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Fables Chapter 12 - The Citizen and the Traveller

The Robert Louis Stevenson Library

October 18, 2026

In which a curious discourse unfolds between a local citizen and a traveller, each championing the merits of their experiences with lively conviction. The scene closes with a quiet, somber event that silently shades the exchange with a touch of gravity.

Speakers Ben Tucker

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Ben Tucker (0:01)

Section 12 Of Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Read by Ben Tucker THE CITIZEN AND THE TRAVELER Look around you, said the citizen. This is the largest market in the world. Oh, surely not, said the traveler. Well, perhaps not the largest, said the citizen, but much the best.

You are certainly wrong there, said the traveler. I can tell you, they buried the stranger at the dusk.

End of Section 12 The Citizen and the Traveler

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