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Mr. Sladden entered the bare boarded room in which he slept and spent all his indoor hours between closing time and the hour at which Messrs. Mergin and Chater commenced. To the Penates of so dingy a room his neat frock coat must have been a continual wonder. MISTER SLADDIN ENTERED THE BAREBOARDED ROOM IN WHICH HE SLEPT AND SPENT ALL HIS INDOOR HOURS BETWEEN CLOSING TIME AND THE HOUR AT WHICH MESSRS MURGAN AND SHADER COMMENCED TO THE PENITIES OF SO DINGY A ROOM HIS NEAT FROCK COAT MUST HAVE BEEN A CONTINUAL WONDER
ile. "Then twenty-five-and-sixpence is the price of the window," he said. It was only when the bargain was completed and the ten shillings paid and the strange old man was coming for his fifteen-and-six and to fit the magical window into his only room that it occurred to Mr. Sladden's mind that he did not want a window. And then they were at the door of the house in which he rented a room, and it seemed too late to explain. The stranger demanded privacy when he fitted up the window, so Mr. Sladden remained outside the door at the top of a little flight of creaky stairs. He heard no sound of hammering. And presently the strange old man came out with his faded yellow robe and his great beard, and his eyes on far-off places. "It is finished," he said, and he and the young man parted. And whether he remained a spot of colour and an anachronism in London, or whether he ever came again to Baghdad, and what dark hands kept on the circulation of his twenty-five-and-six, Mr. Sladden never knew. HOUGHT FOR A WHILE THEN TWENTY FIVE AND SIXPENCE IS THE PRICE OF THE WINDOW HE SAID IT WAS ONLY WHEN THE BARGAIN WAS COMPLETED AND THE TEN SHILLINGS PAID AND THE STRANGE OLD MAN WAS COMING FOR HIS FIFTEEN AND SIX AND TO FIT THE MAGICAL WINDOW INTO HIS ONLY ROOM THAT IT OCCURRED TO MISTER SLATIN'S MIND THAT HE DID NOT WANT A WINDOW AND THEN THEY WERE AT THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE IN WHICH HE RENTED A ROOM AND IT SEEMED TOO LATE TO EXPLAIN THE STRANGER DEMANDED PRIVACY WHEN HE FITTED UP THE WINDOW SO MISTER SLADDIN REMAINED OUTSIDE THE DOOR AT THE TOP OF A LITTLE FLIGHT OF CREAKY STAIRS HE HEARD NO SOUND OF HAMMERING AND PRESENTLY THE STRANGE OLD MAN CAME OUT WITH HIS FADED YELLOW ROBE AND HIS GREAT BEARD AND HIS EYES ON FAR OFF PLACES IT IS FINISHED HE SAID AND HE AND THE YOUNG MAN PARTED AND WHETHER HE REMAINED A SPOT OF COLOUR AND AN ANACHRONISM IN LONDON OR WHETHER HE EVER CAME AGAIN TO BAGDAD AND WHAT DARK HANDS KEPT ON THE CIRCULATION OF HIS TWENTY FIVE AND SIX MISTER SLADDIN NEVER KNEW
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