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In August the evenings began to grow shorter: this was the very remark that the other employees made to him at the emporium, so that he almost feared that they suspected his secret, and he had much less time for the wonderful window, for lights were few down there and they blinked out early. IN AUGUST THE EVENINGS BEGAN TO GROW SHORTER THIS WAS THE VERY REMARK THAT THE OTHER EMPLOYEES MADE HIM AT THE EMPORIUM SO THAT HE ALMOST FEARED THAT THEY SUSPECTED HIS SECRET AND HE HAD MUCH LESS TIME FOR THE WONDERFUL WINDOW FOR LIGHTS WERE FEW DOWN THERE AND THEY BLINKED OUT EARLY
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. It would have been difficult for the customers of Messrs. Mergin and Chater to guess the precise ambition of Mr. Sladden as he walked before them in his neat frock-coat: it was that he might be a man-at-arms or an archer in order to fight for the little golden dragons that flew on a white flag for an unknown king in an inaccessible city. At first Mr. Sladden used to walk round and round the mean street that he lived in, but he gained no clue from that; and soon he noticed that quite different winds blew below his wonderful window from those that blew on the other side of the house. HEIR 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 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR THE CUSTOMERS OF MESSRS MERGAN AND CHAEDER TO GUESS THE PRECISE AMBITION OF MISTER SLATIN AS HE WALKED BEFORE THEM IN HIS NEAT FROCK COAT IT WAS THAT HE MIGHT BE A MAN AT ARMS OR AN ARCHER IN ORDER TO FIGHT FOR THE LITTLE GOLDEN DRAGONS THAT FLEW ON A WHITE FLAG FOR AN UNKNOWN KING IN AN INACCESSIBLE CITY AT FIRST MISTER SLADDIN USED TO WALK ROUND AND ROUND THE MEAN STREET THAT HE LIVED IN BUT HE GAINED NO CLUE FROM THAT AND SOON HE NOTICED THAT QUITE DIFFERENT WINDS BLEW BELOW HIS WONDERFUL WINDOW FROM THOSE THAT BLEW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE
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