two o'clock
The monopoly of the cable is obtainable by an easy means . All four of the lines which communicated with the United States are leased . Messages rumoring important developments in the China alliance question are transmitted and suffice to explain the cessation of other news -- the Government is supposed to be using the cables . Despite the efforts of the speculators , an enterprising correspondent of a New York News Association succeeds in sending the news of the bond issue announcement , so that it is received on ` Change at two o'clock . From another source the message of death is cabled fifteen minutes before the closing of the market . Golding and Nevins lunch together before starting for Paris . `` I have closed a deal to-day that will net me twenty-five million dollars within six weeks , '' Golding confides to Nevins with an air of satisfaction .