Yea I hear you, and maybe that is why William went silent.  Maybe he knew how stupid he would sound if he said anything at all, and then even the pumpers wouldn't be able to support him.  Like I said before, William took an exteme gamble with our money, and forgot to make a back up plan.  And the back up plan in this case was a no brainer.  My God.  Even an idiot would make some kind of contingency plan.