"she needed some excuse to knock on his door...One of the signs showed Elvis Presley with a guitar on his hip and a cartoon balloon with the words heartbreak hotel."(643)

This is an example of what the metal sign might look like that lisbeth wants to give to bloomkvist. The sign resembles lisbeth's love for Bloomkvist and also resembles the pain and suffering that lisbeth feels when she sees Bloomkvist with Berger.