Lou

His butt exploded. I jumped back.

He laughed and laughed, with tears coming down. “Did you think...tell the truth...did you think...that was the Russians?” he said, and he laughed some more.

We waited for him to finish.

He finally did, with a big sigh. “Be that as it may,” he said, and got in again.

We went on.

I was still pushing, but along the side now.