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"It must be a good window," said the young man. "It is a magical window," said the old one. "I have only ten shillings on me, but I have fifteen and six at home." The old man thought for a while. "Then twenty five and sixpence is the price of the window," he said. IT MUST BE A GOOD WINDOW SAID THE YOUNG MAN IT IS A MAGICAL WINDOW SAID THE OLD ONE I HAVE ONLY TEN SHILLINGS ON ME BUT I HAVE FIFTEEN AND SIX AT HOME THE OLD MAN THOUGHT FOR A WHILE THEN TWENTY FIVE AND SIXPENCE IS THE PRICE OF THE WINDOW HE SAID
ggestion 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. 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. Mr. Sladden had never before seen a window sold in the street, so he asked the price of it. "Its price is all you possess," said the old man. "Where did you get it?" said Mr. Sladden, for it was a strange window. "I gave all that I possessed for it in the streets of Baghdad." "Did you possess much?" said Mr. Sladden. "I had all that I wanted," he said, "except this window. 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 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 MISTER SLADDIN HAD NEVER BEFORE SEEN A WINDOW SOLD IN THE STREET SO HE ASKED THE PRICE OF IT ITS PRICE IS ALL YOU POSSESS SAID THE OLD MAN WHERE DID YOU GET IT SAID MISTER SLIDIN FOR IT WAS A STRANGE WINDOW I GAVE ALL THAT I POSSESSED FOR IT IN THE STREETS OF BAGDAD DID YOU POSSESS MUCH SAID MISTER SLIDDIN I HAD ALL THAT I WANTED HE SAID EXCEPT THIS WINDOW
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