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And when it seemed that for him alone those golden dragons had fluttered he came to love them as an exile in some desert might love the lilies of his home or as a sick man might love swallows when he cannot easily live to another spring. AND WHEN IT SEEMED THAT FOR HIM ALONE THOSE GOLDEN DRAGONS HAD FLUTTERED HE CAME TO LOVE THEM AS AN EXILE IN SOME DESERT MIGHT LOVE THE LILIES OF HIS HOME WHEREAS A SICK MAN MIGHT LOVE SWALLOWS WHEN HE CANNOT EASILY LIVE TO ANOTHER SPRING
Sometimes folks put their heads out of lattice windows, sometimes some idle troubadour seemed to sing, and nobody hurried or troubled about anything. Airy and dizzy though the distance was, for Mr. Sladden seemed higher above the city than any cathedral gargoyle, yet one clear detail he obtained as a clue: the banners floating from every tower over the idle archers had little golden dragons all over a pure white field. He heard motor-buses roar by his other window, he heard the newsboys howling. Mr. Sladden grew dreamier than ever after that on the premises, in the establishment of Messrs. Mergin and Chater. But in one matter he was wise and wakeful: he made continuous and careful inquiries about the golden dragons on a white flag, and talked to no one of his wonderful window. He came to know the flags of every king in Europe, he even dabbled in history, he made inquiries at shops that understood heraldry, but nowhere could he learn any trace of little dragons _or_ on a field _argent_. NG OVER THE FIELDS SOMETIMES FOLKS PUT THEIR HEADS OUT OF LATTICED WINDOWS SOMETIMES SOME IDLE TROUBADORE SEEMED TO SING AND NOBODY HURRIED OR TROUBLED ABOUT ANYTHING AIRY AND DIZZY THOUGH THE DISTANCE WAS FOR MISTER SLADDIN SEEMED HIGHER ABOVE THE CITY THAN ANY CATHEDRAL GARGOYLE YET ONE CLEAR DETAIL HE OBTAINED AS A CLUE THE BANNERS FLOATING FROM EVERY TOWER OVER THE IDLE ARCHERS HAD LITTLE GOLDEN DRAGONS ALL OVER A PURE WHITE FIELD HE HEARD MOTOR BUSES ROAR BY HIS OTHER WINDOW HE HEARD THE NEWSBOYS HOWLING MISTER SLADDIN GREW DREAMIER THAN EVER AFTER THAT ON THE PREMISES IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MEASURES MERGAN AND CHAEDAR BUT IN ONE MATTER HE WAS WISE AND WAKEFUL HE MADE CONTINUOUS AND CAREFUL INQUIRIES ABOUT THE GOLDEN DRAGONS ON A WHITE FLAG AND TALKED TO NO ONE OF HIS WONDERFUL WINDOW HE CAME TO KNOW THE FLAGS VERY KING IN EUROPE HE EVEN DABBLED IN HISTORY HE MADE INQUIRIES AT SHOPS THAT UNDERSTOOD HERALDRY BUT NOWHERE COULD HE LEN ANY TRACE OF LITTLE DRAGONS OR ON A FIELD ARGENT
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