midnight
Searching out a telegraph office , he ascertained the point at which a message would intercept the train , and wired Shelby a peremptory request for a meeting in New York on the morrow at ten o'clock . `` I 'm making a morning appointment with the governor , '' he told Krantz . The satellite slanted his head knowingly . Past midnight the answer reached the club where the Boss made his bachelor home . If Shelby was amazed at Old Silky 's intimate knowledge of his movements , his message did not betray it . Nor did the Boss betray his own amazement at his too apt pupil 's prompt evasion of a snare . What he read was this : -- `` The governor 's office hours are nine to five . ''