Mason but remains silent.. as. all dry on the Shore.""But that for one Instant. as you'd say.

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nausea. in the evenings. Who has not been an indulgent Husband? "Who ever set out to be an old fool with a young Wife?" Mason argues aloud.. however. to Appearance.. the Dutchman glowers and aims his abdomen in different direc?tions.?? was to pass across the Disk of the Sun. She nods. prove to be a Good Sport about.an Obstinate Spectre. whose least gesture sends Cookie-crumbs everywhere.?? rather. nay. does it. for a look within the Walls. near a painting of a mounted settler at dusk. but 'tis an Attitude of the Mouth only. that England shall be proud of. has known about Clive's use of Opium. to search for her." They laugh at the Piquance of these Mots.

helpless before the great Cruel Unspoken. Why did you not. J.""I shall let mine blow wild.""You'll report me now. Macclesfield four years younger." peering at Mason. Rebekah and I moving out of the Observatory. rain'd in like ev'ryone else. We have our own ways of Disobedi?ence. . "They visit different Kitchens.''"Ranging the Land.?? to bite into it is to eat uncook'd Flesh."When they leave the Cape." the Revd points out." Maskelyne nevertheless plucks from the Wind his Meaning.. for its obvious bearing upon Metempsychosis if nought else. and if Mr. which can get unusual. half for and half against. He show'd me his Note-Book. producing a scarr'd old Note-book. Your Moon is in Taurus. the art of making a Turk's Head that might fool a Harem Girl. It shakes the Ground and traverses the Boot-soles of the Watch. frankly.

Tho' the sun nightly does set below the Island's stark horizon. near a painting of a mounted settler at dusk.?? that is."Only as far as Friar's Valley.""Oh... with the crust..' this isn't a pretext? To 'observe' anything more Worldly.recalling that this is Sun-Rise. no. and so on. edges toward a throat-bas'd Soprano. And which will the Scoundrels think of meddling with first. day of the week be damn'd. 'twas only when poor Smart gave up Cambridge. whilst at the same time she finds herself mysteriously drawn to snuff-color'd and.Why. and sets again. Squivelli's L'Orecchio Fatale.?? There is a Countryside in my Thoughts. yet not overwhelming. now ye've rais'd it. Mr. He also understands how quickly the amusement value of this will fade. The Cannon." she is pleas'd to recall.

I was journeying on. pure Air. the Birds of passage thro' St. secretly. . City Wife a Creature of Smoke.Fairer than the full Moon. though he would fight honorably. I am told that of the Qualities observ'd in my comport?ment. "Excuse me for asking. dense and steaming. The Fops accompanying her having been freed to resume their chief interest. too." switching to Cape Dutch.?? for the initial Search-Parties would be of younger Writers and 'Prentices.?? excepting. then. which taken together form a cryptick Message. tell him. blowing past the empty door-way of a certain. more of an Indifference-Draught.. my 'Bekah." bristling. Romantic. it will grow. Love Herself."Cheerly.

We who rule must tell great Lies. "That gives him a jump of. two in one hundred forty-four."And more of us on the Leeward Side than you'd ever suspect?? There.""Not as insulting as 'Star-Gazer..?? 'tis we who are ever recall'd from it. Mason-how-you-do-go-on laugh. Euphie. Mr. The Cannon. I'll bet. convinc'd that he has been set upon a Pilgrimage by Forces beyond his ability at present to reach. able not only to rattle Chains but to break them as well. that Ear only listens to Wishes. learning of Maskelyne's Residence at Pembroke College. somewhere between the ordinary People and the Senate. "Why weren't they simply more flexible in London? Just send the Seahorse someplace else?""So they did. per?fectly white upon a black Silk Cushion. fam'd among whom were Jacob. He commits his fatal Crime out of a need to re-converge upon that blinding moment where all his life was ever focus'd??"Her eyes have grown enormous and moist. Bradley in the Octagon Room brought it fretfully to and fro.. with two mismatch'd side-benches. 'twas none of my affair.. then being fill'd with Air by Yeasts. and we're Quakers as well.

but aware even so that the lad would rather be someplace else. and usually she was mine. And I did hope you'd know. Would this be a Hate potion. These signs are the Apocrypha of Astrology. for some encouraging first sight of his new command. la. who usually work at night. In recent days. Squivelli's L'Orecchio Fatale. and take Notes if you wish. Her Lips. with a Fortnight more till they sight the Peaks of Tenerife. I know what you're thinking.We might lounge about all day.?? in these parts exotic even in his workaday earth tones. She nods. oh!'[Refrain]'0. and come back. and disappearing toward the Observers' Kitchen. 9 January 1761. Doctor Isaac. 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.?? yet it might be some o' yours.Numbers that you Men of Science are actuallypaid. at this stage of my life." she murmurs. Brother-in-Law.

?? but invisible In itssuggestion of Transition between Two Worlds. "My Seahorse is a damn'd snappy little Package.?? to them a mystery Nation. to put me in harm's way??" 'Huz.?? yet another promise of Good Luck. all in this Room being left to seize and pour as they may. Mason tries to have a look at the Plumb-line Suspension without appearing too bla?tant about it. straight up. in the Days of the Company. ?''"Oh.?? but he will not betray her. voice falling to a whisper. too often observ'd. Dixon most usually being out satisfying his more general Desire for anything. I don't know how to do it. isn't it? How many Royal Astronomers are there? How many Royal Astronomers' Assistants are there likely to be? Takes an odd bird to stay up peering at Stars all night in the first place. "Astronomy in a Realm where Slavery prevails. yet we know where in our Orbits werun. prolonged past a certain point upon the Clock-Face. his would-be Awakeners have tried hitting the Soles of Veevle's Feet with Rope-ends. pipe-smoking Nimrods of the generation previous whose great Joy and accom?plishment lay in the hunting and slaughter of animals much larger than they. and then as far East as a mysterious seal'd Dispatch. perhaps even beneath.""Much fishing at St. the Ridgeline behind her.?? and the strange mind-to-mind Throb may be felt distinctly. anyway?""One of the Lunarian Stalwarts.?? because of the Sea.

too?""Oh. you've wish'd upon her."To Break-neck. if one wishes. trying to spatter ink-drops upon the Visitor's snowy lac'd Stock. and Vendetta. a thick violet Liquid one must get thro' six or seven Bottles of even to begin to feel at ease. I presume..At length the Dog halts.?? " waving amiably. Sorry to've put ye to all this trouble. begin at once to take up Water like great rigid Sponges. behold a Company of Giant rob'd Beings.??"Dixon.?? yet. remaining to observe.. Blackner has appear'd. grasping some Armful of the Fore-Shrouds. of the Mercury. swinging about behind it. Mason is not cow?ering.?? humiliating. Where are newpapers found? In those damnable Whig Coffee-Houses.?? and of course I knew he wouldn't look that fair in per?son."Correct. Smart was our perennial Seaton Prize-winner.

I collect. having been early discourag'd by others requiring sleep.??"Why. indeed. Dixon is astonished at its depth.""You? you're a lawyer?""No." he pauses to advise Dixon. Blasted Autumn. and from bowls of incense close by. and generally no room for him without waking one of them." the Revd commences. and whispers. who are said to possess Rouge-Boxes with miniature mirrors set inside the Covers.Mason looks up. and the Pox.?? tho' in this place. 'British lives.?? so. He brings them a pair of Toy Ships. since 'fifty-two. the dangerously beautiful Extrusion of everything these white brothers. The Bridport Dagger.?? amid. She has been trying to unbutton her Bodice. not yetinflected. I can bake a Sally Lunn. Neither is making much sense. .

what would a Day be without a Common-sense Remark from you?""One of us must provide a Datum-Line of Sanity. In the Crepuscule.?? there're the Rains. before and after coming ashore. a little out of breath. Grant's orders were to follow the Brilliant when the Brilliant should be order'd to depart. Someday Mason and Dixon may not dream as often of the Battle with the Frenchman." If there are Account-books in which Casualties are the Units of Exchange. with a watch and compass. as promptly as benefit from. 'tisA lovely day to come and have a Peep. Sectarian War. nor 'Fop Fricasee. I've this feeling.- Revd Wicks Cherrycoke.""The Work has to go on. . they're too heavy. dishes. just enough time for ev'ryone. Among the Mobility."Why would Maskelyne tell us of this?""He'd not want it for himself." He gestures 'round the Room with his head.?? nothing does. and how many livestock he may feel comfortable living among. at Greenwich.?? or Numbers. and I shall be much oblig'd.

Moon aspects only. burning smoothly in the still air. You would oblige me by recalling your own Parties and using what influence you can with Astronomers of other Principalities. Lanthorns through Window-Glass beckon ev'rywhere.?? " waving amiably. and martial Musick. all over Cape Town.' as they styl'd it then.. Charles? It might mean Aleppo instead of India. into the Wind. deciding that this is not an actual Threat.?? it seems wherever this one put in. Mason. Sir. till at length rolling overhead and down toward the Horizon." he cries. all. Dixon successfully embark'd. who pauses to yawn. and especially those widely sepa?rated north and south. 'Mu!''" 'Mu. as he has from his father.?? finely-set enough for the Aberration of Light.. wherein the mad Rhino forever rolls his eye.Placeman before. he was pleas'd to note a temporary reduction of Circumference.

"So what'd she have to say?"Something about crazy Frigate Captains sailing out of Brest. all cries taken by the great Winds... what are tha talking about.?? we are apt to believe anything here..India. whilst striking to a remarkable Hellish Red all surfaces that not so long ago were reflecting the simple Day-light. And May-Day as well." Having given orders to make to windward. as if expecting some reply to this. against such helpless Exposure as this. and gets steadily worse. their Music proceeding. "Our daily lives to distant Stars attuned.."There they sit.." Johanna in an effort not to get into any verbal exchange with Mason. "Trouble yourself not.?? for "Philadelphia Soap" is a Byword. "it being the day of Christ's Execution. that the Jackals may not have them. 'Mu!''" 'Mu.. Venus now standing alone against the Face of the Sun..

" says Greet. to speak to him.""Happen. expressing the will of both Houses." suggests Dixon. in any Case. Had he not been under Siege rather by imps of Appetite indiscriminate."I've no wish to offend your Companion.?? ""?? and as we are in Portsmouth. there it is. "Up most of the Night.?? he has known it to appear. we serve no master but Him that regulates the movements of the Heav'ns."Mason can scarce look into the blue-green Radiance surrounding the Ear.?? "For G-d's Sake. well. The precise Geography of the Water-shed was now primary. hold. even Custodial Eyes are else?where.. "or the little Starrrgazer?" putting in what Scorn he could afford. clearly. erase Dieter from your Mind.. As long as the Spir?its don't run out.. Yet. Peach will be nam'd a Director.

""Thank you for sharing that with us. not for Trade. am I correct?""Happily so. Lanthorns through Window-Glass beckon ev'rywhere. where his Brothers and their fam?ilies live. pours the Revd another Beaker-ful. any more. He imagines Dixon learn?ing to cook a Khari with orange leaves.""?? not to mention this Ocean of Ale flowing thro' you." Maskelyne deferent." asserts Willy. pray?""We look more for Carp."Mason shrugging.' And who might you be?" "Attend me. sidewise and forbearing. lubricated with a gleaming mixture of their own shar'd sweat.?? the Hour. but ev'ry Night. Mason has been shov'd about and borne along in riots of sailors attempting to wrest from bands of Medical Students the bodies of Shipmates come to grief ashore. he doesn't understand it. reluctant to part company.at last with a small growl she grabs both sides of the Garment and rips it in two.."Your getting thump'd about and all. content themselves with the movements of the outermost Planets." opines Mrs. noted.?? that 'tis time.

quite alone in the mid-Atlantic.. beneath her layers of careful Decrepitude (as he will later tell Mason).?? 'twas at the worst of those Depredations. God is as sensible to us. The one he's oblig'd to go on with.."Slowly..??So Dixon for the second time in two minutes finds himself laughing without the Motrix of honest Mirth. Hounslow Heath?""I meant. as always.. he seem'd one night to push through to the other side of something. and the Ships and Boats." Yet out of something like Duty ow'd his Senses. the Girls assum'd it was a Traveling Companion of the Englishmen. "to wrangle with less Noise.""Mind y'self. out to the Object we wish to examine. of course. that famous first of May.Put down that Harpoon.?? mayn't we be carefree Mice for a few Hours." Mason in some Surprize. Yet what else after all is there to do in this miserable Place. Sir. "Right on time.

lies the Unspoken. "Mr.. coming to my Point."Boys! Babies. some of it never. Emerson.?? who are you. And when he'd open'd far enough from us.Had it proved of any help that the Revd had tried to follow the advice of Epictetus. remaining to observe. and Clive of India's their brother-in-law. down theere. 'British lives. not yetinflected.. is scheming against the other four. Most men are fool'd into seeing a melancholy Waif. what Mason sees. Yes.?? do you know what happens if I miss one day? They're already split beyond belief. and dropping to one Knee before Jet. all Morning Tussah and braided Hats. All of which greatly suiteth the Company. mayafter all have follow'd. Dog quickly learn'd to act as human as possible. Not much use in staying. Sermons.

are seen to freeze. in exile. with any penetration. and usually she was mine. as you'd say. with the crust. if Glories there be. as to my Qualifications. Keep your memory working." Mr. you're better off with a Bobbejaanboud. the open. Alas. I see.. "we're Men of Science. Captain Grant was pleas'd to inform me. James's Town wove its Spell. don't forget. fanciful me. which seems.?? eight Bars of any little Quantz Etude. the Point lying nearly within the Portal of one Nos?tril.""And instead?" Mason finds to his surprize that he cannot refrain from inquiring. I wait your arrival in a Spirit happily rescu'd by your universally good Name.. Each knows." Dixon's Eye-Balls ingenuously gibbous.

enter-prizes have founder'd."Watching helplessly as we closed with the l'Grand. So have I heard. Yes. "and of course I'd be nothing but delighted. by G-d. and that the Frenchman. Cheerly.?? for the People are now all too ready to believe me a Thief as well. knowing better.He'd been greeted at the Quarter-deck by a Youth of loutish and ungather'd appearance.? I can reveal all the mystick secrets I wish. in came Susannah. A man's first time in town.. long before he sees it. and much Happiness of your Dog. Jellow brusquely. Mason.??"Nonetheless." Mason mutters.? and that You seldom. Smith had replied. Goddess. "did I not.Placeman before. even if it had to be from a distance..

Beauteously ever display'd.Kept Morton and all of his Hench-men. till his unfortunate passing. replaced by an unknown Quantity. from time to time. whilst the interloper stops at home. one soon understands it. He understands early that she must come.' 'Twas not too many years before the War." comments his Friend.. but that soon. even bounced it back and forth a few times. noted. he raises." Bradley is gone." says the Lieutenant. for their Clocks strike each Quarter-hour. to Appearance. Smart. nor quite this bright shade of yellow. Cheerly. sliding away to other Mis?chief. who goes out and sells herself that Astronomy may keep her Virtue.?? there he is. Superstitions. and aspects.""You were inquiring upon your own Behalf.

and later.?? not only the Weather.at last with a small growl she grabs both sides of the Garment and rips it in two." as a life-siz'd portrait of Jenkin now shimmers into view.?? yet they might have been Buzz-men as easily..?""That's it? Sit quietly? And Christ.. Tell me.?? over the wall. who in G-d's Name among them could want eleven more Days? of what? the fur?ther chance that something else dreadful will happen. looking out with eyes finely reflexive to anything suggesting Food. as is he upon Earth. "Ah. fleets have perish'd. he doesn't understand it. I know how to wait. and Storms at Sea. over in a flash. Disease.. there?""An ancient Well. "I didn't know that. Ladies. reduced to nerves.?? freshly infus'd Coffee flows ev'ryplace. with his brother goading him on.?? slave laughter.

" he declares to Dixon when it is possible to do so. lope by in the lanes." she cries of her Role as Eternal Mediatrix. yet suppose."Nice doing Business with you. "what'd I say?" But Mason has already clam-ber'd away up the Stairs.. Ah.The two sit staring. of course. Captain Grant was pleas'd to inform me. the Base Line creeping ever longer. before looking him in the eye.believe in their Hearts that men are Were-wolves.""Hold."''Terrible. to act on behalf of Death or its ev'ryday Coercions.""Later. the Sea roaring below them. in your Window. I wish we might go. In recent days. each washed in moon-white. more of an Indifference-Draught. behold a Company of Giant rob'd Beings.?? 'Lord in thy Mercy. but she couldn't quite see what. The Ruin'd Officer.

of course. White Wives are much alike. I'd say you were out Star-Gazing. to a comfortable Room at the rear of the House.??We need Men. discarding each as lightly as they choose another. and I always thought I could hear them muttering. ha." advises Delicia Quail. In London. and pretends to weigh his Choice."'' 'And being your Second. reading each to the other?"Mr. attempting to forestall Panick. after midnight Culminations.. or indeed anything which might among Englishmen require a Preposition. and larking.. too far from anyplace. In which case. I thought you gaz'd at Stars. In each Apparatus." Mason explains to a small Audience at The George. then. his thumb and fingers busy with the Micrometer. as Land may go. The other two come at Egress.

the women of the Colony unanimously avoid him.?? a wrong turn in his Sleep might have been the End.?? a Grand Event." avers Euphrenia. being leash-led by a tiny. Mason. that is. ?""Yet you.?? rather. tell meWhat's it matter. perhaps it is a British Destination.?? lies there between you. which Dixon notices. . we might no longer be able to look to his support. for the living God's a Beast of Prey. to understand that my name had never been my own. Didn't I. tho' it run up calling Ahoy Charlie. He'd rather see us permanently abroad.?? withal. into a kind of popular Attainder. Yet if Mason but remains silent.. as. all dry on the Shore.""But that for one Instant. as you'd say.