He only said "Yes." The doctor's dignity asserted itself.

"That's a short answer, sir, to a man in my position.

If you want me to believe you, mention your friend's name." Here was a chance at last! "His name;" Mountjoy began, "is Lord Harry--" Mr.Vimpany lost his dignity in an instant.

He struck his heavy fist on the table, with a blow that made the tumblers jump.
"Coincidence!" he cried.

"How wonderful--no; that's not the word--providential is the word--how providential are coincidences! I mean, of course, to a rightly constituted mind.