any watcher trained in reading body language would have been prepared to bet that , after the click , someone was going to suggest that they might as well go somewhere and have a few drinks , and then someone else would fancy a meal , and then there was always room for a few more drinks , and then it would be 5 a.m. and the city guards would be respectfully knocking on the university gates and asking if the archchancellor would care to step down to the cells to identify some alleged wizards who were singing an obscene song in six-part harmony , and perhaps he would also care to bring some money to pay for all the damage .