four o'clock
It would never do to leave the certificate in the file ; but he could not take it out with that inquisitive boy watching him . He turned to the file room , with a dozen or more files in his hands , and accidentally dropped part of them on the floor . As he stooped to pick them up he swiftly thrust Bexar Scrip No. 2692 in the inside breast pocket of his coat . This happened at just half-past four o'clock , and when the file clerk took the files he threw them in a pile in his room , came out and locked the door . The clerks were moving out of the doors in long , straggling lines . It was closing time . Sharp did not desire to take the file from the Land Office .