Lack of funds meant that the construction was postponed and later forgotten.
However the invention was later forgotten until reintroduced in the 12th century.
The back of a desk drawer is fine, if the seed packets are not forgotten until many years later.
Even that is forgotten later when it seems that he wants medicine.
His age was regarded as a potential political issue at the beginning but was largely forgotten later.
So, the songs would be fit for a season and forgotten later.
This also explains why the angels are so quickly forgotten later in the chapter.
The new solution that Salander discovered was later forgotten by her after she is shot in the head.
They win by forcing that issue into the mainstream - even if the party itself is later forgotten.
When the public debates were finally over, the case was not completely forgotten even in years later.