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I take farewell of my readers. I TAKE FAREWELL OF MY READERS
ne of the towers and licked the feet of a reclining archer; he did not stir. And now the alien standard was out of sight directly underneath. Mr. Sladden broke the panes of the wonderful window and wrenched away with a poker the lead that held them. Just as the glass broke he saw a banner covered with golden dragons fluttering still, and then as he drew back to hurl the poker there came to him the scent of mysterious spices, and there was nothing there, not even the daylight, for behind the fragments of the wonderful window was nothing but that small cupboard in which he kept his tea-things. And though Mr. Sladden is older now and knows more of the world, and even has a Business of his own, he has never been able to buy such another window, and has not ever since, either from books or men, heard any rumour at all of Golden Dragon City. EPILOGUE Here the fourteenth Episode of the Book of Wonder endeth and here the relating of the Chronicles of Little Adventures at the Edge of the World. AND LICKED THE FEET OF A RECLINING ARCHER HE DID NOT STIR AND NOW THE ALIEN STANDARD WAS OUT OF SIGHT DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH MISTER SLADDIN BROKE THE PANES OF THE WONDERFUL WINDOW AND WRENCHED AWAY WITH A POKER THE LEAD THAT HELD THEM JUST AS THE GLASS BROKE HE SAW A BANNER COVERED WITH GOLDEN DRAGONS FLUTTERING STILL AND THEN AS HE DREW BACK TO HURL THE POKER THERE CAME TO HIM THE SCENT OF MYSTERIOUS SPICES AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE NOT EVEN THE DAYLIGHT FOR BEHIND THE FRAGMENTS OF THE WONDERFUL WINDOW WAS NOTHING BUT THAT SMALL CUPBOARD IN WHICH HE KEPT HIS TEA THINGS AND THOUGH MISTER SLADDIN IS OLDER NOW AND KNOWS MORE OF THE WORLD AND EVEN HAS A BUSINESS OF HIS OWN HE HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO BUY SUCH ANOTHER WINDOW AND HAS NOT EVER SINCE EITHER FROM BOOKS OR MEN HEARD ANY RUMOR AT ALL OF GOLDEN DRAGON CITY END OF THE WONDERFUL WINDOW EPILOGUE HERE THE FOURTEENTH EPISODE OF THE BOOK OF WONDER ENDETH AND HEAR THE RELATING OF THE CHRONICLES OF LITTLE ADVENTURES AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
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