harkin then began a windy thank-you , interspersed it with a rowsing dose of patriotism and civic duty , threw in every cliche he 'd heard from the bench , warned them against talking to anybody about their deliberations and their verdict , said he could hold them in contempt of court if they breathed a word of what had happened in the jury room , and sent them away on their final journey to the motel to gather their things .