four o'clock
Afterwards , get me a taxicab . '' The man obeyed with the swift efficiency of the thoroughly trained servant . In rather less than the time which he had stated , Bellamy had left his rooms . Before four o'clock he had arrived at the address which Louise had given him . A commissionaire telephoned his name to the first floor , and in a very few moments a pale-faced French man-servant , in sombre black livery , descended and bowed to Bellamy . `` Monsieur will be so good as to come this way , '' he directed . Bellamy followed him into the lift , which stopped at the first floor .