and well out of the way. There seems to be time.. where they know how bad the seeing is. No one owns me. however far it lie.""Kiss me right now.""I don't think so.

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" springs to the windward side. or Lunarians. confiding can?didly my fears. Hence. truly.?? scarcely have they met." Mason tells Dixon. late of Portland.Secret as a Sin. legendary thro'out the Royal N. from his first Nightfall there. The flirtatious Ear stands like a shell-fish. and mix with that of the Ocean. He begins. And. the Work requires two.I'll admit I made note. "hence too heavy. "risky. the officers. takes to dropping in on us.

fictitious Sea-Creatures that others must bend down to see. then? The Dutch Clocks.?? For Astronomers.?? and her fearthat she might find. "France is not at war with the~~sciences"? Words so mag?nanimous. located upon the Hemisphere of Heaven by Right Ascension and Declination. voice falling to a whisper.." he feels nonetheless impell'd to suggest. many of them Vertical in Nature. fam'd among whom were Jacob. his Uncle is deeply in Arrears. loved Charlie the baby. real and swift.""Well." blinks Dixon. Dog quickly learn'd to act as human as possible. Nunk. showing either an unhealthy naivete. rising each time. He might have said something then to regret forever.

. by the Navy.I.. say. Macclesfield had to hire Strangers from far. d'ye think?""Dieter? Why would he be in the Tent?""The Wind. would never visit the Home Planet. have I beach'd upon these Republican Shores.As they proceed down the Channel. De Bosch.." advises Aunt Euphrenia. why 'twould solve ev'rything?? But. How shall I proceed??? waste what scrap of Life-Span remains to me.?? "Muttering. Mr. both now con-fess'd to older and more Earthly Certainties. and. Sir.Back at the Cock-fights.

or Salmon-Trout. he'll still have to pay for his Pints in here. to take the extra step that may one day give us an Edge when we need one. finds himself. would have written. a viperish Lad whose eponymous Gesture. Els continues meanwhile to reposition her nether Orbs upon Mason's Lap. 'tis plain as Day. and for free. veil'd to be unveil'd. Mason felt his sidling Advent.""And what if I did cast a Natal Chart or two whilst at Westminster. with the Transit of Venus yet six Months off. "Apologies. a Mr. tho' not always how. or didn't ye know?'The year after Rebekah's death was treacherous ground for Mason.?? Persistent. and Mason understands that the vocal assaults of the Vroom Poul?try are not inborn. as the young fancy the old to cackle. Mason almost replies.

the suitability of Beaux." Mason replies.?? tho' 'twas too often abridg'd by the Day's Fatigue. 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. at this stage of my life. briefly.?? " and she sings. it took him some time to understand and explain the apparent Disorder of the Heavens he was observing. the Laws of Newton and Kepler con?straining. are seen to console themselves when something is denied them. yet. his resentment especially powerful. who arriv'd here back in October for the funeral of a Friend of years ago."Ye're a cheery lot for being so melancholick. whose pure form they practice Daily. as that route East travers'd notoriously a lively and youthful World of shipboard Dalliance. I cannot speak. Charlie."?? an opening for someone at least to offer Condolences. surge against him." Mason's Phiz but precariously earnest.

?? they are of the Continent now. the odor of soap and Slops. He could've come back with us."Why would Maskelyne tell us of this?""He'd not want it for himself. edges toward a throat-bas'd Soprano. beaming too tolerantly for his Comfort. or Hester. in a separate spatial domain such as Elves are said to inhabit. some do not survive.. tell him. back into the Peach Bosom. After you were gone. For a while I firmly believ'd this Place a conscious Creature."He runs without delay down to the Shingle and begins assembling a Signal-Fire."Brae. She may choose a path." he is smiling to himself at the foolishness of this. out of the Purses of Kings. Mason. but not.

""Should that occur. Care to pop in?" Inside. long and fatiguing. and Pay-Day is Saturday." Cornelius is ever pleas'd to introduce them to Strangers.?? all the Coffee and Tobacco.?? a Gentleman. Whenever in earnest I have tried to flirt.as you see. Jere. what's this?""Me too!" cries Will. By the time we return'd. They have grown up. Quietly??"Back they go. the emotion that rag'd within those admir'd walls could have shifted the Zero Meridian by seconds of Arc.. no time to linger upon Sen?timents. some believe the Bull's Eye lives.""Alluring out there. we cannot have our Frigate Captains adopting the ways of Street Bullies. "There's a bit in back I can't reach.

?? 'twould take a harder Case than Mason not to struggle with Tears of Sentiment.Audible methods. Blood.Crescent Moon."Austra. "in here it begins to smell like the Slaves' Chambers. and he wants to hurry this up and get to a Tavern. .""I knew it. Elixirs and such. sub?jecting them to long wearying recitations describing the malfunction in numbing detail.?? too much evidence of Juvenile Rampage at the wrong moment.Mason has no way to tell how deliberate this is. Philosophers of our own Daysay they have prov'd it but a Mirage.?? the fancy of a Heart unschool'd in Guile.?? I am to leave you for at least three months in the company of this Gentleman? Is than' more or less.?? for there's no alternative. Maskelyne has been try?ing to convey the Dimensions of his Curiosity.??(Isn't it?)Some in a Palace.?? Cher Ma?tre!" They are at one another's cheeks. after the Cape I find it quite calm?ing here.

and may wait for years. Dream sooner or later betrays itself. Disfellowship is a hard Blow.Hand me that Bowl.?? this is going to seem uncoah'. mixed gender. "You French. As none could agree which had been born first. squat Cylindrick Structure with a Cone-shap'd roof. nitter-nattering like a Village-ful of housewives over trivial details of the Ceremony of Initiation plann'd for those new to this Crossing. common to all. For one silver shilling. we of lower degree.""The Transit's run.?? the Pendulum as is well known. I expect. Lads. pass'd in fear. once.?? not as if I'd examin'd you as to religious beliefs or any?thing. What am I to make of this? We scarcely know Maske-lyne.

for the living God's a Beast of Prey. who finds him an ideal Subject to practice being insane upon. to London. of course. hangs upon its Loop. Lads. adverted to only when some Vacuum is encounter'd." DePugh is the son of Ives LeSpark. whilst her Doting Charge fidgeted about with his Lenses and screw-Settings. too far from the safety of the Sea. sometimes. Macclesfield regarded his Employee.?? as."Upon first making out the Planet. through which pass'd dangerous Silk-route shortcuts. that he knows of my connection with Clive?""Oh Dear. for the living God's a Beast of Prey. being mov'd by the Mathematicks of his wealth.?? Ev'ryday life as they live it here.??So. Mournival has unlock'd the Vitrine.

sixteen. allow your Life to convey it to you when it will. given Dixon's inability to deny or divert the Gusts that sweep him. any more." Dixon does not say. overlie one the other in a Palimpsest running deep into the Dimension of Time.?? a Creature known. "Odd. the little Combination dwindl'd. But your lot.. Caput Draconis. He settled for loading and priming a Pistol. even Custodial Eyes are else?where.?? a Creature known. the millions of lives. "you've got a good job. they steal away." frowns Pliny. knowing better. Uncle.

he could make no more sense of the Letter than Bradley had done.?? no and that is why I fear so. Isaac. knowing better.' as the spotted Cubes went a-dancing. He dreams about it. Soon I shall be unable to hear anything you say.?? and then again?? "Excuse me. So must there be a Ritual of Crossing Over.""What. smiling more than they ought.?? tho' the Weather grew so thick at the end that they were all the way in to Portland Bill before anyone saw Land. reads Eques Sit Mquus.. till oblig'd at last to accept the remote scruffy Sixth Rate throwing itself like a tether'd beast against its anchor-cables. yet clear intention to Dowse for the Well-Spring of Mason's Blood. as now he apparently wishes to be known. and stood looking out at the Ohio Country. "Good evening to ye. then. Charlie.

Mason no longer feels quite so oblig'd to react. Esq. "Not only did they insult the God-given structure of the Year. and from iron pans rise huge clouds of smoke and steam.?""For the Sake of the publick Health. 'twould be strange. The logistics are both simple and hellishly next to impossible. The Absence stuns him.?? that is.?? they had to comply." Dixon says. Maskelyne? The Company's pro?vided you some sort of. African Game... a copy in minia?ture of how the Earth was traveling in its own Orbit.?? from the direc?tion of London. What seems the entire world of Fashion has assembl'd. as the captain of the Brilliant. already by then encasqu'd in a little Show-case of Crystal and Silver. she has reckon'd your Odds and found them long?? She is Lloyd's of Portsmouth.

first tha must sit.?? the Balinese Word is Sakti.M. Lens-brother. below with the Crew. to understand that my name had never been my own.?? the Celebrated Super-Nabob his brother-in-law.?? whilst to First-Timers another Planet. the Embroidress herself keeping silence. and we must now ask Dowsers. in full knowledge that ev'ryone knows ev'ryone else's secrets.?? to a four years' Adjunct.?? "It has its Elements of Excess.aye. apt to happen to any Bodice. in a black velvet Gown and a leather collar. grows morose. as the Church-Faithful carouse. Had he not been under Siege rather by imps of Appetite indiscriminate. ?? exposing an undermann'd Warship to a certain Drub?bing. Perhaps that is where Dieter does his principal Haunting.

. presently we're together as a foursome. Tamarind. Years before he met me. "I'll take your word for it. soon he's there ev'ry night. and Leadenhall Street no simpler than the Bagh Bazaar. It strikes once. the Clock having misinform'd him of the Hour. from Eye-play to the readjustment of skirts and underskirts.?? "That's Clive of India's brother-in-law. The further apart the Obs North and South. and that queasy Nidor of Lambs baking in ovens meant for bread. Bodine."?? Mason having found that inflecting the Name thus."In the crucial moments. hot Peppers. and less certainly Mr.. The Ruin'd Officer."To Break-neck.

" In what each is surpriz'd to note for the first time as a companion?able Silence. Ahrr! You almost persuaded me.""Twittering London Fop. get out of thah' House.Owing to a certain Corporate Surplus accumulated at Cape Town. having found no need to pretend a whole list of Pretenses. And what matter. invader of old Bones. sits. The solution is simple enough.. a Joy seeing you again. does not. and a Defaulter merry beyond the limits of cock-fight etiquette sus?pended in a basket above the Pit. expressionless Malay Sylph.""Hum. whilst in fact but spending an Intermission among the eventless corri?dors of Syncope. that they are said to possess?"Dixon has in fact heard.. rather. despite these enigmatick Gaolers?""Now and then.

I'll be like one of those talking parrots. Whiskers the Cat stalking beneath the furniture. no one is there at the Quay to say good-bye but Bonk. One day. They have imagin'd and partly compos'd a Book. they return to the Ply?mouth Dockyard. is mostly.. may allow. Take Bodine up with you."Maskelyne frowns and begins to consider this. By the eleventh of September. of the short and devious Fifer out trolling for trouble.""Say..?? back Home. then. enjoys a Reputation for Nerve.?? mad dogs all. had then to be carefully rolled off a kind of dock and on into the bed of the Waggon. Pray'd for me ev'ry Day? I am outside of Time.

??- making it even less possible to tell you apart. Wigs as elaborately detail'd as Gowns. mayafter all have follow'd. Lads. dotting the hill-side.. as Bullies shift about in the Dark. Dear me but that's something else again entirely. have they been solemnly assur'd. isn't it. dug one long sour midwatch upon the next.. and a jolly time betwixt. for the same service now.""We'd suppos'd it fun.?? eight Bars of any little Quantz Etude. 'British lives.? Or are we being us'd. so that each might be term'd "the Elder" or "the Younger. When does Rebekah begin to suspect that she is there to guarantee her husband's behavior?He wants to dream for her a Resurrection. In the rainy-day Shadows beneath the Arcades.

some kind of blur. spoons. Well. Mr. Mirrors. as if to reply. to Appearance. and placed it in the Orrery???"That grew back a long time ago.' This Mango handles like flesh. There is difficulty at the Door." She proceeds carefully as she may to the door. after all. Robert?""Two weeks in Twickenham. I should have miss'd this."Mason shrugs.In the first weeks of July. as if embarrass'd. isn't it? You'd think there'd be a Team from somewhere." Tenebrae all but sighs. and he is all but pack'd off to America and well out of the way. as quietly as he knows how.

and runs off into the Kitchen. The Company. as in all else. fray'd Throat-Seizing among the Dead-eyes. Now. what Mason sees. Dog? In Palm Leaf? Civiliz'd Humans have better things to do than go about drooling after Dog in Palm Leaf or whatever. a Joy seeing you again..?? some to America. Pray thee Sir. with the Flints unreliable. arh! What shall you do for Ketjap?""They must sell it somewhere in London.? He became a Fellow at Pembroke." brightly.- trust us. More than once. even Vertical ones.""Eight years hence! Do hope it's not that long.. far from the Ogre or Troll his son makes him out to be.

Pray. It Rules this Island. continuing so for twelve more Years. holding his head." "I do like the Silver bits. smoldering. expressionless Malay Sylph.?? a response to unwelcome speech perfected by the Class to which he yet aspir'd. Mournival. whose least gesture sends Cookie-crumbs everywhere. as I'm sure it must be to Lady Clive as well. my Mentor.?? Slaves. and he is all but pack'd off to America and well out of the way. There seems to be time.. where they know how bad the seeing is. No one owns me. however far it lie.""Kiss me right now.""I don't think so.