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Penurot's pale face turned almost green; Brandelaar's hard features were frightfully distorted in a grimace of rage. Half choking in the effort to keep down a furious curse, he drew a deep breath, and said "I don't know any Admiral Hollway, and I have never been in Dover in my life." "Well, well! Let us talk about your business or yours, M. Penurot.
I attach incomparably greater importance to skipper Brandelaar, whom I hold in my hand, and through whom perhaps with the help of Camille Penurot I hope to obtain information about the British fleet and its proposed employment. Brandelaar's vessel should now be off Ternenzen. I will ask you, Herr Lieutenant-Colonel, to have the man and his crew arrested to-day."
Before complying with Brandelaar's suggestion, Edith glanced at the man whom he had indicated with a movement of his head. Externally this robust old sea-dog was certainly not attractive, but his alarming appearance did not make Edith falter in her resolution for a moment. "Good talk to your friend, Brandelaar! And mind that I don't have to wait too long for his consent."
I implore you, have pity on me!" "It will matter little whether personally I have pity on you. You will go with me to the Gefion and be brought before a court-martial at Flushing. The fact that you have been Brandelaar's accomplice cannot be got rid of. He has just now declared definitely that the two loaves were intended for you." "For me? That is a vile lie.
The weather could not have been the cause of his delay; certainly it had not been too bad for a man of Brandelaar's daring. A moderate north wind had been blowing nearly the whole time, so that a clever sailor could have easily made the passage from Dover to Flushing in a day. Consequently, other reasons must have kept him in England.
He will have other sources of information besides yourself, and if he finds your statements confirmed, he will have complete confidence in you." These words did not allay Maaning Brandelaar's uneasiness. "Yes, but you don't mean to give me correct information?" "Certainly I do. Everything I write for you will be perfectly correct." This reply was clearly too much for the skipper to understand.
Where does this document come from, Herr major?" "I have already most humbly reported to your Royal Highness that I have induced the skipper Brandelaar, whom I arrested as an English spy, to act for the future in our interest. Brandelaar's boat brought this order." "Where is this man?" "His boat lies in Flushing harbour." "And how did Brandelaar get possession of it?"
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