the bank manager swallowed his anger , quite certain that hope was as deranged as he was dangerous ; and besides which , the touch of money excited his fingers : he had learnt that from the previous robbery when he had shoveled a good thousand dollars into a bag , and the irony was not lost on him : a bank manager who could only live out his obsession with money during a bank robbery , scooping notes with wild abandon into a fast filling bag the feeling of pure release had lasted longer than any other emotion associated with the robbery .