1. When he outwitted Max and made him fall to his death: Max had laid in wait for Ausable with a gun but even that couldn't give him an upperhand as Ausable was able to trick him into believing there was a balcony and the police was at the door. Max fell to his death while trying to hide.
2. Audible had ordered a drink and had the waiter knocking just in time to trick Max into believing it was the police at door. He'd already been mentioning how annoying his balcony below the window was because he wanted to get that non-existent balcony at the back of Max's head.
In the midst of the street signifies the Kingdom of God where there is the tree of life or there is eternal life which has twelve fruits and is yielding every month. This expresses abundance in that place. The leaves of the tree were for healing which shows that in that place there is no sickness since there is continued health.