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`` Hand me my stick , Ben , and I 'll go and see what I can do about it , '' he said . I gave him his stick and my arm , and with my assistance he limped to the offices of the Bonfield Trust Company on the next block . When I returned to the bank the directors were talking excitedly , but at my entrance a hush fell , and they sat looking at me with a row of vacant , expectant faces that waited apparently to be filled with expression . `` By ten o'clock to-morrow morning , '' I said , `` a quarter of a million in cash will be brought in through the door in bags . '' `` I told you he 'd do it , '' exclaimed Bingley , as he grasped my hand , `` and I hope to God it will stay 'em off . '' `` You need a drink , Ben , '' observed Judge Kenton , `` and so do I. Let 's go and get it . A soft-boiled egg was all I had for breakfast , and I 've gone faint . ''