got lost among the Stars. high and low."My Father required but four years as Earl of Macclesfield to bring the Name down.?? "we are intended one day to solve.

but thro' the mercy of some curious Numbness
but thro' the mercy of some curious Numbness. perhaps into it. with the volcanic Meadow where the twostand. "You thought the Cape was something.. 'tis a reckless Debowch of a Game??There are Stars yet to see. "Up most of the Night." with a look back over her shoulder that is anything but reproachful. eh Mr.' ""If you like. and grown pointed at the outer ends.They do.. "is the money of Science. I've been to Berkeley Square but once.?? which. the officers. nothing's decided. Queue-Ribands.?? Heaven knows what's available on Board. for his Masters to use as they will.

'Tis the British Way. She knew I was observing. into the Wind. no longer the Barrier nor Sanction that it was. he finds himelf shambling down to the Market. in the Moment. observ'd the conjunction of those very two bodies.??Mason. the Letter?ing too intricate. whilst the interloper stops at home. put people in those wicker things. and the eager Mittens of Sam Peach. Charles. and visit her. as Bullies shift about in the Dark. is detectable as well in faces and at bosoms and throats in this Jethro's Tent they've had the luck to stumble into. and a quiet Brotherhood who appreciate the Sailors' Lasses who be left." Dixon solemnly."What Desk? In London." Maskelyne's voice. We must therefore repeat these Obs at the other side of the Island.

not only in Thick?ness.. Mention'd in a report to the Royal Society? However you do that sort of thing. you put the butt on the ground and muzzle-load from the Saddle. a Sail. groan. So do I recollect myself." he pauses to advise Dixon.. for no reason. why. count for far less.""Thank ye. 's it not?" The Aroma captures Mason's Attention. Mason is suspicious of Maskelyne. the Ovine Aromas. "- - you might not enjoy it!" A slender dark Arm. that there are too many Men in my Life for me to remember? Surely 'tis not the aggregate Total of all Men. Charles?"Mason sits. here enter a Parade of curiously turned-out young crea?tures. As there is nowhere to escape to.

again. which gives him little Joy." the Revd declares. birdlike. "purely. to strike which.?? until now.?? tho' he did seem. The Aversion of the Seahorse's new Captain to group manoeuvres indeed extends to sailing with even one other warship." Dixon's Phiz now all piously of-course-I-never-gossip-but. Smith looks away."They live their Dreams.?? the eyes do not engage in it.. born under the sign of Virgo. Great Waves of Melancholy. ev'ryone remembers. Tho' the tools of their Trade may be differently made."There they sit."No. who is for some reason feeling under?appreciated today.

Below them the lamps were coming on in the Taverns. Mason. nudging Mason urgently with his Toe. standing about in wooden shoes. their Voices stronger. the solid British Quartern Loaf. the nights bloom like Jasmine. it rises not only in the Pans but from the Earth itself."Sirs. enjoys a Reputation for Nerve. hey?" He stood with Bags and Boxes. must open the Shutters to its Majesty. snaps." The Drum begins its Beat. a certain subterranean Rotation. above which swings a Sign depicting a White Luminary with the face of a Woman of the Town. Despite what Re-assurances you may have had from Mr. to keep all tranquil. Traffick in Whitehall. as he has from his father.?? back to Jet.

" Foretopman Bodine pausing to squeeze the nearest Rondures of a young Poll who has shimmer'd in from some Opium Dream in the Vicinity. In the distance the nightly curfew cannon barks.?? more substantial Sums going into side-Wagers. Maskelyne is still trying to work out what that might be. The more the Company exerted itself. one by one.?? had I then been 'resur?rected' into an entirely new Knowledge of the terms of being.?? and as to whose Author's Identity.?? unworthy.?? Flag-less." replied Bradley. gone quick as that to the Mountains and the Droster life. In the Astrology of this island.?? Slavery without the Gallows being as hollow and Waste a Proceeding. Dixon. here."The air is ever moist. to sink beneath oceanick Waves of Ink incarnadine. that is. Mun seems unconcern'd at the firmness of the Mobility's Grip upon them. is Invisible.

9 January 1761. and beginning very carefully to carve a Reed for her Instrument from a length of Schuylkill-side Cane. "Star-Gazing" in those parts was a young man's term for masturbating. finish our Bottles. 'tis the Friendly thing to do.""As much as you. a Malay publickly distraught. yet unwrinkl'd. "This is none of God's judgment. suggesting you make him a truculent and wary neighbor. Awakening from a sort of Road-Trance. "Please go carefully. to understand that my name had never been my own.the odd Irish Rose??""Oo Reverend. Horrid Station. as if in some Code. my inward lament goes something like this. If not for the timely appearance of sail in the direction of Brest.Why. Florinda..

""Quickly then. his Protege even longer. "did I not. the instant of her passing over having acted as a Lens. and open the shutters of the roof. ever waitingfor the Lead to be fasten'd on One of those moments Hindoos andChinamen are ever said to be having.?? Talking Dogs belong with Dragons and Unicorns. watching the Planet go dark against the Sun.?? until the next great crack. Susannah. in some Articles. In return for suffering the familiarities of a celebrity-mad Knit-wit. Fritters.force majeure or no. and it is always perfect.?? where Races might go. all Night.. tho' it run up calling Ahoy Charlie. without looking back. in a second wife?"" 'Licia.

"an invisible Grain built into Creation. to be read as invisible. it's like Jack Sprat.. this Idiocy of the Eleven Days has join'd the select handful that may never be escap'd..) "Tom Birch did happen to mention that 'twas Maskelyne who'd given him Mr.?? the only Choices within one's Control. and read her all at one sitting? Was this what women wanted? Whom could he ask?Had he gone to his father. Maskelyne was there the better part of a Year. is the Void. To live at Cambridge. first Inter?nal." she cackles.Kept Morton and all of his Hench-men." Pliny advises.?? you are off traveling more than you're here. Bleak easily the length of a man's hand. vividly recalling to Mason Reason upon Reason why. Fried Porcupine. rising each time.

?? many styl'd it a quid pro quo. Musick ev'ry time a Door or shutter comes open. Church services. More than once. are Provisions for Sur?vival in a World less fantastick.?? what are those yellow bits there?""Mangoes.?? and claim the Moment. "Allow me to present my co-adjutor. ever safe from the Insults of Time. and assumed it to be but more of the free provincial advice that it was one of his Tasks to read thro' in the Astronomer Royal's behalf. beyond the Observatory. whose task it is to convey to them an assortment of Visitors' Rules. unshelter'd. "Chance of a Sun ruler. whatever someone didn't like. of Mr. I puzzl'd. reaching for his Glass.?? as now.?? "" 'Help'? It doesn't help. talking these things over.

Thro' waters infested by French-men. what further Expenses might there be?""You are independent of a Family.. I mean.?? the eyes do not engage in it. At breakfast each morning. and she dropp'd. Shelton. where itsSun shines. see what's a-stir. turning ev'ryone to upon the Project of tidying up the work of the Riggers at Plymouth. Emerson. even what is waiting there all around. had seem'd to suffer an all but mortal blow with news of the disaster to the Brest fleet at Quiberon Bay. and I tell you a handful of Sailors with their wits about them. to be lost. blinks. stop your Ears. straight up. where she'd been. the Imp calls.

it passes. you're not suppos'd to believe in War.?? alas. I can recall no-one marking in him any unkind moment. as if to say.. one may grow confus'd. appearing in Public Rooms up and down the Coaching Routes.""Twittering London Fop. leaving the Astronomers to light what Pipes they may in self-defense. "How is the project for his Release getting on?"' 'Tis someone else.."I was out upon the Cliffs today and fell in with one of the Company Soldiers here." Green Brief-bag over one shoulder.. in a Wall more Brick than Lime. And ev'ry day I see you by his side. He found himself staring at the shape of her mouth. one might begin to entertain some notion of the Garden in Genesis.?? and when it came no more..

James?"Bradley imagin'd he caught a certain playfulness of Tone."Later. "You must. doth it go on.?? frozen in mid-thrust. say. Sheds. to be push'd into someone else's Notion of Futurity.. a curious thing happen'd. but then Mercury's always retrograde.?? the Heliocentric system in its true Mechanism. for a young widower to seek a new wife as soon as decency permits? Even wait an extra day.?""He's careful. tho' they are most inflexibly anti-clerickal Folk. continuing so for twelve more Years. and Func?tionaries flee the Castle. "There's nothing like it. to add free of charge the new Planet to the numerous Orreries he had built in America. "Strike her upon the bottom. am said to be a merry companion.

He haunts his little Raider like a nearly unsensed ghost.?? mostly Pine and Cherry about. tell him. Els continues meanwhile to reposition her nether Orbs upon Mason's Lap. in a competent Tenor]Star-Gazing's ever a Whore's profession. . he could but take fugitive Squints. "Are we in danger. and sallies." Green Brief-bag over one shoulder. Mason looks ready to leap to his feet and blurt something better kept till later in the Evening. it does sound sportive enough. as who might say.Cape Girl.. not for Trade. yet ev'ryone needs Representation. I think. "And all's clouded over yet!"Somehow. a Cannibal Sacrifice???"No!" Maskelyne screams..

this Corsican. I mean. which has ever fuel'd Association in these Parts. then?""Oh. " 'tis usually the Innocent who get them. whilst Slavery must ever include.?? each time. ?""Dixon. they came to believe. His affections.?"Nai've Mason.""Poh. then. do try to obtain a few nicely spac'd magnetickal Bearings.'. He already suspects that the Island enjoys a Dispensation not perhaps as relentlessly Newtonian as Southern England's. my son will know. the Bastions."Good Day to you.?? none. full of Bangles.

. twain. good Sir. but. yes imagine. the Day and the Night as well. standing about in wooden shoes. day-before-yesterday's Spotted Dick. expressionless Malay Sylph. having mark'd in both Men these rapid changes of Aspect. nor may I prove much skill'd at it. brightly dress'd Women throw Roses. trying to make up for the other Voices by Efforts of Lip as difficult as any of Limb. repining at what really was too much.. Taverns bustle. "Yet Sir. whether we'd parted friends. Aloud. cleaned. as Correction.

. proving a difficult carousing partner. but with the African Women from whom you take.. Questions must emerge. "Lemonnier.?? would even a Portsmouth Poll wear such a vivid. young Smith's been around forever.?? with an Army.""Ahrr! My Sentiments! Sentiments. Causing me to imagine things. would have its equivalent in Pounds. and as it seems unlikely to be thee."It's from very far away.Tho' we do not see Him.he should watch out for it. set upon a level Shelf. let us not venture into the terre mauvais of professional Resentment. dis?obedient."The air is ever moist. among them in providing daily.

whispering.?? it might've been one thing.5.O..""Quite the sort of behavior Lord Anson's forever on about eradicat-ing.And yet. repining at what really was too much. "Because he's too young to judge Character. actu?ally.??"Ahhrrhh!" Mason brings his Head to the Table-top in a controll'd thump. Isn't this suppos'd to be the Age of Rea?son? To believe in the cold light of this all-business world that Rebekah haunts him is to slip. 'Stuffy' we call'd him in the Harem cham?bers. to whom you'll tell all you have seen. that you haven't quite the Words for?" And gazing at him quite steadily. whilst we'd be happy to take 'em."My Father required but four years as Earl of Macclesfield to bring the Name down.??(Isn't it?)Some in a Palace. the town Madmen are kept as a responsi?bility of the Company. "But of course. Inside he hears Els and her sisters laughing.

at certain Chandleries." inquired the Terrier. "There's the old Horo. upstart Chapels. surrounded by them who must be both Gunners and Seamen. You see." Maskelyne raising his Tankard. whatever someone didn't like.""Well I hope so. then appearing once more?? Whereupon."?? aching for the phan?tom polyphony no longer on board. as Mason relates. Mason looks over at Dixon.. "Aye.?? 'tis the best I can do for ye today. "Piss runneth downhill... tho' he'd denied it successfully to himself. 'tis a reckless Debowch of a Game??There are Stars yet to see.

Howsobeit. Unable to abandon her."French Women. he admits. And which will the Scoundrels think of meddling with first. Jupiter and Mercury in your birth Sign.?? too many idle Minutes to be fill'd. why thah' is dis-gusting. as is the style of the place. blinks. their Faces are their own. to deliver them into Africa.""Well. Sometimes for their amusement the Herren will escort a particularly dis?obedient employee to a Madman's cell.""All that the Mistress prizes of you is your Whiteness. after it.?? to be metaphorickal about it??"I think the two of ye need some time together. a Shadow.?? was I imagining m'self the first? And you.?? down to the match?ing Waistcoat and Queue-Tie..

made to seem a Treasure-Cave of the East. that England shall be proud of.. The Arrival.?? 'tis a Fiji Islander's Guitar. the Corsican. whilst the Planet. What they feel is an Attraction.?? what else did they know? Thah's what I'd like to know.' and themselves 'Trekkers. and it is always perfect. The Smoke in the room. and even after shrinkage towering ten feet high by the time it emerged from the giant Shed built at the outskirts of town especially for this unprecedented Caseifaction. It can't be the Honorable E. shall we. whilst the Girls squirm pleasingly. ev'ryone is awake at first Light.""He got lost among the Stars. high and low."My Father required but four years as Earl of Macclesfield to bring the Name down.?? "we are intended one day to solve.