irst,they’reallbrand-newsubscribers.Second,70percentofthemarewomen.Normallyit’stheotherwayaround.Third,thesubscriberscanbedescribedasmiddle-inewhite-collarworkersfromthesuburbs:teachers,middlemanagement,civilserviceworkers.”
“Thinkit’sthemiddle-classrevoltagainstbigcapital?”
“Idon’tknow.Butifthiskeepsup,it’llmeanasignificantshiftinoursubscriberprofile.Wehadaneditorialconferencetwoweeksagoanddecidedtostartrunningnewtypesofmaterialinthemagazine.IwantmorearticlesonprofessionalmattersassociatedwithTCO,theSwedishConfederationofProfessionalEmployees,andalsomoreinvestigativereportingonwomen’sissues,forinstance.”
“Don’tchangetoomuch,”Blomkvistsaid.“Ifwe’regettingnewsubscribersthenitmeansthattheylikewhatwe’rerunningalready.”
CeciliahadalsoinvitedVangertodinner,possiblytoreducetheriskoftroublesometopicsofconversation.Shehadmadeavenisonstew.BergerandVangerspentagooddealofthetimediscussingMillennium’sdevelopmentandthenewsubscribers,butgraduallytheconversationmovedontoothermatters.BergersuddenlyturnedtoBlomkvistatonepointandaskedhimhowhisworkwasingalong.
“I’mcountingonhavingadraftofthefamilychroniclepleteinamonthforHenriktolookat.”
“AchronicleinthespiritoftheAddamsfamily,”Ceciliasaid.
“Itdoeshavecertainhistoricalaspects,”Blomkvistconceded.
CeciliaglancedatVanger.
“Mikael,Henrikisn’treallyinterestedinafamilychronicle.HewantsyoutosolvethemysteryofHarriet’sdisappearance.”
Blomkvistdidnotsayaword.EversincehehadbegunhisrelationshipwithCeciliahehadtalkedfairlyopenlyaboutHarrietwithher.Ceciliahadalreadydeducedthatthiswashisrealassignment,eventhoughheneverformallyadmittedit.HehadcertainlynevertoldHenrikthatheandCeciliahaddiscussedthesubject.Vanger’sbushyeyebrowsdrewtogetherabit.Erikawassilent.
“MydearHenrik,”Ceciliasaid.“I’mnotstupid.Idon’tknowwhatsortofagreementyouandMikaelhave,buthisstayhereinHedebyisaboutHarriet.Itis,isn’tit?”
VangernoddedandglancedatBlomkvist.
“Itoldyoushewassharp.”HeturnedtoB