two o'clock
Then young Long ; then one , two , three new patients , who had to have physical examinations before being admitted to Lindsay . Once or twice Lindsay sent for Sommers to assist him in a delicate matter , and Sommers hurried off , leaving his half-dressed patient to cool his heels before a radiator . After the examinations there was an odd patient or two that Lindsay had left when he had gone out to lunch with some gentlemen at the Metropolitan Club . By two o'clock Sommers got away to take a hasty luncheon in a bakery , after which he returned to a new string of cases . To-day `` the rush , '' as the clerks called it , was greater than usual . The attendants were nervous and irritable , answered sharply and saucily , until Sommers felt that the place was intolerable . All this office practice got on his nerves .