eight o'clock in
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`` I do n't expect it , '' said the Major , grimly ; `` I expect to be among the five per cent . '' And he cast his eye up the line , and added , `` I rather think I am . '' Montague went on ahead , and found his brother , with only about a score of people ahead of him . Apparently not many of the depositors of the Trust Company read their newspapers before eight o'clock in the morning . `` Do you want a chair , too ? '' asked Montague . `` I just got one for the Major . ''