“How can I possibly do that?”
“Quite easily. I will find out before I leave what particular places in America Farlow is currently interested in. I will go there. Once his telegram arrives, all you have to do is confirm that I am in the right place, or not, and if it is where the wildcatters want to drill.”
“But it cannot be as easy as that! Just how can I possibly spy on him, when he is a guest in our house?”
“It is not exactly spying, Galina, it is just reading a telegram before he can see it. Alternatively, because he is only too willing to talk of his discoveries, he is very likely to tell you what he is doing. Therefore you will not have a guilty conscience for passing the information on to me.”
“And when you do know where the oil is, or is thought to be – what are you going
