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`` Senator Langdon , '' she said , `` Senator Peabody and Senator Stevens are in committee room 6 , and they told me to tell you that they 'd be -- I ca n't say it . Please , sir , I -- '' `` D -- d , '' interpolated Langdon , laughing . `` Yes , sir , that 's it . They 'll be -- that -- if they come in here at 12:30 . You must come to them , they say . '' `` Tell the gentlemen I 'm sitting here with my hat on the back of my head , smoking a good see-gar , with nails driven through both shoes into the floor -- and looking at the clock . '' At 12:25 Senator Stevens entered .