We were playing pinochle. It's a rough game.

Yes, sir, Sergeant Eversmann. Ev, it's going to be nothing, man.

But, inventing a new government was no field day either, especially when it's summer and you're in scratchy suits, and the windows are closed because you don't want anybody to hear what you are saying, and the air conditioning doesn't work because it won't be invented for nearly 200 years.