforsupper。Whenheretuedheputonwaterforcoffee；satinthegarden；andreadtheeveningpaperswithoutthinkingofanythingelse。
At5：30ataxidroveacrossthebridge。Afterthreeinutesitwentbackthewayitcae。BlokvistcaughtaglipseofIsabelVangerinthebackseat。
Around7：00hehaddozedoffinthegardenchairwhenFrodewokehiup。
“HowsitgoingwithHenrikandHarriet”hesaid。
“Thisunhappycloudhasitssilverlining；”Frodesaidwitharestrainedsile。“Isabel；wouldyoubelieve；caerushingintoHenrikshospitalroo。Shedobviouslyseenthatyoudebackandwaspletelybesideherself。ShescreaedathithattherehadtobeanendtothisoutrageousfussaboutherHarriet；addingthatyouweretheonewhodrovehersontohisdeathwithyoursnooping。”
“Well；shesright；inaway。”
“SheandedHenriktodisissyouforthwithandrunyouoffthepropertyood。Andwouldhe；onceandforall；searchinghosts。”
“Wow”
“ShedidntevengnceatthewoansittingbesidethebedtalkingtoHenrik。Sheusthavethoughtitwasoneofthestaff。IwillneverfettheoentwhenHarrietstoodupandsaid；Hello；Maa。”
“Whathappened”
“WehadtocaldoctortocheckIsabelsvitalsigns。RightnowshesrefusingtobelievethatitsHarriet。Youareausedofdragginginanipostor。”
FrodewasonhiswaytovisitCeciliaandAlexandertogivethethenewsthatHarriethadrisenfrothedead。Hehurriedaway；leavingBlokvisttohissolitaryusings。
SanderpedandfilledhertankatapetrolstationnorthofUppsa。Shehadbeenridingdoggedly；staringstraightahead。Shepaidquicklyandgotbackonherbike。Shestarteditupandrodetotheexit；wheresheped；undecided。
Shewasstillinaterribleood。ShewasfuriouswhensheleftHedeby；butherragehadslowlydissolvedduringtheride。ShecouldnotakeupherindwhyshewassoangrywithBlokvist；orevenifhewastheoneshewasangrywith。