But the fact is beyond dispute.

I have reports from agents everywhere--pedlars in South Russia, Afghan horse-dealers, Turcoman merchants, pilgrims on the road to Mecca, sheikhs in North Africa, sailors on the Black Sea coasters, sheep-skinned Mongols, Hindu fakirs, Greek traders in the Gulf, as well as respectable Consuls who use cyphers.

They tell the same story.

The East is waiting for a revelation.

It has been promised one.