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It would have been difficult for the customers of Messrs. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR THE CUSTOMERS OF MESSRS
d 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. 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. And the first thing that he always did was to cast his eye round all the little towers that rose up from the ramparts to see that the little golden dragons were flying there on their flags. And when he saw them flaunting themselves on white folds from every tower against the marvelous deep blue of the sky he dressed contentedly, and, taking one last look, went off to his work with a glory in his mind. ATIONS 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 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 AND THE FIRST THING THAT HE ALWAYS DID WAS TO CAST HIS EYE ROUND ALL THE LITTLE TOWERS THAT ROSE UP FROM THE RAMPARTS TO SEE THAT THE LITTLE GOLDEN DRAGONS WERE FLYING THERE ON THEIR FLAGS AND WHEN HE SAW THEM FLAUNTING THEMSELVES ON WHITE FOLDS FROM EVERY TOWER AGAINST THE MARVELOUS STEEP BLUE OF THE SKY HE DRESSED CONTENTEDLY AND TAKING ONE LAST LOOK WENT OFF TO HIS WORK WITH A GLORY IN HIS MIND
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