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Salander Leaned Back Against The Pillow And Followed The Conversation With A Smile. She Wondered Why She, Who Had Such Difficulty Talking About Herself With People Of Flesh And Blood, Could Blithely Reveal Her Most Intimate Secrets To A Bunch Of Completely Unknown Freaks On The Internet.

Being A Homicide Detective Ca Be The Loneliest Job In The World. The Friends Of The Victim Are Upset And In Despair, But Sooner Or Later - After Weeks Or Months - They Go Back To Their Everyday Lives. For The Closest Family It Takes Longer, But For The Most Part, To Some Degree, They Too Get Over The Grieving And Despair. Life Has To Go On; It Does Go On. But The Unsolved Murders Keep Gnawing Away And In The End There's Only One Person Left Who Thinks Night And Day About The Victim: It's The Office Who Is Left With The Investigation.

The Stock Exchange Is Something Very Different. There Is No Economy And No Production Of Goods And Services. There Are Only Fantasies In Which People From One Hour To The Next Decide That This Or That Company Is Worth So Many Billions, More Or Less. It Doesn't Have A Thing To Do With Reality Or With The Swedish Economy.

Impulsive Actions Led To Trouble, And Trouble Could Have Unpleasant Consequences.

Men Who Just Call To Say Hello Generally Have Ulterior Motives.