These men I spoke of are trying to discover what other men are endeavouring to conceal.

All the officials are on their guard; they are highly placed, and are not likely to be got at by bribery.

They are clever, alert men of the world, so hoodwinking them is out of the question; therefore I think my two fellow journalists have a difficult task before them." "But it is the same task that you have before you; why is it not as difficult for you, Jennie, as for them ?" "Because I propose to work with people who are not on their guard, and there is where you can help me, if you are not shocked at my proposal.
Each official has a wife, or at least most of them have.

Some of these wives, in all probability, possess the information that we would like to get.

Women will talk more freely with women than men will with men.