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Merely the fact that the dirty piece of paper that wrapped the old man's parcel was covered with Arabic writing was enough to give Mr. Sladden the idea of romance, and he followed until the little crowd fell off and the stranger stopped by the kerb and unwrapped his parcel and prepared to sell the thing that was inside it. MERELY THE FACT THAT THE DIRTY PIECE OF PAPER THAT WRAPPED THE OLD MAN'S PARCEL WAS COVERED WITH ARABIC WRITING WAS ENOUGH TO GIVE MISTER SLADDIN THE IDEAS OF ROMANCE AND HE FOLLOWED UNTIL THE LITTLE CROWD FELL OFF AND THE STRANGER STOPPED BY THE CURB AND UNWRAPPED HIS PARCEL AND PREPARED TO SELL THE THING THAT WAS INSIDE IT
at hands stuck up in the air that sometimes I am moved out of compassion to bow down to him and pray, saying, "O Chu-bu, thou that made everything, help thy servant." Chu-bu cannot do much, though once I am sure that at a game of bridge he sent me the ace of trumps after I had not held a card worth having for the whole of the evening. And chance alone could have done as much as that for me. But I do not tell this to Chu-bu. THE WONDERFUL WINDOW The old man in the Oriental-looking robe was being moved on by the police, and it was this that attracted to him and the parcel under his arm the attention of Mr. Sladden, whose livelihood was earned in the emporium of Messrs. Mergin and Chater, that is to say in their establishment. Mr. Sladden had the reputation of being the silliest young man in Business; a touch of romance--a mere suggestion of it--would send his eyes gazing away as though the walls of the emporium were of gossamer and London itself a myth, instead of attending to customers.  THE BOOK OF WONDER BY LORD DUNZANIE THIS IS LIEBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIVER BOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERVOX DOT ORG THE WONDERFUL WINDOW THE OLD MAN IN THE ORIENTAL LOOKING ROBE WAS BEING MOVED ON BY THE POLICE AND IT WAS THIS THAT ATTRACTED TO HIM AND THE PARCEL UNDER HIS ARM THE ATTENTION OF MISTER SLADDIN WHOSE LIVELIHOOD WAS EARNED IN THE EMPORIUM OF MEASURES MERGAN AND CHAYTUR THAT IS TO SAY IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT MISTER SLADDIN HAD THE REPUTATION OF BEING THE SILLIEST YOUNG MAN IN BUSINESS A TOUCH OF ROMANCE A MERE SUGGESTION OF IT WOULD SEND HIS EYES GAZING AWAY AS THOUGH THE WALLS OF THE EMPORIUM WERE OF GOSSAMER AND LONDON ITSELF A MYTH INSTEAD OF ATTENDING TO CUSTOMERS
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