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As it worked out, Dollmann was at one end of the small table, with Davies on his right and Böhme on his left; Frau Dollmann at the other, with me on her right and von Brüning on her left. The seventh personage, Fräulein Dollmann, was between the commander and Davies on the side opposite to me. No servants appeared, and we waited on ourselves.
Dollmann introduced us, calling him Commander von Brüning, in command of the torpedo gunboat Blitz. He pointed towards Norderney, and I saw her a low, grey rat of a vessel anchored in the Roads about two miles away. It turned out that she was doing the work of fishery guardship on that part of the coast. 'I must say I took to him at once.
'You gave us plenty of history, commander, but you did not bring it up to date. The triple alliance laughed, Dollmann boisterously. 'Well, said von Brüning; 'I gave you very good reasons, and you acquiesced. 'And now he is trying to pump me, said Böhme, with his rasping chuckle. 'Wait a bit, sir; I have an excuse. The commander was not only mysterious but inaccurate.
'Are there many like you in England? asked von Brüning once. 'Like me? Of course lots, said Davies. OCKQUOTE'I wish there were more in Germany; they play at yachting over here on shore half the time, drinking and loafing; paid crews, clean hands, white trousers; laid up in the middle of September. 'We haven't seen many yachts about, said Davies, politely.
The Farbwerke Meister Lucius und Bruning at Hoeckst, near Frankfort, during the same period, with a capital of fifty million marks, has paid dividends averaging over twenty-seven per cent; and the chemical works of Bayer and Company, near Cologne, during the same period with a capital of fifty-four millions of marks has paid dividends averaging over thirty per cent.
'I was in a fearful fix, not knowing what he had told her. So I said something vague, and then she asked the very question von Brüning did, "Wasn't there a schrecklich sea round the Scharhorn?" 'She didn't know you took the short cut, then? 'No; he hadn't dared to tell her. 'She knew that they took it? 'Yes. He couldn't possibly have hidden that.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Davies's tell-tale face growing troubled with inward questionings. 'We mustn't get back to him, I said, laughing. 'It's not fair to my friend. But all this is very interesting. Will they ever get those bars? 'Ah! that's the point, said von Brüning, with a mysterious twinkle.
While the words were on my lips I remembered the midnight visitor at Wangeroog, and guessed that von Brüning was leading up to a test. I could have kicked myself, but it was not too late. I took the bull by the horns, and, before the commander could answer, added: 'By Jove! Davies, I forgot about that fellow at Wangeroog. The anchor might be stolen, as he says.
'But you won't be staying here either, Davies, I objected. 'Yes, I shall, said Davies. 'Why, I told you I should. If you leave me in the lurch like this I must have time to look round. 'You needn't pretend that you cannot sail alone, said von Brüning. 'It's much more fun with two; I think I shall wire for another friend. Meanwhile, I should like to see Memmert.
All you've got to do is to be yourself and tell one lie, if need be, about the trick Dollmann played you. The next scene: von Brüning, Davies, and I, sitting over coffee and Kümmel at a table in a dingy inn-parlour overlooking the harbour and the sea, Davies with a full box of matches on the table before him.
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