 The Standish National Bank, having survived the hard times of the 1890s, is thriving once again under Lennox’s management.His grandfather observes that the country is getting ahead of itself again, like a growing boy who busts his britches every once in a while.When the stock market crash of 1929 brings the good times to an end, Lennox approaches the elderly Standish and asks him to sign papers dissolving his $5 million trust fund so that Lennox can put the money into the bank.