But there are only six of us left.
The circle of roles is small; hiding information, especially something as important as the checks at this stage, will only drag the town down.
Of all of us, only Gumer doesn't see this chaos. 5 out of 6 people react to it quite clearly; no one has a different version of events, am I remembering correctly?
If Gumer comes in the morning and says that everything is fine, let's start over, will we listen to him?