“First, the good news—as little as there is of it. Lucky came through the war okay, too. We’re both alive and well—or we are when I’m recording this. I’m not so sure what our status will be by the time you get it.
“Now, the rest of the news... and it’s not very good.” Hawker listened, feeling himself growing numb. While they slept, a big scandal broke out in Washington over paying soldiers for not doing anything. Most of the sleepers had had the same idea, to invest their pay. A lot of people thought it was unfair to pay soldiers for lying in a coffin while the army took care of all their needs. They raised a big stink in Congress, and, after much hand-wringing, the sleepers had all their assets confiscated. Naturally, the sleepers were informed of this only after they came back from Anta
