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Mr. Sladden rubbed his eyes, then rubbed the window, and still he saw a sky of blazing blue, and far, far down beneath him, so that no sound came up from it or smoke of chimneys, a mediaeval city set with towers; brown roofs and cobbled streets, and then white walls and buttresses, and beyond them bright green fields and tiny streams. MISTER SLIDIN RUBBED HIS EYES THEN RUBBED THE WINDOW AND STILL HE SAW A SKY OF BLAZING BLUE AND FAR FAR DOWN BENEATH HIM SO THAT NO SOUND CAME UP FROM IT OR SMOKE OF CHIMNEYS A MEDIAEVAL CITY SET WITH TOWERS BROWN ROOFS AND COBBLED STREETS AND THEN WHITE WALLS AND BUTTRESSES AND BEYOND THEM BRIGHT GREEN FIELDS AND TINY STREAMS
lation of his twenty-five-and-six, Mr. Sladden never knew. 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. Mr. Sladden took it off and folded it carefully; and there was the old man's window rather high up in the wall. There had been no window in that wall hitherto, nor any ornament at all but a small cupboard, so when Mr. Sladden had put his frock-coat safely away he glanced through his new window. It was where his cupboard had been in which he kept his tea-things: they were all standing on the table now. When Mr. Sladden glanced through his new window it was late in a summer's evening; the butterflies some while ago would have closed their wings, though the bat would scarcely yet be drifting abroad--but this was in London: the shops were shut and street-lamps not yet lighted. ULATION OF HIS TWENTY FIVE AND SIX MISTER SLADDIN NEVER KNEW 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 MISTER SLADDIN TOOK IT OFF AND FOLDED IT CAREFULLY AND THERE WAS THE OLD MAN'S WINDOW RATHER HIGH UP IN THE WALL THERE HAD BEEN NO WINDOW IN THAT WALL HITHERTO NOR ANY ORNAMENT AT ALL BUT A SMALL CUPBOARD SO WHEN MISTER SLADDIN HAD PUT HIS FROCK COAT SAFELY AWAY HE GLANCED THROUGH HIS NEW WINDOW IT WAS WHERE HIS CUPBOARD HAD BEEN IN WHICH HE KEPT HIS TEA THINGS THEY WERE ALL STANDING ON THE TABLE NOW WHEN MISTER SLADDING GLANCED THROUGH HIS NEW WINDOW IT WAS LATE IN A SUMMER'S EVENING THE BUTTERFLIES SOME WHILE AGO WOULD HAVE CLOSED THEIR WINGS THOUGH THE BAT WOULD SCARCELY YET BE DRIFTING ABROAD BUT THIS WAS IN LONDON THE SHOPS WERE SHUT AND STREET LAMPS NOT YET LIGHTED
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