kingoftellinghim?Uppsala?ButLenaAndersson,Uppsala,wasnotonthelist.Youcouldnothaveknownaboutit.
ThestorystilldidnotmakesensetoBlomkvist.Harriethaddisappearedaround3:00intheafternoon.Martinwasunquestionablyontheothersideofthewateratthattime.Hecouldbeseeninthephotographfromthechurchhill.HecouldnotpossiblyhavehurtHarrietontheisland.Onepuzzlepiecewasstillmissing.Anacplice?AnitaVanger?
FromthearchivesSalandercouldseethatGottfriedVanger’spositionwithinthefirmhadchangedovertheyears.Attheageoftwentyin1947,hemetIsabellaandimmediatelygotherpregnant;MartinVangerwasbornin1948,andwiththattherewasnoquestionbutthattheyoungpeoplewouldmarry.
WhenGottfriedwastwenty-two,hewasbroughtintothemainofficeoftheVangerCorporationbyHenrikVanger.Hewasobviouslytalentedandtheymayhavebeengroominghimtotakeover.Hewaspromotedtotheboardattheageoftwenty-five,astheassistantheadofthepany’sdevelopmentdivision.Arisingstar.
Sometimeinthemid-fiftieshisstarbegantoplummet.Hedrank.HismarriagetoIsabellawasontherocks.Thechildren,HarrietandMartin,werenotdoingwell.Henrikdrewtheline.Gottfried’scareerhadreacheditszenith.In1956anotherappointmentwasmade,anotherassistantheadofdevelopment.Twoassistantheads:onewhodidtheworkwhileGottfrieddrankandwasabsentforlongperiodsoftime.
ButGottfriedwasstillaVanger,aswellascharmingandeloquent.From1957on,hisworkseemedtoconsistoftravellingaroundthecountrytoopenfactories,resolvelocalconflicts,andspreadanimagethatpanymanagementreallydidcare.We’resendingoutoneofourownsonstolistentoyourproblems.Wedotakeyouseriously.
Salanderfoundasecondconnection.GottfriedVangerhadparticipatedinanegotiationinKarlstad,wheretheVangerCorporationhadboughtatimberpany.Onthefollowingdayafarmer’swife,MagdaLovisaSj?berg,wasfoundmurdered.
Salanderdiscoveredthethirdconnectionjustfifteenminuteslater.Uddevalla,1962.ThesamedaythatLeaPerssondisappeared,thelocalpaperhadinterviewedGottfriedVangeraboutapossibleexpansionoftheharbour.
WhenFruLindgrenhadwantedtocloseupandgoh