In that, he had not been disappointed. When the Princess gave specific orders, they were carried out to the letter—in this case, it had been particularly easy. He knew that by law a Royal Guard serving legal papers must travel by the soonest available means of transport to get to his destination, and the local train left Canterlot a full half-hour before the express. True, it arrived many hours later—had Celestia wished haste, she would have told the guard to take the second train. But she had not, because she had wanted to buy just a little bit of time.