raphshowedFredrikVangerandhiswife,Ulrika,withAndersZornandAlbertEngstr?msittingatatable.Otherphotographsshowedworkersonthefactoryfloorandinoffices.HefoundCaptainOskarGranathwhohadtransportedVangerandhisbelovedEdithLobachtosafetyinKarlskrona.
Annacameupstairswithacupofcoffee.Hethankedher.BythenhehadreachedmoderntimesandwaspagingthroughimagesofVangerinhisprime,openingfactories,shakinghandswithTageErlander,oneofVangerandMarcusWallenberg—thetwocapitalistsstaringgrimlyateachother.
InthesamealbumhefoundaspreadonwhichVangerhadwritteninpencil“FamilyCouncil1966.”Twocolourphotographsshowedmentalkingandsmokingcigars.HerecognisedHenrik,Harald,Greger,andseveralofthemalein-lawsinJohanVanger’sbranchofthefamily.Twophotographsshowedtheformaldinner,fortymenandwomenseatedatthetable,alllookingintothecamera.ThepicturesweretakenafterthedramaatthebridgewasoverbutbeforeanyonewasawarethatHarriethaddisappeared.Hestudiedtheirfaces.Thiswasthedinnersheshouldhaveattended.Didanyofthemenknowthatshewasgone?Thephotographsprovidednoanswer.
Thensuddenlyhechokedonhiscoffee.Hestartedcoughingandsatupstraightinhischair.
AtthefarendofthetablesatCeciliaVangerinherlight-coloureddress,smilingintothecamera.Nexttohersatanotherblondewomanwithlonghairandanidenticallight-coloureddress.Theyweresoalikethattheycouldhavebeentwins.Andsuddenlythepuzzlepiecefellintoplace.Ceciliawasn’ttheoneinHarriet’swindow—itwashersister,Anita,twoyearsherjuniorandnowlivinginLondon.
WhatwasitSalanderhadsaid?CeciliaVangerisinalotofthepictures.Notatall.Thereweretwogirls,andaschancewouldhaveit—untilnow—theyhadneverbeenseeninthesameframe.Intheblack-and-whitephotographs,fromadistance,theylookedidentical.Vangerhadpresumablyalwaysbeenabletotellthesistersapart,butforBlomkvistandSalanderthegirlslookedsoalikethattheyhadassumeditwasoneperson.Andno-onehadeverpointedouttheirmistakebecausetheyhadneverthoughttoask.
Blomkvistturnedthepageandfeltthehairsonthebackofhisneckstandonend.Itwasasifacoldgustofwindpassedt