Quaintise: n. ingenuity, cunning; a trick or stratagem
"And then he said—LOOK AT THAT ENORMOUS HAWK!" Hogan leapt up and pointed out Klink's office window. Klink instinctively looked, and Hogan exchanged the targeted document on the desk.
"I did not see it," Klink finally said, turning back around.
"How could you miss it? It knocked Newkirk, Carter, and LeBeau clean over!" He motioned to his men getting up after taking their cue at his shout.
Klink blinked and cleaned his monocle. "What were you saying again?"
"I don't remember. The hawk drove it out of my mind."
"I understand. Did you ever hear Burkhalter's favorite fish story?"