Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 / Fables (1902)
XII
THE CITIZEN AND THE TRAVELLER
'Look round you,' said the citizen. 'This is the largest market in theworld.'
'Oh, surely not,' said the traveller.
'Well, perhaps not the largest,' said the citizen, 'but much the best.'
'You are certainly wrong there,' traveller. 'I can tell you . . .'
They buried the stranger at the dusk. [p. 46] [page break]
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