My method of campaign was to ascertain the name of one of the
favorites of the Turkish officials, to locate her residence and then
put Kim to work. Finally locating one of these women, I would manage
to learn her name and where she lived. Then it was time for Kim.
"Kim," I said, "I want you to find out who comes to see her, whether
it is always the same official and if so, how frequently. I want you
to learn everything you can about any letters she may receive. I want
to know just where she gets her money from, if she has any outside
sources of revenue, other than in Constantinople. I want every scrap
of any kind of information about her."
And Kim would go his way, seek out the servants in that household and
he would generally come back with all this information.
Now I noticed that a certain Mlle. Balniaux was very much in the
company of Abdulla, who was at that time the influential adviser of
the Grand Vizier. It was known in Berlin that the Grand Vizier had
lately become very deaf and antagonistic to German influence. The
Wilhelmstrasse knew that France and Russia were at work, but were in
the dark as to the channels. Therefore I sent Kim to ascertain if
Mlle. Balniaux was visited by Abdulla at her private residence. I
told him to learn the exact hour of arrival in each instance and the
length of the visits. The bare fact that Abdulla might be seen in her
company in public bore no particular significance.
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