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I made myself forget the other part. 'Which recurred at Brunsbüttel? I thought of the news we had there. 'Yes. 'Davies, we must have no more secrets. I'm going to speak out. Are you sure you've not misunderstood her? You say and I'm willing to assume it that Dollmann's a traitor and a murderer. 'Oh, hang the murder part! said Davies, impatiently. 'What does that matter? 'Well, traitor.
The last torpedo-boat had long left the harbour, when, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the 15th of July, the dull thunder of the English ironclads resounded before the fortifications of the inlet of Kiel, answered by the guns of the German fortress. Bright sunshine was breaking through the light clouds when the Konig Wilhelm entered the Elbe at Brunsbuttel.
Was it not known by this time that he and his yacht had survived? Davies was convinced that it was not. 'He may have waited at Cuxhaven, or inquired at the lock at Brunsbüttel, he said. 'But there was no need, for I tell you the thing was a certainty. If I had struck and stuck on that outer bank, as it was a hundred to one I should do, the yacht would have broken up in three minutes.
He said he had to sail to Hamburg, and proposed that I should go with him in the Dulcibella as far as the Elbe, and then, if I liked, I could take the ship canal at Brunsbüttel through to Kiel and the Baltic. I had no very fixed plans of my own, though I had meant to go on exploring eastwards between the islands and the coast, and so reach the Elbe in a much slower way.
IN the late afternoon of the second day our flotilla reached the Elbe at Brunsbüttel and ranged up in the inner basin, while a big liner, whimpering like a fretful baby, was tenderly nursed into the lock. During the delay Davies left me in charge, and bolted off with an oil-can and a milk-jug. An official in uniform was passing along the quay from vessel to vessel counter-signing papers.
'Now, what about her voyage back from Hamburg? Was she alone? 'No; the stepmother joined her. 'Did she say she had inquired about you at Brunsbüttel? 'No; I suppose she didn't like to. And there was no need, because my taking the Eider explained it. I reflected. 'You're sure she hadn't a notion that you took the short cut? 'Quite sure; but she may guess it now.
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