Girl With The Dragon Taroo, The Page #7

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all the time, and no one misses them.

Whores, immigrants.

What you do with them after? What about

the references? The mutilations?

That was my father's calling-card. He mixed

his hobby with race and religion.

But that was a mistake, it's an

unnecessary risk leaving a body behind.

I take them in my boat,

and I drop them in the water.

Mikael?

Mari was my first.

'64.

You were 16.

It was Pappa, Gottfried, who taught me

to strangle her, the right way.

Why'd you do it?

Well, it's for the sex mainly.

Once I grab them then get them down,

rape is just the next logical step.

And I can't leave any witnesses,

you understand?

And though it all, I have to say

I love their disappointment in their eyes.

- Disappointment? What disappointment?

- That fact they know, they're about to die.

It doesn't seam to fit into it,

like they planned.

They always seam to think

that I'll show mercy.

It's a fantastic moment...

when they finely realize,

they're not getting away.

When the eyes...

grow dark and die.

You are... you're gonna

experience that as well.

And your sister? How did it feel

when her eyes went dark?

- Harriet disappeared.

- You expect me to believe that, huh?

You can believe what you want.

I would have loved doing her,

but as I told you, she disappeared.

Just like you're going to disappear.

You want some water?

Yes.

Thanks.

You see...

you're exactly like all the others.

A simple act of compassion,

like giving you water...

ignites the smallest ray of hope...

that maybe... just maybe

I might let you go and let you live.

See what I mean?

Don't worry.

It'll be quick.

What I'm really looking forward to

is killing your little girlfriend.

Come on get me,

you f***ing sh*t.

You're okay?

You're okay.

F***!

I can't...

I can't move.

I can't move at all.

Help me.

Help me.

Please help me.

- Where's Martin?

- He's not coming back.

What do you mean?

He drove off the road.

- He's dead.

- Is that really what happened?

What the f*** are you saying?

He died in a car accident.

That's all I even kow. Okay?

Blomkvist!

- What the hell happened here?

- In the cellar.

What happened out there?

He wasn't killed in an accident,

was he?

God all Mighty, Lisbeth.

His father taught him how to kill

when he was 16.

If you'd live your life that way

would have driven anybody crazy.

You think everyone's a f***ing victim.

don't you? He almost killed you.

He raped and killed those girls

for the fun of it.

He had the same chance

as everyone else does,

it's fair he got what he got.

He wasn't a victim. He was an

evil motherf***er who hated women.

How did he die?

He burned up.

- Could you have saved him?

- Yes.

- But you just watched him burn.

- Yeah.

Lisbeth, I could never

have done that.

But I understand

why you did it.

I don't know

what you've been through.

But I almost died in that cellar...

and you saved my life.

Whatever you've been through,

in your life...

you don't have to tell me.

I'm just glad you're here.

Thank you.

For the first time in my life

I feel old.

Well...

- But we're not done.

- What do you mean?

- Harriet wasn't one of Martin's victims.

- What're you saying?

Martin never killed Harriet.

Lisbeth?

There are 2 women named Anita Vanger.

One of them died in London.

The other one lives in Australia.

Who's been there since 1966.

Harriet?

Harriet Vanger?

You're all right?

Have we met before?

Oh, the fact is. You and your cousin

used to babysit me years ago...

when I was a boy.

But I'm here on behalf

of Henrik Vanger.

Does he know I'm alive?

Not yet.

I'm here to see Agneta Salander.

- And who should I say is here?

- Her daughter.

Her daughter?

Agneta has daughter?

I'm sorry, it's just...

I've never seen you before.

Hi, Mamma.

Mamma?

It's me. Lisbeth.

Lisbeth...

Is it really you, Lisbeth?

I've been wanted to come

see you for a long time.

You look so different.

- Do you have children?

- No.

Do you have a man?

There's someone...

but you should never fall in love.

You know that better than anyone.

Isn't that right, Mamma?

I should have chose

a better pappa for you.

No, Ma.

your the one he hurt.

Mamma...

Come in.

Mikael.

Good to have you back again.

I've got a surprise for you,

but you have to promise me

you won't have another heart attack.

With all the pills

I'm popping left and right, I think...

another heart attack would be

physically impossible.

Harriet?

Please, forgive me.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I was 14 when Pappa raped me,

the first time.

A year later he took me

to his cottage.

That's when Martin joined in.

They would... violate me

several times each talking a turn.

One day I'd had enough.

Pappa was drunk as usual.

He reeled off Bible verses and boasted

about all the women he'd killed.

I took one of the oars from the boat

and hit him over the head with it.

I held him under the water

with the oar until the bubbles stopped.

Then I pushed the boat away from the dock

to make it look like an accident.

But when I turned around...

Martin was there.

Martin treated me even worse

than Gottfried.

You had sent him to a boarding school

in Uppsala,

but on Children's Day

he came back.

I was terrified

it would start all over again.

So you went to Anita?

She was the one...

who helped me get away from here.

When the bridge-way opened,

I got into her car and she drove.

There was a box full of old blankets

and I hit under one in the back.

I've been thinking about you...

over the years...

I continued sending you

the framed flowers...

so that you might know that I was

still alive out there somewhere.

That's when I was so upset

when Mikael told me...

you had thought the flowers

were coming from...

Yes, but had you never sent them,

you wouldn't be sitting here now,

would you?

Yeah.

Lisbeth, uh...

great, it's me again.

And call me

when you get this message.

And...

I hope you're doing well.

Call me.

You have a visitor.

- Thirty minutes.

- Alright.

I'm so happy to see you.

Here.

- What's this?

- It's a little reading.

- Aren't you gonna sit down?

- I just came to give you that.

I only got

a month and a half left.

We all have secrets.

The Wennerstrm empire resembles

a living, breathing organism...

Reporter Mikael Blomkvist, who recently

finished serving a sentence...

for libelling millionare business tycoon

Hans-Erik Wennerstrm...

is accusing him again

in the magazine Millennium.

In the article Blomkvist accuses

Wennerstrm of using his companies...

to commit fraud and embezzlement.

- Hello there...

- Blomkvist!

- why you're going after Wennerstrm again?

- Oh, well, I guess I felt like it.

- What do you think will happen to him?

- I couldn't tell you...

but there's a nice warm

empty cell back there.

Blomkvist describes in detail a financial

empire based on Third World cartels.

These cartels are known to be involved

in drug trafficking and gun-running.

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