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The window would not open, so that he never heard the songs that the troubadours sang down there beneath the gilded balconies; he did not even hear the belfries' chimes, though he saw the jack daws routed every hour from their homes. THE WINDOW WOULD NOT OPEN SO THAT HE NEVER HEARD THE SONGS THAT THE TROUBADORES SANG DOWN THERE BENEATH THE GILDED BALCONIES HE DID NOT EVEN HEAR THE BELFRIES CHIMES THOUGH HE SAW THE JACKDAWS ROUTED EVERY HOUR FROM THEIR HOMES
r_ 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. 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. Each day as soon as he woke he went first to the wonderful window, and there was the city, diminutive in the distance, all shining in the morning, and the golden dragons dancing in the sun, and the archers stretching themselves or swinging their arms on the tops of the windy towers.  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 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 EACH DAY AS SOON AS HE WOKE HE WENT FIRST TO THE WONDERFUL WINDOW AND THERE WAS THE CITY DIMINUTIVE IN THE DISTANCE ALL SHINING IN THE MORNING AND THE GOLDEN DRAGONS DANCING IN THE SUN AND THE ARCHERS STRETCHING THEMSELVES OR SWINGING THEIR ARMS ON THE TOPS OF THE WINDY TOWERS
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