The Merivale Banks by Mary Jane Holmes

Lunch had waited a long time at the White's, where the ladies were in a state of great anxiety, which deepened into alarm, as no attention was paid to the message sent to the bank, asking how matters were progressing. Mrs. White had heard of the run from Mrs. Lansing and Miss Percy, without much emotion. It seemed absurd that such a thing could happen to them.

"It can't amount to much. The judge will soon stop it. There must be money enough to meet every claim," she said, and turned her attention to the upheaval in her house, where workmen of different kinds were constantly consulting her.