’sdate,abeautifulboundshehadbeengivenasaChristmaspresenttheyearbeforeshedisappeared.Thefirsthalfofthedatewasaday-by-daycalendarinwhichHarriethadlistedmeetings,thedatesofexamsatschool,herhomework,andsoon.Thedatealsohadalargesectionforadiary,butHarrietusedthediaryonlysporadically.ShebeganambitiouslyenoughinJanuarywithmanybriefentriesaboutpeopleshehadmetovertheChristmasholidaysandseveralaboutfilmsshehadseen.Afterthatshewrotenothingpersonaluntiltheendoftheschoolyearwhensheapparently—dependingonhowtheentrieswereinterpreted—becameinterestedfromadistanceinsomenever-namedboy.
Thepagesthatlistedtelephonenumbersweretheonesthatheldtherealmystery.Neatly,inalphabeticalorder,werethenamesandnumbersoffamilymembers,classmates,certainteachers,severalmembersofthePentecostalcongregation,andothereasilyidentifiableindividualsinhercircleofacquaintances.Ontheverylastpageoftheaddress,whichwasblankandnotreallypartofthealphabeticalsection,therewerefivenamesandtelephonenumbers.Threefemalenamesandtwosetsofinitials:
Magda—32016
Sara—32109
R.J.—30112
R.L.—32027
Mari—32018
Thetelephonenumbersthatbeganwith32wereHedestadnumbersinthesixties.Theonebeginningwith30wasaNorrbynnumber,notfarfromHedestad.TheproblemwasthatwhenMorellcontactedeveryoneofHarriet’sfriendsandacquaintances,no-onehadanyideawhosenumberstheywere.
Thefirstnumberbelongingto“Magda”initiallyseemedpromising.ItledtoahaberdasheryatParkgatan12.ThetelephonewasinthenameofoneMargotLundmark,whosemother’snamewasactuallyMagda;shesometimeshelpedoutinthestore.ButMagdawassixty-nineyearsoldandhadnoideawhoHarrietVangerwas.NorwasthereanyevidencethatHarriethadevervisitedtheshoporboughtanythingthere.Shewasn’tinterestedinsewing.
Thesecondnumberfor“Sara”belongedtoafamilybythenameofToresson,wholivedinV?ststan,ontheothersideofthetracks.ThefamilyincludedAndersandMonicaandtheirchildren,JonasandPeter,whoatthetimewerepre-schoolage.TherewasnoSarainthefamily,nordidtheyknowofHarrietVanger,otherthanthatshe