Memmert

Now, however, as we thumbed the chart and I gave full rein to my fancy, one of them, the idea of Memmert, gained precision and vigour every moment.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

They called the Kormoran a Memmert boat, or 'wreck-works' boat.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

Davies, I knew, felt this strongly, and I think it accounted for his lukewarm view of Memmert more than he was aware.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

Now Memmert was part of the outer rampart; its tapering sickle of sand directly commanded the eastern breach; it must be connected with the defence of this breach.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

A salvage company was trying for it now, and had works on Memmert, an adjacent sand-bank.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

Grimm had done his work for the present, I felt certain, and was on his way by the shortest road to Norderney and Memmert.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

Neuerk Island might, for all we knew, be another Memmert; when cruising in that region we had had no eyes for such things, absorbed in a preconceived theory of our own.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

True, such information as we had about the French wreck and his own connection with it was placed most readily at our disposal by von Brüning; but I took it to be information calculated only to forestall suspicion, since he was aware that we already associated him with Dollmann, possibly also with Grimm, and it was only likely that in the ordinary course we should learn that the trio were jointly concerned in Memmert.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

Such was Memmert, as I saw it on the chart, taking in its features mechanically, for while Davies lay there heedless and taciturn, a pretence of interest was useless.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

It has a depot at Memmert, and is working with a good deal of perseverance.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955