Secretary Thomson (reading in song from General Washington's message) I have lost all expectation of receiving a reply

To any of my last sixteen dispatches.

Is anybody there?

Does anybody care?

Is anybody there?

Adams (continuing) Is anybody there?

Does anybody care?

Does anybody see what I see?

It seems they want me to quit. They say, John, give up the fight.

Still to England I say, goodnight, forerver, goodnight!

For I have crossed the Rubicon, let the bridge be burned behind me, Come what may, come what may.

[and much later] How quiet, how quiet the chamber is. How silent, how silent the champer is