The dealing began. The Major asked:
‘Did you invent the idea?’
‘What idea?’
‘The idea of forbidding card-playing on Sunday.’
‘No—of course not.’
‘Who did?’
‘The company.’
‘Then it isn’t your order, after all, but the company’s. Is that it?’
‘Yes. But you don’t stop playing! I have to require you to stop playing immediately.’
‘Nothing is gained by hurry, and often much is lost. Who authorised the company to issue such an order?’