about noon
But it was long after midnight now and the Shawnee Club would be closed . Ike Webb spoke up presently . `` It 's a pity we could n't dig up the governor tonight , '' he said . The governor had come down from the state capital about noon , and all the afternoon and during most of the evening Webb had been trying to find him . There was a possibility of a big story in the governor if Webb could have found him . The major , who had been sitting there stirring his toddy in an absent-minded sort of way , spoke up casually : `` I spent an hour with the governor tonight -- at my club . In fact , I supped with him in one of the private dining rooms . ''