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He bowed politely to Heideck and then asked, with a certain amount of confidence, "Pardon me, Herr major, if I serve the German Empire well, may I count on an adequate reward?" "I have already told you, M. Penurot, that we are prepared to pay more than the English." "Oh, that was not what I meant. You mustn't class me with Maaning Brandelaar and people of that sort." Heideck smiled.
He, like yourself, is only an agent? If you want me to speak for you, you must tell me unreservedly everything you know about it." "Penurot has a business friend in Antwerp, as the Herr major has rightly guessed." "His name?" "Eberhard Amelungen." "What is he?" "A wholesale merchant. My cargo is intended for him." "And how is he connected with Penurot?" "I don't know.
Before returning to his quarters, he paid a visit to the town police office, requesting that a search might be made in the less reputable sailors' taverns near the harbour for M. Camille Penurot, of whose appearance he gave a careful description. As there was no news of him on the following morning, Heideck felt almost certain that the affair had turned out disastrously for Penurot.
From the general political situation Heideck's thoughts returned to Edith and her letter, and at last he decided to write to her that very evening. To carry out his intention, he went back to the restaurant where he had met Penurot, and called for ink and paper.
I cannot believe, M. Penurot, that your Antwerp correspondent would be willing to sell so much for thirty pounds." The two men were clearly overwhelmed by the weight of the unexpected blow. For a moment, when Heideck drew the paper out of the bread, it looked as if Brandelaar would have thrown himself upon him and attempted to tear it from him by force.
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."
"Will you be good enough to tell me, then, M. Penurot, with whom I am to class you?" "I am willing from this moment to devote all my energies to the cause of the allies." "Granted. But what are your wishes in the matter of reward?" "I should like you to use your influence to obtain me the honour of an order." Heideck was unable to conceal his astonishment at this strange request.
"Be so good as to go on deck for a while, Penurot," said he. "I will call you when I want to continue the conversation. You shall give me your company first, Brandelaar. I should like a few words with you in private." The man with the fashionably pointed beard obeyed. Then Heideck turned to the Dutchman "This Penurot is the guilty party, isn't he?
As a skipper you have probably never troubled yourself much about politics during your lifetime: you scarcely had a correct idea of the risk you were running. If the court-martial condemns you, you will only have your friend Penurot to thank for it." "What you say is quite true, sir," replied Brandelaar with well-acted simplicity.
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.
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