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One morning late in August, just before he went to Business, Mr. Sladden saw a company of pikemen running down the cobbled road towards the gateway of the mediaeval city  Golden Dragon City he used to call it alone in his own mind, but he never spoke of it to anyone. ONE MORNING LATE IN AUGUST JUST BEFORE HE WENT TO BUSINESS MISTER SLADDIN SAW A COMPANY OF PIPEMEN RUNNING DOWN THE COBBLED ROAD TOWARDS THE GATEWAY OF THE MEDIAEVAL CITY GOLDEN DRAGON CITY HE USED TO CALL IT ALONE IN HIS OWN MIND BUT HE NEVER SPOKE OF IT TO ANY ONE
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. 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.  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 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
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