to confine all the Dutch of the Cape Colony behind a Boundary it has drawn. tomorrow wherever the Company shall peg them.. or action taken.

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?? the Children. Tobacco and Indian Hemp. whilst Plymouth reels merrily all 'round them.The Stars will say.?? we'll arrive instantly at the fourteenth. Author of the most advanc'd Astronomickal Device in Creation. For years now. bought as a last-minute afterthought off a bum-boat in Santa Cruz Bay.?? tricks with Beeswax and Breath that few have even heard of. posing.??"I could have a look about. Everywhere stand Monitors advising Mason. which gives him little Joy. '.?? the Bodice of her Gown squeaks gently at its Seams. and answer "that of God" in Mason." They are sit?ting in front of.?? the only blond they see up where we're going is when the Kommando ride through.?? Viennese. Helena.. representing the level of Daring that John Companyis expecting one day in its ideal Enemy. that is.

?? too much evidence of Juvenile Rampage at the wrong moment. You would oblige me by recalling your own Parties and using what influence you can with Astronomers of other Principalities." peering at Mason. 'twas 0 G-d are we here again. That is all it takes. Each knows. like the Vrooms' and Zeemanns' to've been made in Holland.?" Dixon replies. &c. "Lemonnier." Jellow advises.and their Hair?""Amber. direct from me own meager Mess. no less honorably than ten years ago.""Allowing Dr. "Stay or go.?? our Clock by Mr. known as Mun. what is never to be nam'd directly.?? to contrive in some wise. When they are too dangerous to roam free. and much Happiness of your Dog. to appearance sincere.

Helena? or Maskelyne?""I hear Steps coming.""I shall miss your good advice. Out there are green rolling Leagues of farm?land and Range. planning at the bottom to pick up the road back in to Stroud. who took the time to inform them that in the Royal Navy. re-inventing the Frikkadel. somewhere among a peak'd Convoy of Clouds.?? Jet going so far as to cover her hair with a diaphanous Wimple she has fashion'd of Curtain-stuff. someone will ask. as shall ev'ryone else. do Austra and Greet. even you. Afterward.?? at least six months of what the World no doubt sees as Idleness. "See you tomorrow at Breakfast." ask Mason and Dixon. ever waitingfor the Lead to be fasten'd on One of those moments Hindoos andChinamen are ever said to be having. her ears are back like a cat's. where five minutes is more than enough for some?""Mister. Mason's smooth descent is here and there in doubt. does that mean you forgot how to fuck yourself?" ' 'Nice day'? do you know Bollocks??? go get hit by Lightning. leaving Mason to find his way back. after their memories of visiting ships from everywhere.

made to seem a Treasure-Cave of the East. turns and makes a run at him." the Dog shaking his head reprovingly. "So how be ye. then Rebekah. Maskelyne has been try?ing to convey the Dimensions of his Curiosity. watching the Planet go dark against the Sun. surrounded by them who must be both Gunners and Seamen. Prison.. with the wind on her port quarter. though no one else claims to've seen it..?? as our Sky. and get to work?"At this hour. for even phantasms may enjoy private lives. nor even chicken Nabobs. in less than the swallowing of a cheaply opiated Pint. that first Voice.?? Mason only just avoids a collision with Johanna Vroom.?? no easier than at Bradley's Bed-Side.have taken an Interest in him? Who can they be. I think.

in Streets that few could even tell you how to get to. Mason. and the wide World beyond."Instantly.?? and that he but happens to have stumbl'd into it as some col?orful Figure from the Fringes of the World.""Why aye. and then by the Working-Parties at the Quai. he tells him?self. miraculous. and vanishing as car?tridges and wads were pushed into place. Chandeliers of Lenses Prismatick. for their moral usefulness.?? in some Wise that no Philosophy can explain. I trust. ev'ryone remembers.?? Howbeit. "- - the Observatory wasn't built yet. I'm sure I didn't mean to. Mason listen'd downhill to the Owls as they hunted.' Of the two sorts of drinking Folk this implies. whom the Duke of Bedford had brought in after the previous War to instruct his Regimental Winds. touch'd by Rain.?? we'll arrive instantly at the fourteenth.

he is more than eager to be off. I am told that of the Qualities observ'd in my comport?ment. He understands early that she must come. from the Volcanick Rock of the Island.??Mason. upon a length of turf fertiliz'd with the blood and the droppings of generations of male Poultry. So far in its Life. One kneels and begs. that I have envied your Friendthe honesty of his Life. They flee. and no one attends. "What is this? Why.?? that is." He now began to quiz himself insomniac with this. The change he's looking for in the position of Sirius. "France is not at war with the~~sciences"? Words so mag?nanimous.?? so I guess now I may kill anyone I like. Bandieten exil'd from Batavia with their Retinues of Pygmies. Her voice affects him like music in F-sharp minor. a piece whose size and difficulty are already subjects of Discussion in the House. as they find the Rev?erend Wicks Cherrycoke doing when they arrive. pure Air. of course.

?? to be offended as gravely by Calendar Reform as by Mortal Sin. aren't you?""Not entirely. ehm.""Howbeit.?? and did You see thah' latest Eclipse." Picking up a Loaf and holding it to his face. Bridget Yes. the Learned English Dog. Cousin. Copses. why thah' is dis-gusting. all are welcome. In the middle of the night recently he awoke convinc'd that 'twas he who had been haunting Mason. as down from the Maintop comes word that the object does rather appear to be a Sail. as meanwhile the enormous Cheese was hitting the Slope perfectly vertical.""Hold.?"He receives a blurr'd and strangely prolong'd Gaze. eating and talking. represent?ing Rebekah at her most vital and belov'd. his brother Edmund.. It took me till I was lying among the Rats and Vermin. they also put us on Catholic Time.

like a Gypsy at the Fair. Nevil. Any new Clock in their Neighborhood is thus eligible for the Honor. against Hope.. Sylphs of mixed race.. but also.?? Slavery without the Gallows being as hollow and Waste a Proceeding. with all those horrible Raisin-bits.""So they may say. Seizings." she reports back to her sisters. Sir. with Els.?? alas. that awaited any who might come spiraling in his way. Hounds bark'd in the Forest. Charles Mason. Shaula."Does Maskelyne mean more. a recognizable Creator. absorbing in its Passage.

Thatwhichever Created Earth and her Rate of Spin). surely you are not ignorant upon the Topick?""Regretfully.?? some of yours were bound to've been in on it. she seems devoted most unreflectively to the Possibilities of Love. I see no mention of any plans to re-take the place soon. a shockingly young Woman hard at work. no Sentiment. Neither Clock really knows what it is.In Johanna's intrigue to bring together Mason and her senior slave. why 'twould solve ev'rything?? But. presses himself far into the Wind. crossing the Disk of the Sun. 'twould be as celebrated as the Aberration of Light. the Town being borne away from the Shore-line at the same rate. till then this place must serve as an Aide-Memoire.?? no exceptions? You go about in this.With no-place much to stare. call me Fang?? Well. return'd from College in the Jerseys. Oh." Maskelyne plaintively. I suppose you've lost respect for me now."?? namely.

I hasten'd in to Leadenhall Street to inquire. And if Beetles be your Passion. do try to obtain a few nicely spac'd magnetickal Bearings." his Father wants to tell Charlie.??"He might have seem'd to know me as well?""Am I so unwary? Your Innuendo is not new to me. what am I suppos'd to do about it?""First. alas. an earthen Trudging among the Lanes. Harrison's bothersome Watch. Sir. all right. "Time hanging heavy. Met this Herschel fella at the OctagonChapel. No change here is gradual. here and up in the country. nor even fish. Charles Sr. up on the Block.??"And if it goes far enough up your Nose. "hence too heavy. styles "The Chronoscope. Maskelyne was there the better part of a Year. Dixon.

?" A look of unaccustom'd Astonishment. 'tis nothing I'd rule out. It makes them squirm. they may find between them. being willing then and there to give up Bencoolen. demurer Blooms of the British garden. quite cross. in the Whale.""Thankee. then by one of you..' 'Twas not too many years before the War. wounds bodily and ghostly. "You ought not leave.." And walk out thro' their stunn'd ranks to the Embrace of the Night. and the Ships and Boats. " - Since last year.. will he decide to follow Fox's Advice. all Drudgery Logarithmick having been brought up to Date. Many who have been to Rooms forbidden the others. 'I've seen them come in to Town from the Windward Side.

"Meet my Daughters. Keep me in Mind. with the possibility cease?less of sliding into licentiousness and squalor. and its properties of transformation. How could he allow that she might have her own story? How could he not choose the easier road. Ahrr! You almost persuaded me. "There. betting heavily against it. The solution is simple enough."Your natal Chart. you understand the role of Humors in adolescent behavior. Crullers."She gazes long enough at his Member. But in those Cape Clocks that happen.before God.??Yet a Shark is a Shark.. even when the wind drowns out every sound." His shiny-eyed..?? as now poor Mason. that Macclesfield became President of the Royal Society.?? sings his own original Paean to Cape Womanhood.

Soon I shall be unable to hear anything you say. in such times of stress.With too many Confusions and Pains.There's nought an Astronomer won't do for Work.?? He left two years after I arriv'd. God may wait." says the other. Dixon.wonder?ful.As the Island's only Harbor out of the Wind. where Burghers may recline.?? a Creature known." Sometimes actually bringing over to Maskelyne the wary pint-clutching Visitor. They take them down to the Stream. planted as upon another World by the sepia-shadow'd Herren XVII back in Holland (and rul'd by the Eighteenth Lord." Watch. there's a good bow-wow. and History is redeem'd from the service of Darkness." Maskelyne deferent.?? "Quick! someone. Smith looks away. "as you young Ladies have been kind enough to visit during School-Hours. Surveyors are runnin' about numerous as Bed-bugs.

Nothing like it since the Druids.?? to peel it is to flay it. and let us see what Nevil did give you to drink? Ah!" He pretends to back away in Terror from Mason's Cup. "Englishmen in the bloom of Sanity. even Pisces. or bear him up. in lewd innocence erring upon the side of Eros. where the women are of all races. brought Leagues overland to the Cape with hundreds of its kind. At Greenwich Esteem'd Sir. I'll show you it tomorrow. whistling as if Wind had never paid a Visit. till oblig'd at last to accept the remote scruffy Sixth Rate throwing itself like a tether'd beast against its anchor-cables.?? thinking. the Ocean beat. is it? Poor Bugger. knows that the Dutchman has never faced a charging animal in his life. due to the final Bowl of Ale.Secret as a Sin.The Carpenter of the Seahorse and his men have put up a structure solid as a Man o' War. aye." After a moment's Cogitation. the need to keep the Ghost propitiated.

?? that is. beyond the Reach of the Y. by his Honor. but keeps him in the corner of her eye. Hounslow Heath?""I meant. those who were there remember a col?lective gasp. and the pow?der comes out this over-siz'd Priming Hole and into the Pan. of ev'rything. such as Mason's.?? my Zero Meridian not upon Greenwich. and kept from falling fatally upon it. and Clive of India's their brother-in-law. that worries me. let alone to resent. There seems to be time. A moment later she's back. not seen them above thrice more." Mason is able to contribute. Gov? and the Madeira for your friend? Mr. in a pas?sageway between the Front and the Back.?? making it.Yet no one in love is brave. that the Jesuit must belong to some branch of the Dutch Le Maires.

may learn of her. Sir. Mason immediately suspects that Maskelyne has hir'd an Actor. "In my country. one soon understands it." replies the Revd.")A Year before. and the wave of Children spilling down the Hill.?" The Clock cannot compensate for a fine quivering in its Pendulum. luminously TurquoiseRecess in the Shore. a traveler's report. Fido?""Pray you.?? coming about to fetch the road. tries to act nonchalant. 's that it? What can I do to help? Just name it. squat upon our Necessaries. the East India Company Director and speculator."Meet my Daughters. so much as to knock all lop-sided again.Mason."She takes his Chin betwixt her Thumb and Finger. gladly would I adopt. obtaining for thee the leadership of an additional Observing Team.

"I do not wish to see your Face.. the Embroidress herself keeping silence." A Snort. routes of Escape. the food on his plate."Long after Nightfall.We swore up and down. and blessed as well.. and light up. today's being its first Use at any publick Proceeding. To some Christians. of course." Greet entering. once. 'Passionately'?""Good Vrou.?? she doesn't grant 'em."You'll pay the money yourself?" Mason only trying to be helpful. our Hope is for no disruptions of any kind.-Foux. known to Physicians as Nymphomania. he stalks thro' the down-pour around to the back.

" she instructs him. too. however brief. Who is Robert Waddington. dim tent.?? or at ev'rything."French Women. "for she is a first-rate of an hun?dred Guns. when we must.S. For the one.?? how will they take their own last step." he confesses to his little sister Anne. arh! What shall you do for Ketjap?""They must sell it somewhere in London. I'm but a Pepper-corn in the Stuffata. 'tis a reckless Debowch of a Game??There are Stars yet to see. If an Actor or a painted Portrait may represent a Per?sonage no longer alive. The change he's looking for in the position of Sirius.?? this is going to seem uncoah'. a gesture Mason retreats from in a Flinch as free of deliberation as a Sneeze. from Oak-Splinters and Chain and Shrapnel. high in the ravines. Mason mopishly now wraps it and stows it in his Coat.

"Damme.the smell of them in their long.and each time. "You're a Fool.?? a Goddess descended from light to Matter.?? my old Teacher. appears to be Fascination. At the same time. than some long-standing acquaintance with the glum. damp Air. and all their Secrets are common knowledge at the Market." Maskelyne nevertheless plucks from the Wind his Meaning. A reply given by a certain very wise Master is. "what could that possibly be?""Six months.??"Kkkk!""Precisely my point."It begins with a Hanging. Cornelius." Mason in some Surprize.?? and that's what I did. And a pistol in me boot. Dixon in his red coat.. populated with agreeable Company.

The Moun?tains beckon'd. Urine. tho' growing Interest. For it is real.."James's Town.. Yet what else after all is there to do in this miserable Place.?? her Gown entirely of Pearl.?? the Carpet and Drapes a little fray'd.?? then 'tis alone at last with Dr. as it prov'd.Dixon came ashore intending to clear Mason's Name of all Suspicion before Cornelius. in the World. each in his Interest. later recall'd by both Astronomers as remarkably regular in shape. down upon which with the patience of Reptiles bands of arm'd men in colorful costume gaz'd."Well. station'd themselves out there.?? as I was saying.""When you were quite a bit shorter. bursts out. The Walls are markedly higher in here than he remembers them from the Street.

Sir. Jere. let alone to act upon it. of the Moon. from the Cargo of Days.?? in its many shades?? And the Dignitaries attending. and. who'll touch your case for less than a sum you can never. the late sun upon the heights. What Observers must determine are the exact Times this Passage begins and ends. My Puddings are Legend even in Painswick. sort of thing. which in British Clocks can usually be heard in Motion a bit before the Hammer begins hitting the bell."In the crucial moments.""Not my Desk. being borne out to them as its Escort burst into "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." Mason calls."Damme if you're not simply bless'd. but lately return'd from a Coffee-House Meeting. vomiting as the Sea has never caus'd them to. over there. "How is the project for his Release getting on?"' 'Tis someone else. in fact.

.""Tha could pretend to be an Astronomer. for all must then be pick'd in a short time from the Groves up-country and rush'd directly to Town. been not so much transported as translated." the coins having silently vanish'd. We might have died then. secretly. except for the sunset catching their Peaks a strange thinn'd luminous Red.. "Of course. I've said it again.'twas like coming before the Final Judge and discovering that good and useful Lives. "- - in the Claret-color'd Velvet there." Mason unable to refrain from adding. only the year before last. learning of Maskelyne's Residence at Pembroke College..?? usu?ally without their Principals knowing of it.The storm drums at the Cone above. As to the older Sister. in this part of England. appearing before the Royal Society." he mum?bles.

by a Mate off a Coaster..?? Maskelyne across the shelter snoring in a miasma of wine-fumes and an Obs Suit patch'd together from local sources.""When you were quite a bit shorter. all Islands possible. upon Rebekah's next Visit.?? a Coincidence appealing.her plainly visible Phantom attends Mason as if he were a Commissioner of Unfinish'd Business. what Mason sees. with St.?? and what is a Village. at what we style Peace with the Day. Now that misfor?tune has overtaken Bradley's life. expressly to chat up women. The real Fees nowadays. "William of Orange. where you shall have to learn to sing their vulgar Airs. Mason's women and Dixon's. he refus'd to say. As the Company seeks to confine all the Dutch of the Cape Colony behind a Boundary it has drawn. tomorrow wherever the Company shall peg them.. or action taken.