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Then there followed a strange ceremony called tea , or , if you preferred it , whiskey and soda ; and the tall footman bent before him with huge silver salvers laden down with flickering silver lamps , and bubbling soda bottles , and cigars , and cigarettes . `` You could have filled your pockets with twenty-five cent Havanas , and nobody would have said nothing ! '' declared Mr. Schwab , and his friends who never had enjoyed his chance to study at such close quarters the truly rich , nodded enviously . At six o'clock Mr. Schwab led Winthrop into the big library and asked for his ticket of leave . `` They 'll be counting the votes soon , '' he begged . `` I ca n't do no harm now , and I do n't mean to . I did n't see nothing , and I wo n't say nothing .