But Salander did not have the remotest wish to talk about her feelings or her actions. Her life was her own business. It was not her fault that her father had been a pathological sadist and murderer. It was not her fault that her brother was a murderer. ( … ) She was not the one who had killed Svensson and Johansson. She was not responsible for appointing a guardian who turned out to be a pig and a rapist.
And yet it was her life that was going to be turned inside out. She would be forced to explain herself and to beg for forgiveness because she had defended herself.
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With such cretinous leadership it was no wonder that scandals occurred. Their successes were never reported. But the media jumped all over the Security Police whenever anything improper or foolish came to light, and with all the wisdom of hindsight.
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‘Unless I’m mistaken, a certain Lisbeth Salander is a patient on 11C.’
Olsson was not born yesterday.
‘How interesting,’ Blomkvist said. ‘Find out which room she’s in, who’s in the neighbouring rooms, and what routines are in that section.’
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An Irish law from the year 697 forbids women to be soldiers - which means that women had been soldiers previously. Peoples who over the centuries have recruited female soldiers include Arabs, Berbers, Kurds, Rajputs, Chinese, Filipinos, Maoris, Papuans, Micronesians, and American Indians.
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Instinctively she wanted as little as possible to do with the hospital staff. She did not like asking for help or showing any sign of weakness. But the headaches were so overpowering that she could not think straight. She reached out and rang for a nurse.
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‘How’s he doing?’
‘He’s absolutely furious, but strangely he doesn’t seem to be at all worried about you.’
Salander smiled lopsidedly. It was the first time she had smiled at Sahlgrenska hospital.
‘How are you feeling?’
‘Like a sack of shit.’
‘Well then. Do you want me to be your lawyer?’
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She studied the pencil. It was a plain wooden pencil, newly sharpened. It would make a passable weapon - for stabbing a face or an eye.
She laid it next to her hip and fell asleep.
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‘No. She used Mace and kicked Lundin in the balls and face with such aggression that she cushed one of his testicles and then broke his jaw.’
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‘So I wish to press charges against my daughter. For trying to kill me.’
Modig sighed. ‘I’m beginning to understand why she felt an uncontrollable urge to slam an axe into your head.’
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‘What tattoo?’ Blomkvist was taken aback.
‘An amateurish tattoo across his belly with a message that said: ‘I am a sadistic pig, a pervert, and a rapist.’ We have been wondering what that was about.’
Blomkvist burst out laughing.
‘What’s so funny?’
‘I’ve always wondered what she did to get her revenge.’
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