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Mergin and Chater closed, Mr. Sladden used to go back to his dingy room and gaze though the wonderful window until it grew dark in the city and the guard would go with a lantern round the ramparts and the night came up like velvet, full of strange stars. MERGAN AND CHADER CLOSED MISTER SLADDIN USED TO GO BACK TO HIS DINGY ROOM AND GAZE THROUGH THE WONDERFUL WINDOW UNTIL IT GREW DARK IN THE CITY AND THE GUARD WOULD GO WITH A LANTERN ROUND THE RAMPARTS AND THE NIGHT CAME UP LIKE VELVET FULL OF STRANGE STARS
goyle, 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_. 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. As soon as Messrs. 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 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 AS SOON AS MEASURES
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