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Now, Herr Dollmann is chairman of the company. 'And I, said Dollmann, with a noisy laugh, 'must fall back on the shareholders, whose interests I have to guard. One can't be too careful in these confidential matters. 'Here's one who gives his consent, I said. 'Can't he represent the rest? 'Extorted by torture, said von Brüning. 'I retract.
Presently a steward came up and showed me down the companion and into the saloon, which, after this, looked well, horribly gorgeous you know what I mean, plush lounges, silk cushions, and that sort of thing. Dinner seemed to be just over, and wine and fruit were on the table. Herr Dollmann was there at his coffee. I introduced myself somehow 'Stop a moment, I said; 'what was he like?
True, such information as we had about the French wreck and his own connection with it was placed most readily at our disposal by von Brüning; but I took it to be information calculated only to forestall suspicion, since he was aware that we already associated him with Dollmann, possibly also with Grimm, and it was only likely that in the ordinary course we should learn that the trio were jointly concerned in Memmert.
'That's another thing. But by the time I had drawn tip level the Medusa had worn round again on her course, and no one was on deck but Dollmann at the wheel. No one overheard what he said. 'Wouldn't they have seen you again? 'Very likely not; the weather was very thick, and the Dulce is very small. The incongruity of the whole business was striking me.
He must ask about Dollmann the mutual friend at the outset, and, if questioned about that voyage in his company to the Elbe, must lie like a trooper as to the danger he had been in. This was the one clear and essential necessity, where much was difficult.
I've been hoping all along that we might find what we want and win the game without coming to close quarters again. I no longer wondered at his devotion to the channel theory, since, built on conviction, it was thus doubly fortified. 'Yet you always knew what might happen, I said. 'At Schlei you spoke of "settling with" Dollmann. 'I know. When I thought of him I was mad.
The most studied calculation could not have secured us more favourable conditions for a moment which I had always dreaded the meeting of Davies and Dollmann. The former, having shortened his sculls, just sat where he was, half turned towards the yacht and looking up at his enemy.
For, of course, my excuses were meant chiefly for his consumption, and Fräulein Dollmann's. That the lady I addressed them to found them unpalatable was not my fault. 'Then you sat in your wretched little cabin all day? she persisted. 'All day, I said, brazenly; 'it was the safest thing to do. And I looked again at Fräulein Dollmann, frankly and squarely.
'I shall have a plunge overboard. Something drastic was required, and I followed his example, curious as the hour was for bathing. 'I believe I know what happened just now, said I, as we plied rough towels in the warmth below. 'They steamed up and found nobody on board. "I'll leave a note," says Dollmann.
I am hazy about the farewells, but I think that Dollmann was the most cordial, to me at any rate, and I augured good therefrom. Böhme said he should see me again. Von Brüning, though bound for the harbour also, considered it was far too early to be going yet, and said good-bye. 'You want to talk us over, I remember saying, with the last flicker of gaiety I could muster.
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