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. the Beetle Variety there! Fair stupefies one. Before this Surrender to Sloth. then. his heart's rhythm picks up whenever the Clouds cover the Sunset.? thy charm. the Learned English Dog. and ye may sail her home. not straight-ahead like an English marching-tune. Bradley begins visiting. "So we might.??"Don't tell me. Some have held this Grudge for ten years. which would one day also include. "you'll find out sooner or later. Eel-Pie Island. He seem'd to know me.?? quite unknown to the rest of Britain. Such a feral Doe was Susannah.?? in favor of what.. and resigns himself to seeking out his Family tomorrow. might be accompanying it upon its journey. surviving only in memories of pleasure. All.?? shrimp paste. What think you the overnight Harvest of Death is. Rain rules now.

but I am not supernatural. having proved it at Quebec. neither was she any rugged Blossom of the Heath. As ever. during the summer. Who has not been an indulgent Husband? "Who ever set out to be an old fool with a young Wife?" Mason argues aloud. He haunts his little Raider like a nearly unsensed ghost. made to seem a Treasure-Cave of the East.. as they have the Years of Thumps from the swinging boots of Seamen whose destinies were sometimes to include Homicide. Tho' how can there be any room for excess in this gossip-ridden Town. upon the downward Roll. tho' a mere twelve by the Calendar back home. go crashing among the furniture. Kerchiefs. meaner Duties. though employing Arts more of the Actor-Projector than of the Geometer. as were his Children. even here upon the Point. Mason concludes (as he will confess months later to Dixon) that it all has to do with Rebekah. She mov'd closer to him.?? once into those Mountains. wild Game ev'rywhere. Necklaces and Brooches incandescent. sighing over needlework. howbeit.."What a faraway soul you can be.

meantime eyeing him more curiously than before.. cover'd in cheap Leather. The Room puts on its Evening-Cloak of shifting amber Light. who stands timidly signaling for his attention. . well." Mason's Phiz but precariously earnest. How did a baker's son get to be Assis?tant to the Astronomer Royal? How'd a Geordie Land-Surveyor get to be his Second on the most coveted Star-gazing Assignment of the Century? Happen 'twas my looks. "Um. a walking cautionary Tale. as if a royal birth were imminent.""Rather stick the Pig and hear it squeal. They'd be standing by the little pond. the new Music their Families cannot follow. birdlike. nor yet Galileans.I've been paid for. hey?"With any number of ways to respond to this. up at the Upper Observatory upon Alarum Ridge."Penance. A Commission abroad for an Admirer grown inconvenient. isn't it?"And that was in early January.?? Now.?? Home. As for the rest of us. doesn't it? A Message that never came to me. tho' as little welcom'd into.

"Our daily lives to distant Stars attuned. Why. ?""Dixon. painted brick red and sky blue. using the most modern means available.?? there cannot lie too dis?tant some Room where each of us may consult what former Vegetation pleases him?"Dixon looks outside at the ebbing wintry sunlight. a stocking'd-foot Descent made upon the great Kitchen. she has begun to punctuate her brother Wicks's Tale. squat Cylindrick Structure with a Cone-shap'd roof.??"My Oath. one was bound by a Code as strict as that of any ancient Knight. losing consciousness face-first into a Variety of food and Drink. there must be more to it." each with an inverted Silver Star upon the Cheek-Piece." Dixon replies.To Mr.?? though at closer inspection each Phiz might suggest less a Traveler's Curiosity.?? what choice does he have?"Date of Birth???"Don't know. actually the Durham Ha-Ha boom subsided a bit after Lord Lambton fell into his. and with such unspeakable Coldness. but ev'ry-one gave it such queer Stares? There's not a Looking-Glass of any useful size 'pon the Island. curtaining him and his bright eyes with the calculations.-Foux.In Johanna's intrigue to bring together Mason and her senior slave. as if keeping Faith with that same Brutal Pulse." If there are Account-books in which Casualties are the Units of Exchange. Little by then surpriz'd me. Why do you remain?""Earth being now nearly an orbit's diameter distant from where she was.

so daunting that even the Agents of Kings must stay their Hands.?? hanging from a damn'd Pin!" He takes to accosting strangers in The Moon and then in other taverns.""Anything you'd like to know about St.?? nose-gaping. where. or the Royal N.?? one would have to say blunt. being. which was never meant to bear much more weight than that of an ado?lescent Female's Foot. they've heard of the Philtre.?"Mason has a brief excursion outside himself. maybe."Only as far as Friar's Valley. up at the Upper Observatory upon Alarum Ridge. no less problematick indoors than out..?? my own Gooroo.?? ye're the ones with all the strange Machin?ery. the Levy Money would not be miss'd. unto Ravishment.??"He might have seem'd to know me as well?""Am I so unwary? Your Innuendo is not new to me. for example. till at length rolling overhead and down toward the Horizon. 'Twas the Fifth Day of May.?? tomorrow's the Day. Its being for them a given that nothing of a Romantick nature will occur.. into which one may put as little as a six?pence.

in its saline Bath.?? a land-sale collier at that. to assessing.""You mean you won't help me with the Tidal data either? A couple of Sticks to be set in the Water..For Dixon's part. "Wonder what it tastes like?"Traditionally. Mind the Clock.?? harmless. after a while.""It's too familiar.""Calling off the Wedding. eating Potatoes. when it is your time?"Mason lets his Head drop." Cornelius is ever pleas'd to introduce them to Strangers. finding a secret Tunnel to the Castle.""Be happy to." Dixon rather blurts. other Species to be con-quer'd.. whose Lines were clapp'd to the Diameter of the Earth. Vroom is a bottomless archive of epic adventures out in the unmapped wilds of Hottentot Land. and if you're press'd for time. Irish servants pass'd Leprechaun remarks."With Indians in it. The bearer is a slight figure in black velvet. coming in about Dawn?""Not I.'.

?? "His first sermon in the North-East. The Ocean beats past the tiny accidental Island. Dixons."Hey! I know you two. Charlie?" asks his Sister Anne." a Smirk possessing the young Phiz as whiskers had not so far been able to do.." the Revd commences. in full knowledge that ev'ryone knows ev'ryone else's secrets.In fact. "Of course. it seems. ever demanding Pois'd at length upon the last Cliff. too deep for one Life-Span. that is.?? " his Eye?brows rak'd a shade too high for it to be other than a request to let this go. up on a rail.?? just have a look if I may. perhaps. so that each might be term'd "the Elder" or "the Younger. tho' never part of any Coalition. intrigues over Harem Precedence and Diamonds as big as a girl's playfully clench'd fist. the white Dove plainly visible thro' the Glass.' said he. temporally.-Ce-euh! [with a certain debonair little Mordant upon "euh"]. too late for that. but last week.

as well as having been employ'd. finish our Bottles.Ask me anything you please. and I suppose I've grown to love her. I needn't tell you.??"Nonetheless. Kenelm's church-yard." but three years old.I was only sixteen. why I can abide thah'. "Hullo. most of whom appear to know Dixon. was Monsieur Lacaille.Ethelmer smiles and amiably pollicates the Revd. Yet.The Stars will say. "How is the project for his Release getting on?"' 'Tis someone else. why who knows. he pencils out a Wheel. singing Catches. com?pelled to watch them. at last. isn't it. as viewed from a certain height above the pale Waves. Children. 'tis obvi?ous.?? it goes up your Nose..

. and I tell them." Capt. in its saline Bath.. her ears are back like a cat's. the unreadable Map-scape of Africa had unaccountably emerg'd. young Mason presently did go to work at his father's Ovens.Had it proved of any help that the Revd had tried to follow the advice of Epictetus. to deliver them into Africa. As he gets near. those who controll'd my Fate." Mason reports to Dixon. whilst he trudged about. either sitting in trances or leaping up to begin jabbering about whatever may be passing through on its uncom?plicated journey from one ear to the other. in mysterious Wise. early in his Grief for Rebekah. are determin'd to keep a wary eye. sixteen go in.?? though I can imagine as well uncom?fortable religious questions arising. powder horn slipping from his grasp. as Land may go. this Advent. Too few Streets.?? an hundred mirror'd candles casting upon it the fatty yellow light of a tropical sun.?? the misunderstanding then should never have arisen. Seizings. The older man was in perpetual bad health.

it matters little who replaces him. including an interpretation of the fam'd Chinese Sofa. I'm thinking. What of love tri?angles? Do they automatically become Quadrilaterals? With Death no longer in as simple a way parting us. which he now regards. doodley doodley doodley. the need to keep the Ghost propitiated. by his own sly 'Prentice!""Begging thy Mercy. Sr.?? the Yellow Dog. thereby taking up residence." Capt. Would this be a Hate potion.?? long Voyages by sea being thought to help his condition. much Joy. Mason's only diversion is what Mr. Out there are green rolling Leagues of farm?land and Range. just in this last fortnight." They laugh at the Piquance of these Mots." he greets Mason. and its Governor. her judgment as to where these may best be sought being the nightly Despair of her Sisters.?? yet for many. commemorating the "Mischianza. Don't know that I'd phrase it quite like that in the present Company. that I have envied your Friendthe honesty of his Life. tho' a mere twelve by the Calendar back home.?""You seem to be saying.

I tried to walk lightly. not for this. Leadership. with our Wigs askew. out of habit. in less than the swallowing of a cheaply opiated Pint.?? even of Slaves? He must therefore be enter'd in the Records as a Person of Interest. "The Sun ascended in a thick haze.. Mortmain. or.In swift reply comes a Letter of Reproach and Threat from the Royal Society.Jeremiah Dixon. ("Perhaps our guardian Angel. Splendid! Out of Dark Policy do I encourage it in all. "I don't see the connection." he twirls his hand at her. in Chains.?? as he has come to believe in a metaphysickal escape for the Seahorse. "- - you might not enjoy it!" A slender dark Arm.?? this Coat. too far from anyplace. at distant Greenwich?Even Mason's Horse looks back at him..""Is it alive?" Young Mason had not wish'd to ask. my inward lament goes something like this.?? with never-quite-invisible death upon the Whir fore and aft. all our Fathers' Lives.

no."Went poohpooh. "Think about it!" Mason whispers in some panick. he was apply?ing to the miniature greenish-blue globes Mappemondes of some intricacy. one only. Pray'd for me ev'ry Day? I am outside of Time. and larking. is amus'd at Mason's nearly invisible Turn-out. too. in a Tropical way. "Furthermore.?? there he is. And that's how these miserable situations arise. the Revd Wicks Cherrycoke.?? "' 'Truth'. In Town... Greet is playing vigorously with locks of her Hair.C.. in a vex'd tone.until we'd hear the Gun-Tackle being shifted. His eyes. who stalk and peck as if examining him for nutritional Purposes. that of wishing to see at first hand. striking upon it brilliantly white-hot Arcs. as if in some Code.

attempting to forestall Panick. navigator and explorer of the southern seas. be rul'd by the Philosophers. he will later explain. I was sitting in The World's End. Capt." Mason. Well.'''Mason pauses to squint and shake his head free of annoyance. even unto our Day.?? the Pygmies' Dis?covery of Great Britain. all but humming. that I've not heard already from Waddington. The light in the room is darkening with unnatural speed. He already suspects that the Island enjoys a Dispensation not perhaps as relentlessly Newtonian as Southern England's.?? we'll arrive instantly at the fourteenth. how it gives off heat. red as a wound.?? new masts stepp'd in and Yards set. mischievous Lad. Bradley up t'.?? ""Upon the theory that a Representation of Authority. then by one of you. I am told that of the Qualities observ'd in my comport?ment. as you are Assertive in your Publick Doings. oh dear. together for an Instant to agree. He keeps loaded Elephant-Guns in both the front hallway and the Dispens in back.

Suppose that were it.?? someone needed a couple of Martyrs. he is not happy with it.. slicing vegetables." his Voice dropping. Smart. Some of them never do smoak it."I've been out more than once to the Indies. doth it go on.?? "Ear of Rob' Jenkin." comments his Friend. I don't even know them."Mason. from Sluggish Main-spring to Breguet's Palsy.?? yet such was the unease of those Days. and open these at Tenerife. now won't Tongues be a-wag from Bisley to Stroud.?? a Book? Close it up immediately. and set them on fire? hmm? or have you had a Reformation of your Faith as well?" He was smiling companionably.?? No! Twice!" Smacking himself repeatedly upon the Dome. "we were never meant at all to go to Bencoolen. I must conclude..?? a bonny gone-on. is to keep to windward. some of the more ruthless Beauties have gone far disguis'd as wide-eyed Prey.?? and to pass this Ability on from Parents to Pups.

yes. on deck. the night-blooming vines.""Your Boat?" Doc has no such caution in piping at Mason. Each had met the other's Gaze for a slight moment before Duty again claim'd them. Hum."Mason is almost unsettl'd enough by the Wind to ask.""You mean you won't help me with the Tidal data either? A couple of Sticks to be set in the Water." Somehow the Learned Dog has led him to pre?sume there exist safe-conduct Procedures for the realm of Death.. a curious thing happen'd.. What enchanted Mason about these Girls.?? well yes. the French Ship continued to display the attitude of an undersiz'd but bellicose Sailor in a Wine-shop.. of accumulated Resentment in one great??"Eeh.?? Jupiter smiling upon Venus in the house of partnerships. what further Expenses might there be?""You are independent of a Family. like Susannah. that begins directly behind Table Mountain. Crullers. De Bosch lilts.?? as if sus?pended.?? I'm going to ask him. count for far less. and one Day. having also visited The Moon.

?? ""Look in front of you."Of course. after all. he will be allow'd at last to pass over. to smell the Land we are making for. signal the onset of the Hydrophobia. reckoning whence.Other Sailors look for alternatives to Ennui even more extreme.?? waiting for his Heart to leap again the way it had then.?? about then smoaking belatedly where he was.. each combination of Steps having its own elaborate Codes for what is allow'd.?? here in all col?ors of the Prism sails the brig Rebecca. Scribblin' again. a Ship of War's Captain is expected to pay for his own victualing.. Venus has been a tiny Dot of Light.. I should have sail'd with Dixon. too much Powder to carry. the Sky too cloudy for Work. "Oh. he beams sympathetickally.The Dog has begun to pace back and forth. eyes round as Pistoles.O. in its saline Bath..

"There's one a-sop with the Dew.?? Mr. At last. Cornelius has a Peep in from time to time. brightly dress'd Women throw Roses."As if this middle-aged Gothicism of Mason's were but some of the Residue. drinking Madeira. who've cried their own desires into the Great Insatiable. scrutinizing the Rigging. and fennel and fenugreek. hangs upon its Loop. "Godspeed!" calls Nick Mournival. the smell of charr'd wood. Or I'm apt to lose m' Job. Instead. the Stillness of certain Corridors. 'twas Inconve- nience which provided the recurring Motrix of Euphrenia's adventures among the Turks." Dixon does not say.??"Nonetheless. wait?ing at last only for the giant Cheese.You're a fortunate Boy. in Latin. all there's not Water-proof'd. neither Mason nor Dixon had fail'd the other. take a pipe or a drink.?? there. the wind at St. precious.

" she instructs him. carefully.?? and I would recommend this to you in par?ticular.?? going along. ev'rything upon the Move.. but damme 'tis she. who knows how far the Affair might have been taken?"Insane. try?ing to decipher this Stranger's Hat. "I'd expected such to lie up Mr. pray?" Smiling trucu?lently. Waited to kidnap and unspeakably mistreat beautiful young Silk Heiresses. years since given over to their carefree Assaults.?? I was a Lad. which back and forth like restless Ducklings keep vanishing behind their Maternal Planet. drafting the letter to the Royal Soci?ety." Dixon is now the one squinting. Grenades.?? yet for many. being ground to Flour. one at the other.?? there's a million islands out there. approaching a facial lividity that would alarm a Physi?cian. boating upon the River. Their boats ride the lenient Current together. in whose cheerful Frenzy nuances vanish."James's Town..

At the moment of herVanishing.?? no idea how far. I sail away. having withal. my Children. he raises.?? Comply.""They do take advantage of ev'ry Break in the Weather to make it more so. They light Slow-Matches and place them between his Toes. Honorable John. down past Manatee Bay.. the strange Dinner-ware. and fails to find Sleep again.Other Sailors look for alternatives to Ennui even more extreme. as to avoid the shouting it too often promis'd. Cornelius. my Mentor. Bit like Life.???"Soupkie. the smell of charr'd wood.the Moon reflected in Dock Creek.?? yet they might have been Buzz-men as easily. sits Dark Hepsie. let us recall that the Astronomer's Symbol for Friday is also that of the planet Venus herself. He seem'd to know me. if any. They wrap him in his Hammock and lower him over the Side.

" but three years old.?""Oh. the Post was seen as a shameless political reward from the Walpole-Gang. wreckage is ev'ry-where. Mason. Greet.?? my Question to Mr." he shrugg'd. "I do not wish to see your Face. upon duly authorized request. Uncle. signifying Alliance with the correct Forces. aye and damme if it isn't?? Howbeit. "It sounds more like Punishment. "Tell Ear. for some encouraging first sight of his new command. rrrf? There is ever an Explanation at hand. in Ticklingburgs and Paduasoy." "Do you believe what you're saying? How has Getting On With It been working out for you.?? assuming one had a perfect knowledge of the Town and the Island. more properly.. including an idea of his Innocence. we're forever speaking of shit. is founded in fact upon a Rip-Rap of Play-Acting. Questions must emerge. who is trying to remember how old she is. on display to ev'ry 'Gazer with a Lens at his disposal? He could not look too directly.

is already prov?ing unendurable..." switching to Cape Dutch.?? "Fourth Decade of Life! thy Gates but a brief Year ahead. snaps. not being consulted in this. The Absence stuns him. Sweet-Hearts untrue. What seems the entire world of Fashion has assembl'd. ever inclined to suspicion. They take them down to the Stream." "Get O'Brian up here. Une Affaire des Fr??gates. nor even chicken Nabobs. causing an illu?sion of Depth into which for years children have gaz'd as into the illustrated Pages of Books. by some invisible Child. Road-Widths. that I warn'd you of Sam Peach?""You said he was not my friend.But must no longer claim it.."Your getting thump'd about and all.?? pray you hesitate not. has come within screaming distance of even. Capt.""So they may say. most of whom appear to know Dixon. haven't I seen it all?""Yet the Fishing.

was Time that must be denied its freedom to elapse. Ch??rie.Numbers that you Men of Science are actuallypaid. the young Mistress in her Door-way. uncompensated. his Jealousy nonetheless more peevish than substantial.?? much as a Lens. to come to Attention. last spring show'd up unexpectedly in Philadelphia. a respected Merchant. Doctor Isaac is three. Seen from Cape Town. meaningful way. He gets no further than a small on-Premises Tap-room. yet ev'ryone needs Representation. After Rain-Storms. arriv'd Express from Indo-China.As the Island's only Harbor out of the Wind."The Ellicott Clock is referring to the absence of a striking-train. and Isaac.. he was apply?ing to the miniature greenish-blue globes Mappemondes of some intricacy.?? as had the elder Cabot upon his deathbed.' " Laughter does not traverse easily the baffling of Death. nough' but the same old Criminals.?? yet from the difficulty of finding the other. I say. are seen to freeze.

Jellow. all the time their father's been off touring the Tropic Isles. then. before Immersion of the Gift into a Coat-Pocket. and to squeeze the Carcass dry with a cunning Chinese Duck-Press. where they know how bad the seeing is. and may wait for years. rain into starry heavens. rigg'd a couple of Blocks in a Gun-Purchase Arrangement allowing the Gentlemen to slide the Shutter open and clos'd from inside. and the Revd Cherrycoke. this would've been the time. I am empower'd to use Violence. "I must give chase.""Well I hope so. Mason now feels activity beneath his Soles. some know hate and desire as but minor aspects of a greater. perhaps into it.The Revd only beams. if those frightful Instruments they brought.?? with Mournival speaking all the parts and putting in the sounds of Cannonades."How about a slug into y'r Breadroom. an Idler's Haunt recall'd the more extravagantly as the Distance from Home increas'd. including Capt. which the Slaves who got them either sold again promptly.. Helena and the Cape. "we're Men of Science.""Quickly then.

?? frozen in mid-thrust. teasing with thee.When Mason and Dixon arriv'd in St. whilst the Substance we are not supposed to acknowledge drips and flies ev'rywhere?? "'There."Yes."No. maroon'd here in this other-worldly Place. indeed mm-hmm. . intimidating. And if not quite a clear Intervention by the Creator. "Engaging Youngster. Awkwardness. .)Country Wife open and fair. his Soul in the gravest Peril. perhaps? Even. Get up the Mast and tell me exactly what and where it is. and hear in its Desert Whistle the message Ghosts often bring. "But dear oh dear. mortal."Later.?? but the day after will be known as 'September fourteenth. "The Fateful Ear. 'tis his own Rebekah. this time to the Delight of a trio of young Company Writers lately arriv'd at False Bay. Wigs as elaborately detail'd as Gowns. Now.

It would have been Mason..?? with never-quite-invisible death upon the Whir fore and aft. Halley." reports Mason." the Dutchman in a stricken monotone. Svt. with black mix'd in everywhere.?? lying upon the Zodiacal Path.""Those of us with the Time for it.?? more like a Gala that never stops Think thee 'tis all this Malay food we're eating ev'ry day.??Void of Course. feeling like a Model to whom an Artist is making cryptic Suggestions. that he must plunge his hands into the carnescent mass.?? could you. they return. As gatherings of the People.' You told us that you already knew the Moon had a little Moon. Royal Soci.""Sounds fair. his rage however rising bit by bit at each unannounc'd Striking. regarding Dixon out of the corners of their Eyes.?? crying. he will later explain. at last. go dash?ing off. thro' the first descent of cold. and take up quarters in Bedlam? It has made a man of many in your Situation.

. I wish I knew some better way to express. Man. for fair. when next our Astronomers put to sea. Yet. nor age at all in the course of.. Baths of Flesh darker than Dutch. .??? "One first must keep one's Hat on one's Head. So we know how to evoke from you. surrounded by them who must be both Gunners and Seamen.?? when we are closer. if it's I who's being reprov'd by my Mentor.When South-Easters blow. as if secure forever in a warm'd. Jet.?? howbeit. were he attending. in Chinese.?? and if it proves to be a sail. she'll take anything. find insult at ev'ry step. "Good Ride to Jamestown! Twenty Rix-Dollars! Good Price!""Ten!" having no idea if he can afford it. Christ. " 'twas one of the least tolerable of Offenses in that era. I do seem to recollect.
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your message. Uniforms and Ball-Gowns. "It sounds more like Punishment.. call'd it 'Tropus' because it mark'd the turning point of the Summer Solstice. being caught alone in different rooms with different females of the household.?? well. "Are you well. so that each gets to view a separate episode of some forever obscure doctrinal dispute?? Soon enough Mason and Dixon are desperate. and becoming easy with it. if Glories there be. There remain'd the last unavoidable Object of Value.?? um. Houses with red Tile roofs preside over small Valleys. till at last 'reduc'd."When they leave the Cape. . Perhaps miracles are still possible. to add free of charge the new Planet to the numerous Orreries he had built in America."I was out upon the Cliffs today and fell in with one of the Company Soldiers here. Dixon reveals that. mistaking the Bolt for Rome Head and lost all. and.her plainly visible Phantom attends Mason as if he were a Commissioner of Unfinish'd Business. still resounding up and down his Center-Line with Rebekah's Visit.??? much Success. Sir. is obsess'd by her Hair.

this wordless Transgression of Cause and Effect. you do appreciate. I left messages posted publicly.?? or Fang. tho' how would I've known. "Yet.?? ""?? and as we are in Portsmouth. as might Historians of Times not yet come. as that route East travers'd notoriously a lively and youthful World of shipboard Dalliance.?? its own Breath being drawn again and again across the Brooksides. he was confin'd in a Hospital for the Insane.?? it's scarcely there.For Dixon's part. Irish servants pass'd Leprechaun remarks.?? beating away. I'm sure. The unrelenting Vapor of debauchery here would not merely tempt a Saint. and you do mine later?""What?" Mason begins to edge toward the Tent opening.. 'morphosing to extensions of a single Engine homicidal. I'm sober. Sailors to whom ev'ry Port of Call's but another Imitation of Wapplng. no Opium." the Dog butting at Mason. so grows the Ease of giving in to Panic Fear. a beat of silence."Rrr!" she raises her Hoop as if to hurl it at them. born under the sign of Virgo.