alsoareddot,sometimesseveral,indicatingtheVangerCorporation.
Shefoundthefirstconnectionin1957.RakelLunde,Landskrona,wasfounddeadthedayaftertheV.&C.Constructionpanyclinchedanorderworthseveralmilliontobuildagalleriainthetown.V.&C.stoodforVangerandCarlénConstruction.ThelocalpaperhadinterviewedGottfriedVanger,whohadetotowntosignthecontract.
SalanderrecalledsomethingshehadreadinthepoliceinvestigationintheprovincialrecordofficeinLandskrona.RakelLunde,fortune-tellerinherfreetime,wasanofficecleaner.ShehadworkedforV.&C.Construction.
At7:00intheeveningBlomkvistcalledSalanderadozentimesandeachtimehermobilewasturnedoff.Shedidnotwanttobedisturbed.
Hewanderedrestlesslythroughthehouse.HehadpulledoutVanger’snotesonMartin’sactivitiesatthetimeofHarriet’sdisappearance.
MartinVangerwasinhislastyearatthepreparatoryschoolinUppsalain1966.Uppsala.LenaAndersson,seventeen-year-oldpreparatoryschoolpupil.Headseparatedfromthefat.
Vangerhadmentionedthisatonepoint,butBlomkvisthadtoconsulthisnotestofindthepassage.Martinhadbeenanintrovertedboy.Theyhadbeenworriedabouthim.Afterhisfatherdrowned,IsabellahaddecidedtosendhimtoUppsala—achangeofscenewherehewasgivenroomandboardwithHaraldVanger.HaraldandMartin?Ithardlyfeltright.
MartinVangerwasnotwithHaraldinthecargoingtothegatheringinHedestad,andhehadmissedatrain.Hearrivedlateintheafternoonandsowasamongthosestrandedonthewrongsideofthebridge.Heonlyarrivedontheislandbyboatsometimeafter6:00.HewasreceivedbyVangerhimself,amongothers.VangerhadputMartinfardownthelistofpeoplewhomighthavehadanythingtodowithHarriet’sdisappearance.
MartinsaidthathehadnotseenHarrietonthatday.Hewaslying.HehadarrivedinHedestadearlierinthedayandhewasonJ?rnv?gsgatan,facetofacewithhissister.Blomkvistcouldprovetheliewithphotographsthathadbeenburiedforalmostfortyyears.
HarrietVangerhadseenherbrotherandreactedwithshock.ShehadgoneouttoHedebyIslandandtriedtotalktoHenrik,butshewasgonebeforeanyconversationcouldtakeplace.Whatwereyouthin