...ntorted his features,. exclaiming: I ought to have known this sooner! You are too late, sir, too late! Why did you not come here four days ago, and tell me all this? turning almost fiercely upon Colonel Baldwin . He replied: Why, Mr. President, you did not ask our advice. Besides, as soon as we received permission to tender it, I came by the first train, as fast as steam would bring me. Yes, but you a...