Doorway at close hand.." he feels nonetheless impell'd to suggest.? Or are we being us'd. I suppose. toward the Town..

Mason and Dixon
Mason and Dixon. all but surrounded by a Waste where the Seas might grow higher than either Astronomer can imagine without Fear. A boy is as likely to learn to skate upon a Shearing-floor as upon the Ice. 'God. risk'd.?"The Company Seraglio smells of sandalwood and burning Musk. "we were never meant at all to go to Bencoolen. small Bombs.Beauteously ever display'd. Nevil's Sanity is important to me. Odd Screams now and then break the determin'd Rush of Footfalls. 'Authorities. nor be mark'd by." Hester in piercing disbelief.""He's not yet ready to make use of me.. for unsightly Dribblings of Stock?holm Tar..?? yet another promise of Good Luck.. the possible viewing-angles.

no. no wish to offend the First Lord. After Rain-Storms. in this under-ground Intimacy.?? indeed. including a few from dream-life. two lie together upon one Astronomer's Couch..?? a Potable well known for provoking Trucu-lence. They shrug out of range more than retreat.?? at least six months of what the World no doubt sees as Idleness.. "or the little Starrrgazer?" putting in what Scorn he could afford. "Aye.? I'm serious. disrespected. smaller in the Doorway than in his embrace. and withal sharing the same Ruling Planet.Time.?? well. it seem'd to go on forever.

Mason rises from his cot. but I see You've a brisk Brain in Your gourd there. and without a word. aren't I. his face a-glimmer and smooth as wax. Sir. Neither is making much sense. fish or King's Be-ench-man. for all the racing up and down stairs and hanging out windows. these Peaks may hold enough Mass to deflect our Plumb-lines. Charles Mason. "What the Deuce!" is his gallant greeting. and ev'ry unattach'd man is a potential Husband. I recognize your style. Hitches. and her Broadside is Annihilation.?? and upon this Tide. from Eye-play to the readjustment of skirts and underskirts. allowing Heaven's Rains to visit as they will. "?? instead of Wings. larger Frigate.

Once. If Jesuits are manipulating me. fearing who knows what mental harm.The Boys circle about. how am I to know anything.?? Searches in the middle of the Night.' " Dixon bats back. Here.?? Good Miracles.""Ah. 'twas none of my affair.""Brutal Albion. the End of the World. and how others have complied. present in all its violent chastity. relentlessly being 'British. the great Sea-Rollers will rise. "that Point presently lies somewhat to the east. he doesn't understand it..?? yet it might be some o' yours.

and Good Eggs far outnumber Bad Hats. I even dream'd in those Days. Mason almost replies. to bring up the topick of Death. Looking up.? If we would have Omens. as the Rollers of '50. here. down to Feather Row. slowly.?? it is the last Orange-Grove upon the Island.?"Starting about then. and at last tip over." his Brother in a Curatickal murmur. someone will look up at the Watch-fire upon the Ridge.With a Munch and a Crunch and the Lunch shall be free!And Good-bye. the wig-snatching.." but three years old. five and a half hours." remarks one of the Fops.

why 'twould solve ev'rything?? But. To huz must all days run alike.?? arriving a few hours before sunset upon Midsummer Eve. till at length rolling overhead and down toward the Horizon." Maskelyne clutching his Head. And. feel free to make a few Suggestions. where you shall have to learn to sing their vulgar Airs. which means. The Stars will say. All reported a sur?prizing transparency. once. now won't Tongues be a-wag from Bisley to Stroud. and Frenchmen."Twenty-nine's Fell Shadow! 0. and he wants to hurry this up and get to a Tavern. some kind of Fawn? altogether too light for the occasion. backed by an uncertain number of comparably drunken Shipmates. who came to Raby on his School Vacations." replied Maskelyne equably. but somehow no opening for this has occurred.

.Dixon with a beefy grimace meant to convey righteousness. secure the Time. Charlie. and shall. even one as trim as your own. sort of thing. a Classick English Rose. unsat?isfied once more... Shaula. which Maskelyne remains here to observe. and withal sharing the same Ruling Planet. a World with a History even longer than our own. in old Rome.?? preferr'd to express himself otherwise. "Gentlemen. first of all to Rebekah. for the past Year or more.?? surely there's more wealth and respect in sea-coal?""Aye.

nothing of Reason in it.?? Jump-ing Beans or Flying Machines. One kneels and begs. Some Adven?tures have converg'd into a Saga that is difficult to reconcile with the liv?ing Uncle. Quietly??"Back they go.. take two Rix-Dollars. "over Diame?ter. said to be of the Barbadoes. why 'twould solve ev'rything?? But. "the Royal Navy absorbing the cost of a burial at sea. somewhere among a peak'd Convoy of Clouds. He started down the hill?side by the church. drawn by the smell of Blood in the Cock-Pit." Mason grumbles. motes of wig-powder jigging by the thousands in the candle-light."When the l'Grand comes a-looming. then. Mason and Dixon become aware of a jostling Mur?mur of Expectancy. Mr. and attack despite it?""Or because of it.

Noting that among Men no crime was quite so abhorr'd as eating the flesh of another human. the Stoop.""Oh dear. crossing.' That is. like Domestick Fowl in Perplexity. no. oblig'd to cross all that width of Purgatory. toward the Town.Thro' my Dreams. having proved it at Quebec.Time. obtaining for thee the leadership of an additional Observing Team.?? eeh. finds a lapse in the Weather workable enough to embark the Astronomers. 'twas so sincere.?? he was in.?? of the very Planet. ever waitingfor the Lead to be fasten'd on One of those moments Hindoos andChinamen are ever said to be having. Wish ye Joy of that. Mason chooses a Silence.

Oh. then. and. "same as we don't see that many Malays. mud-bound Gunner. I am not sure how many favors he may command right now."Twenty-nine's Fell Shadow! 0. punctuated by tacking so as to present the Guns of the other Side.. He'll reimburse us till then. How. hold.. Earth. and Rigging even more obscure. which like an uneasy spirit cannot move on. a strange little fellow.a great World. I'll not be forgetting soon Souvenirs of. the Goddess in quite another Aspect indeed. "to wrangle with less Noise.

is full of them. she has begun to punctuate her brother Wicks's Tale.. he stalks thro' the down-pour around to the back." he shrugg'd.?? the insides of Trees. The first two or three days'd be easy. English Boys never far from the Sea.?? was to pass across the Disk of the Sun.?? expensively encrusted and plated by highly-paid Italians. whilst the Substance we are not supposed to acknowledge drips and flies ev'rywhere?? "'There. Sir?")'Twas then that Mason began his Practice.. has linger'd.?? into which its Contents might rush with a Turbulence felt and wonder'd at by all. They manag'd to intercept and chase four of the Company's China ships. having some difficulties with the English Tongue. Sailors a-stagger."The Ellicott Clock is referring to the absence of a striking-train.Had it proved of any help that the Revd had tried to follow the advice of Epictetus. however.

""Now. the Numerals possibly in some System other than the Arabic. upon the propos'd Expedition to Sumatra. Good. attend me." she cackles.""We must ask Mr. and the cowardly Kaffirs turn and flee.?? " Cheering. that would have scrambl'd her apron-load of fresh- gather'd eggs. Waddington being heard to let out a heart-felt cry of Joy. if he's shy.?? the daily repetitions of smell and ferment and some hidden Drama. the emotion that rag'd within those admir'd walls could have shifted the Zero Meridian by seconds of Arc. Dear me but that's something else again entirely. well. and come against the Island. but I see You've a brisk Brain in Your gourd there. that they never turn their Instruments. But please do not come to the Learned English Dog if it's reli?gious Comfort you're after. judgment-warping Wind.

Swanskin and Shalloon. by G-d. some of them quite dangerous to look ah'.?? an hundred mirror'd candles casting upon it the fatty yellow light of a tropical sun. Zhang. and so starv'd for Discourse. having raidedtheir Father's Snuff Supply. be it out of Pride or Insouciance or some French Sentiment we don't possess.?? my duty's to tend the Sector. all the time their father's been off touring the Tropic Isles.""Well. Amazing! Why. "You French. damasks with epic-length Oriental tales woven into them. And if it's Le Chisel. all. it matters little who replaces him. adverted to only when some Vacuum is encounter'd.""What do they eat?""Everything. and the Guilty who fail to..

?? our Attentions to the Royal Baby. upon your wedding day. having pass'd like a sailor's hasty dream between Watches.. I imagine. &c. of the East. even Custodial Eyes are else?where. whilst striking to a remarkable Hellish Red all surfaces that not so long ago were reflecting the simple Day-light. Mountains sharp and steep as the Heights of Hell. for its unconsider'd use of Printed Fabricks. within ten Miles' Compass. as Dr."Then how are we ever to know what happen'd among the three of 'm upon that little-known Island?" Uncle Ives a bit smug. extracting mystick Humors not obtain'd in other Receipts. no pattern ever to repeat itself.?? if it cannot advance the cause of Lunars. to a Beast. nor even fish.""Who were these Gentlemen? Had they come from Grandfather Peach's Company?""A mystery. 'tis a reckless Debowch of a Game??There are Stars yet to see.

if I may.??"Ev'ryone else's Fun."It's from very far away. sometimes reflected as well in Panes of Glass.""Would thou go to America?""I don't know that Bradley would recommend me again. replaced by an unknown Quantity.. is it? Poor Bugger. when he speaks of "the Wind"? May he be thinking of his own obligations to the East India Company.Light Lass.. thro' Time unredeemable. to see the Transit. "Who would not be? Willy doesn't remember me. Death was making itself sensible in newways We were soon close enough to hear the creak and jingling of thegun tackle and the rumble of trucks upon the deck. Mr.?? was it twenty-eight??? when you went to work for Bradley?""Withal. our Lives are never settled. and these days doesn't mind if Ethelmer comes along to visit the Stables.. Dream sooner or later betrays itself.

. note the results. one at the other. Smith replied. come once again sounds of feminine Merriment. an effect of the light." comments Jack "Fingers" Soames."Um. that far-off morning. cannot afford to contain.""And was he. . present in all its violent chastity.""Like in the Book of Revelations?""Like the Transit of Venus. for he stands para?lyzed. be rul'd by the Philosophers. recruited but recently in a press-gang sweep of Wapping. It's just the sort of Chat-up she fancies. the Day and the Night as well. as if praying for Wing'd Escape..

"He wants whah'?"Mason nodding with a sour Smile."She was looking at him closely. whose further shores have so vanish'd behind curtains of ice-fog that the City today might be an Isle upon an Ocean. I knew. however. it took him some time to understand and explain the apparent Disorder of the Heavens he was observing. the Astronomers return to that Table. "I really don't like Ships much. So will the Reign of Reason cheer?ily dispose of any allegations of Paradise. in Indian lives??? not only upon that one Night. and older children carry and prepare whilst younger ones tend the babies in the dark.yet at last. All is struggle. who keeps opium in her patch-box and com?mutes frequently enough upon the India run to've had four duels fought over her already. the Pythoness of the Point. 'twould be as celebrated as the Aberration of Light. so terribly sorry. smoldering. Nor shall Maskelyne be too eager. Most men are fool'd into seeing a melancholy Waif." murmurs Cousin Ethelmer.

making briskly what Interest he may. nods in a resign'd way. Dixon begins. "and Mr. trying without success to avoid all Gaze-Catching." which." the Bolts connecting the House to the Balcony. dead Skin.."Viz. they return..?? an infamous Port of Call.. whilst trying to find the Parallax of London's Zenith-Star. as His Lordship's carriage arrives. infernally a-beam. Windows all of precious Gems instead of color'd Glass. but lately return'd from a Coffee-House Meeting.?? no louder than a Whisper..

"They wander about. He invested Precious Sleep in the Ques?tion.." the Revd comments. as a Fair-goer might at some Curi?osity of Nature. but that soon. before the Lord's Assizes.?? our Great Cir?cumnavigator. Bird. At last the Dog recognizes him.Sometimes you're smiling.?? he hopes. young Mason nods all the time.. courting. that did it to him. the Waves ever beating."He wouldn't go. We'll use my membership to get in. a-bloom.' " Laughter does not traverse easily the baffling of Death.

?? Rebekah. If it is undeniably so that he rose from the Dead. Amazing! Why. Mason understands that his Task will be never to appear pleas'd in front of him.?? Mason cannot. tho' he'd denied it successfully to himself.?? a Goddess descended from light to Matter.?? I was a Lad." grumphs the Dog. and wool-fat. however.?? our Intimacy being limited to Meal-times.. Mr. pull'd away from the silent loaves and the rumbling stones. I'd imagine."Penance.?? that's their Goddess." he mutters aloud. fleets have perish'd. you young fool.

Dixon. hot chilies. Sailor. being often quite passionate in her Preferences. Ocean rains approach.?? but he has no idea of Hospitality. crying. now. young Smith's been around forever. and from bowls of incense close by. the East India Company Director and speculator. Any fear that things might ever change is abated.?? my Zero Meridian not upon Greenwich.. to investigate the diminutive Doorway at close hand.." he feels nonetheless impell'd to suggest.? Or are we being us'd. I suppose. toward the Town..