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I can see now that it was a hundred to one in favour of my striking on a bad place outside, where I should have gone to pieces in three minutes. 'And how did Dollmann go? I asked. 'It's as clear as possible, Davies answered. 'He doubled back into the northern channel when he had misled me enough.
'Don't mind them, Herr Carruthers, cried Frau Dollmann, 'they are making fun of you; but I will give you a hint; no woman can keep a secret 'Ah! I cried, triumphantly, 'you have been there? 'I? Not I; I detest the sea! But Clara has. Everyone looked at Clara, who in her turn looked in naive bewilderment from me to her father.
The prospects of independent research were not a whit better than before. There were only two theories in the field, the channel theory and the Memmert theory. The former languished for lack of corroboration; the latter also appeared to be weakened. To Fräulein Dollmann the wreck-works were evidently what they purported to be, and nothing more.
I appeal to you, Herr Dollmann, for it was apropos of you. When we fell in with him at Bensersiel, Davies asked him if you were at home, and he said "No." When would you be back? Probably soon; but he did not know when. 'Oh, he said that? said Dollmann. 'Well, only three days later we arrive at Norderney, and find you have returned that very day, but have gone to Memmert.
'And what's being done now? 'Well, recently a small local company was formed. It has a depot at Memmert, and is working with a good deal of perseverance. An engineer from Bremen was the principal mover, and a few men from Norderney and Emden subscribed the capital. By the way, our friend Dollmann is largely interested in it.
'Why, that you must have known at Bensersiel only three days ago exactly when Herr Dollmann was coming back, having an appointment at Memmert with him for to-day. 'Which I wished to conceal from you? 'Yes, and that's why I'm so inquisitive; it's entirely your own fault. 'So it seems, said he, 'with mock humility; 'but fill your glass and go on, young man. Why should I want to deceive you?
'Von Brüning told me about you, said Dollmann, ignoring my illusion, 'but I was not quite sure of the name. No; it was not an occasion for formalities, was it? He gave a sudden, mirthless laugh.
'And they've been hiding in Germany since. 'Is this a well-known book? 'I never saw another copy; picked this up on a second-hand bookstall for threepence. 'She looked at it, you say? 'Yes, I'm certain of it. 'Was she never on board you in September? 'No; I asked them both, but Dollmann made excuses. 'But he he came on board? You told me so.
Böhme was my abstraction, the fortress whose foundations we were sapping, the embodiment of that systematized force which is congenital to the German people. In von Brüning, the personal factor was uppermost. Callous as I was this evening, I could not help wondering occasionally, as he talked and laughed with Clara Dollmann, what in his innermost thoughts, knowing her father, he felt and meant.
Is Dollmann at the villa? 'Invasion? 'Is Dollmann at the villa? 'Yes. 'Is the Medusa afloat? 'No, on the mud. 'The devil! Are we afloat? 'I think so still, but they made me shift. 'Think! Track her out! Pole her out! Cut those warps! For a few strenuous minutes we toiled at the sweeps till the Dulcibella was berthed ahead of the steamer, in deeper water.
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