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`` You ai n't dozing in the midst of a panic ? '' `` There 's trouble at the bank , '' I replied . `` A run has started , but so far it is almost entirely among the small depositors . We can manage to pay off till three o'clock , and if we open to-morrow with a quarter of a million , we shall probably keep on our feet , unless the excitement spreads . '' `` When do you want it ? '' `` By nine o'clock to-morrow morning ; and I want it , General , '' I added , `` on my personal credit . '' He rose from his chair and stood swaying unsteadily on his gouty foot .