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Heideck now set out for Ternenzen to give Brandelaar the information for Admiral Hollway that had been collected at his office , together with the private information that was of such importance to him . At last , having paid Brandelaar a thousand francs on account , Heideck also gave him the letter to Edith , with careful instructions as to its delivery . The skipper , whose zeal for the cause of Germany was now undoubtedly honourable , repeatedly promised to carry out his orders conscientiously and to the best of his power . On returning to Antwerp at noon , Heideck found a communication at his office from the police to the effect that Camille Penurot 's body had been found in one of the harbour basins , stabbed in several places in the breast and neck . A search for the assassins had been immediately set on foot , but up to the present no trace of them had been discovered . According to the agreement with Heideck , Brandelaar , on his return from Dover , was to put in at Flushing , and the Major had instructed the guardships at the mouth of the West Schelde to allow the smack to pass unmolested without detention . But he waited for the skipper from day to day in vain .