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It was a little window in old wood with small panes set in lead; it was not much more than a foot in breadth and was under two feet long. IT WAS A LITTLE WINDOW IN OLD WOOD WITH SMALL PANES SET IN LEAD IT WAS NOT MUCH MORE THAN A FOOT IN BREADTH AND WAS UNDER TWO FEET LONG
he 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. 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. ECORDINGS 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 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
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