nearly two o'clock
`` Well , the fact is , Mr. Sawyer , while I was working on the _ Eastborough Express _ , when you were here five years ago , I studied short-hand , and it came in handy that night . '' The train was express to Boston and Quincy was in his chair in the Executive Chamber by half-past eleven . After a careful examination of the case of Ivan Wolaski , he decided to refuse the request for extradition , and the Governor of Colorado was so notified in a communication which from moral , legal , political , and humanitarian points of view was unanswerable . It was nearly two o'clock when the last official letter was signed . The door was opened by the messenger . Quincy expected Maude to enter , but it was Mr. Acton , the energetic opponent of the `` peaceful picketing '' law . `` I heard , Mr. Governor , that you were here , and I thought it only fair to inform you that we shall apply for injunctions just the same as if that bill you signed had not become a law , and , in that way , test its constitutionality . ''