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Another clue he tried to obtain one night by jotting down the shapes of the constellations, but this led him no further, for they were unlike any that shone upon either hemisphere. ANOTHER CLUE HE TRIED TO OBTAIN ONE NIGHT BY JOTTING DOWN THE SHAPES OF THE CONSTELLATIONS BUT THIS LED HIM NO FURTHER FOR THEY WERE UNLIKE ANY THAT SHONE UPON EITHER HEMISPHERE
 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. 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. 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 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
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