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Will that inconvenience you ? '' `` Not at all , '' Max assured him ; `` it will suit me admirably . '' With that the matter dropped for the time , since Helen and her new friend now reentered ; and although Helen 's manner was markedly depressed , Miss Ryland energetically turned the conversation upon the subject of the play which they had witnessed that evening . M. Max , when he took his departure , found that the rain had ceased , and accordingly he walked up Whitehall , interesting himself in those details of midnight London life so absorbing to the visitor , though usually overlooked by the resident . Punctually at half-past nine , a claret-colored figure appeared in sedate Harley Street . M. Gaston Max pressed the bell above which appeared : DR. BRUCE CUMBERLY . He was admitted by Garnham , who attended there daily during the hours when Dr. Cumberly was visible to patients , and presently found himself in the consulting room of the physician .