“Totellyouthetruth；thesearchwasevenoreextensivethanIvedescribed。ItwasntuntilIbegantothinkofHarrietasaurdervictithatIrealisedseveralwaysinwhichherbodycouldhavedisappeared。Icantprovethis；butitsatleastwithintherealofpossibility。”
“Telle。”
“Harrietwentissingsoetiearound3：00thatafteoon。Atabout2：55shewasseenbyPastorFalk；whowashurryingtothebridge。Atalostexactlythesaetieaphotographerarrivedfrothelocalpaper；andforthenexthourhetookagreatnuberofpicturesofthedraa。Wethepolice；IeanexainedthephotographsandconfiredthatHarrietwasnotinanyoneofthe；buteveryotherpersonintownwasseeninatleastone；apartfroverysallchildren。”
Vangertookoutanotheralbuandpceditonthetable。
“Thesearepicturesfrothatday。ThefirstonewastakeninHedestadduringtheChildrensDayparade。Thesaephotographertookitaround1：15p。。；andHarrietisthereinit。”
Thephotographwastakenfrothesecondfloorofabuildingandshowedastreetalongwhichtheparadeclownsontrucksandgirlsinbathingsuitshadjustpassed。Spectatorsthrongedthepaveents。Vangerpointedatafigureinthecrowd。
“ThatsHarriet。Itsabouttwohoursbeforeshewilldisappear；sheswithsoeofherschoolfriendsintown。Thisisthestpicturetakenofher。Buttheresoneoreinterestingshot。”
Vangerleafedthroughthepages。Thealbucontainedabout180picturesfiverollsfrothecrashonthebridge。Afterhavingheardtheaount；itwasalosttoouchtosuddenlyseeitintheforofsharpbckandwhiteiages。Thephotographerwasaprofessionalwhohadanagedtocapturetheturoilsurroundingtheaident。Argenuberofthepicturesfocusedontheactivitiesaroundtheovertuedtankertruck。Blokvisthadnoprobleidentifyingagesticuting；uchyoungerHenrikVangersoakedwithheatingoil。
“ThisisybrotherHarald。”TheoldanpointedtoaaninshirtsleevesbendingforwardandpointingatsoethinginsidethewreckofAronssonscar。“MybrotherHaraldaybeanunpleasantperson；butIthinkhecanbeeliinatedfrothelistofsuspects。Exceptforaveryshortwhile；whenhehadtorunbackheretothefartochangehisshoes；hespenttheafteoononthebridge。”
Vangertuedsoeorepages。Oneiagefollowedanother。Focusonthetankertruck。Focusonspectatorsontheforeshore。FocusonAronssonscar。Generalviews。Closeupswithatelephotolens。
“Thisistheinterestingpicture；”Vangersaid。“Asfaraswecoulddeterineitwastakenbetween3：40and3：45；orabout45inutesafterHarrietranintoFalk。Takealookatthehouse；theiddlesecondfloorwindow。ThatsHarrietsroo。Intheprecedingpicturethewindoasclosed。Hereitsopen。”
“SoeoneusthavebeeninHarrietsroo。”
“Iaskedeveryone；nobodywouldadittoopeningthewindow。”
“WhicheansthateitherHarrietdiditherself；andshewasstilliveatthatpoint；orelsethatsoeonewaslyingtoyou。ButwhywouldaurderergointoherrooandopenthewindowAndwhyshouldanyonelieaboutit”
Vangershookhishead。Noexpnationpresenteditself。
“Harrietdisappearedsoetiearound3：00orshortlythereafter。Thesepicturesgiveanipressionofwherecertainpeoplewereatthattie。ThatswhyIcaneliinateanuberofpeoplefrothelistofsuspects。ForthesaereasonIcanconcludethatsoepeoplewhowerenotinthephotographsatthattieustbeaddedtothelistofsuspects。”
“Youdidntansweryquestionabouthowyouthinkthebodywasreoved。Irealise；ofcourse；thatthereustbesoepusibleexpnation。Soesortofonoldillusioniststrick。”
“Thereareactuallyseveralverypracticalwaysitcouldhavebeendone。Soetiearound3：00thekillerstruck。Heorshepresuablydidntuseanysortofweaponorwewouldhavefoundtracesofblood。IguessingthatHarrietwasstrangledandIguessingthatithappenedherebehindthewallinthecourtyard；soewhereoutofthephotographerslineofsightandinablindspotfrothehouse。Theresapath；ifyouwanttotakeashortcut；totheparsonagethestpceshewasseenandbacktothehouse。Todaytheresasallflowerbedandwnthere；butinthesixtiesitwasagravelledareausedforparking。AllthekillerhadtodowasopenthebootofacarandputHarrietinside。Whenwebegansearchingtheisndthenextday；nobodywasthinkingthatacriehadbeenitted。Wefocusedontheshorelines；thebuildings；andthewoodsclosesttothevilge。”
“Sonobodywascheckingthebootsofcars。”
“Andbythefollowingeveningthekillerwouldhavebeenfreetogetinhiscaranddriveacrossthebridgetohidethebodysoewhereelse。”
“Rightunderthenosesofeveryoneinvolvedinthesearch。Ifthatsthewayithappened；weretalkingaboutacoldbloodedbastard。”
Vangergaveabitterugh。“YoujustgaveanaptdescriptionofquiteafewebersoftheVangerfaily。”
Theycontinuedtheirdiscussionoversupperat6：00。Annaservedroastharewithcurrantjellyandpotatoes。Vangerpouredarobustredwine。Blokviststillhadplentyoftietoakethesttrain。Hethoughtitwasabouttietosuthingsup。
“Itsafascinatingstoryyouvebeentellinge；Iaditit。ButIstilldontknohyyouwantedetohearit。”
“Itoldyou。IwanttonailtheswinewhourderedHarriet。AndIwanttohireyoutofindoutwhoitwas。”
“Why”
Vangerputdownhisknifeandfork。“Mikael；forthirtysixyearsIvedrivenyselfcrazywonderingwhathappenedtoHarriet。Ivedevotedoreandoreofytietoit。”
Hefellsilentandtookoffhisgsses；scrutinisingsoeinvisiblespeckofdirtonthelens。ThenheraisedhiseyesandlookedatBlokvist。
“Tobepletelyhonestwithyou；HarrietsdisappearancewasthereasonwhygraduallyIwithdrewfrothefirsanageent。Ilostallotivation。Iknewthattherewasakillersoewherenearbyandtheworryingandsearchingforthetruthbegantoaffectywork。Theworstthingisthattheburdendidntgetanylighterovertieonthecontrary。Around1970IhadaperiodwhenIjustwantedtobeleftalone。ThenMartinjoinedtheboardofdirectors；andhehadtotakeonoreandoreofywork。In1976IretiredandMartintookoverasCEO。Istillhaveaseatontheboard；butIhaventsailedanyknotssinceItuedfifty。ForthestthirtysixyearsnotadayhaspassedthatIhavenotponderedHarrietsdisappearance。YouaythinkIobsessedwithitatleastostofyretivesthinkso。”
“Itwasahorrificevent。”
“Morethanthat。Itruinedylife。ThatssoethingIvebeeoreawareofastiehaspassed。D船说