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1、TheGirlwiththeDragonTattooLarssonStiegPROLOGUEAFridayinNovemberIthappenedeveryyear,wasalmostaritual.Andthiswashiseighty-secondbirthday.When,asusual,theflowerwasdelivered,hetookoffthewrappingpaperandthenpickedupthetelephonetocallDetectiveSuperintendentMorellwho,whenhereti
2、red,hadmovedtoLakeSiljaninDalarna.Theywerenotonlythesameage,theyhadbeenbornonthesameday—whichwassomethingofanironyunderthecircumstances.Theoldpolicemanwassittingwithhiscoffee,waiting,expectingthecall.“Itarrived.”“Whatisitthisyear?”“Idon’tknowwhatkinditis.I’llhavetogetsom
3、eonetotellmewhatitis.It’swhite.”“Noletter,Isuppose.”“Justtheflower.Theframeisthesamekindaslastyear.Oneofthosedo-it-yourselfones.”“Postmark?”“Stockholm.”“Handwriting?”“Sameasalways,allincapitals.Upright,neatlettering.”Withthat,thesubjectwasexhausted,andnotanotherwordwasex
4、changedforalmostaminute.Theretiredpolicemanleanedbackinhiskitchenchairanddrewonhispipe.Heknewhewasnolongerexpectedtocomeupwithapithycommentoranysharpquestionwhichwouldshedanewlightonthecase.Thosedayshadlongsincepassed,andtheexchangebetweenthetwomenseemedlikearitualattach
5、ingtoamysterywhichno-oneelseinthewholeworldhadtheleastinterestinunravelling.TheLatinnamewasLeptospermum(Myrtaceae)rubinette.Itwasaplantaboutfourincheshighwithsmall,heather-likefoliageandawhiteflowerwithfivepetalsaboutoneinchacross.TheplantwasnativetotheAustralianbushandu
6、plands,whereitwastobefoundamongtussocksofgrass.ThereitwascalledDesertSnow.SomeoneatthebotanicalgardensinUppsalawouldlaterconfirmthatitwasaplantseldomcultivatedinSweden.Thebotanistwroteinherreportthatitwasrelatedtotheteatreeandthatitwassometimesconfusedwithitsmorecommonco
7、usinLeptospermumscoparium,whichgrewinabundanceinNewZealand.Whatdistinguishedthem,shepointedout,wasthatrubinettehadasmallnumberofmicroscopicpinkdotsatthetipsofthepetals,givingtheflowerafaintpinkishtinge.Rubinettewasaltogetheranunpretentiousflower.Ithadnoknownmedicinalprop
8、erties,anditcouldnotinducehallucinatoryexperiences.Itwasneitheredible,norhadauseinthemanufactureofplant
