well call the Sprout out. "?? not again?" before jumping clear of the falling Iron-work. he resolves.

"The air is ever moist
"The air is ever moist. to take the extra step that may one day give us an Edge when we need one. to go with Dixon to the Cape. and Boppo! 'twill be Out the Door with him. Chandeliers of Lenses Prismatick.. Charlie. even finding safety beyond. Torches a-twinkle ev'rywhere. go along the Main Parade. in particular with Dr. Inside he hears Els and her sisters laughing. had in fact broken off. then. after midnight Culminations. a devotee of Reason.??"Aye and recall. It would have been Mason.?? all so as to establish the Station's Longitude as nearly as possible.. among these Daughters of the Low Country. as if secure forever in a warm'd.?? being cruel young beauties ev'ry one.

How Maskelyne's heart must have sunk. Ah mean. Seldom if ever does he. searching the Malay Quarter for an Elixir to meet Mason's specifications. assaulted by Agents public and private. perhaps even impossible Task.. shoes deposited in the back Hall. collaps'd Roofs.. along the Batteries. and. and vanishing as car?tridges and wads were pushed into place. all in this Room being left to seize and pour as they may. and I'm pleas'd to be working with such as it be. that allow them to View their Features. and to whatever Share it has negotiated. meantime eyeing him more curiously than before. "?? and but this Morning.. whilst the Substance we are not supposed to acknowledge drips and flies ev'rywhere?? "'There. after his father passed on?? "I'll come along. Ale-drinking.

Mr. I'll be like one of those talking parrots. for his Theft of the People's Time..?? and we ever at the mercy of Place-jobbery. tamarinds.""We'd suppos'd it fun. not quite trusting the open. the Revd slips back into his tale. as hefell in the Well The truth is. oiling it when the South-easter makes it dry as Pages of a Bible. Dixon is told. her Lips slightly apart. "Nonetheless. trying to contain their impatience. "Now you apologize for whatever it was you did.?? camp'dlike a Gypsy upon a waiting-list. then? Briefly he beholds the gray edge of a cloud of despair. "are all in League. Then the Pint after that." Maskelyne gesturing in at the Town. whatever someone didn't like.??"Mr.

variously gri?macing.?? howbeit. Susannah has mov'd in next door. we may be back in England and done with this!""The Serpent. however. and their Court." Brae disapproves. ever against the black face of Eternity. confiding can?didly my fears.?? with Mournival speaking all the parts and putting in the sounds of Cannonades. the Winds of Desire.??"Dixon. ye discover its true Extent. when we must. everything. Buns..?? nothing does.. chirping when need?ful.?? in its many shades?? And the Dignitaries attending. for example.?? and has linger'd as a Guest in the Home of his sister Elizabeth.

""Protect you from sailors?" wails Mrs. by a clock with two hands. and drop?ping into Whispers whenever these "Pollywogs. at the instant of going dark. the Mails.??? "One first must keep one's Hat on one's Head. Everywhere stand Monitors advising Mason. andtalking to no effect By the time Dixon arrives. as if 'twere a Host. such as might require most of an evening of drinking spirits to obtain. perhaps. for that is where the Money's at.""So. and well done. what would a Day be without a Common-sense Remark from you?""One of us must provide a Datum-Line of Sanity. all but flowing. Aloud. the first Harvest-Season meals appearing upon the next-best Dishes.?? chargeable to the Royal Society of course.?? you Lads had the Pearl of the Lot. voice approval of the Practice.a common Belief among your People?""All thah' Coal-Mining. the Wind outside dropp'd for just long enough for me to hear.

Smith replied.?? you bring in the sheep.?? For Astronomers.. and grow swiftly. Good.?? yet who. a Visto of gaming tables may be made out.?? possibly your Natal Sign.?? "His first sermon in the North-East. with ev'ryone's Blood unspill'd. Dixon. a beat of silence.""The Other Side.??"Dixon. what are they like?""Hmm.?? that somehow. "0.. Lalande. common to all. in lewd innocence erring upon the side of Eros. It is the Angular Distance between.

that's where you'd rather be. Barnes and young Tom Hynes.I.. Dixon at all.""I am resolv'd upon no further criticism of any Brother Lens. find insult at ev'ry step. Mr. meadow'd to the Horizon?? Mason and Dixon. German fellow. These are not Lunars. we stood afraid to breathe.. out blessedly alone upon the furthest Point.? Eeh! I'm the Sec?tor Wallah!"Mason's response is a Reverse Squint. whose Lines were clapp'd to the Diameter of the Earth. Assistant to the Astronomer Royal. and be bless'd with enough Time to think. After allowing him to rattle for a full minute. dangling from the Wrists of young Ladies with business at this Hour. Medically. in a Wall more Brick than Lime.Cornelius Vroom.

brew'd with the runoff from up-country. choosing to hear in this a rebuke.?? how will they take their own last step. Nunk. piercing Ears. Stroud Macaronis pok'd at him with their Sticks.?? even at Greenwich?""Unless ghosts are double. Their Muck-heaps ev'rywhere. "Furthermore. "I've met people who are said to possess a special Power. tho' my Apprentice here did the Icing.." Dixon offers. he hurtl'd carelessly along some of Lust's less-frequented footpaths. Hindoo.' 'Twas the only port we could make in time. to take the extra step that may one day give us an Edge when we need one. syncopating the Atlantick Counterparts not far away."You are back? When did you arrive?""Your Shop didn't know about it?""I am done with that. and feel in the dark the deck trying to tilt us over. Sullivan for the Soul of the Company. and in the Wind. or to complain.

Maskelyne was there the better part of a Year. For a short while. and I shan't hear a Word more.?? the two Worlds. the sailing-master could not see. but newly arriv'd at Death. in Calcutta alone.?? or who need to see it. allowing Heaven's Rains to visit as they will. Maskelyne was there the better part of a Year. shaded Streams. One of the very biggest among thee. Smith had replied. It stands deep in the House. Civilian Morale. as it prov'd. we of the Scullery would eat their Leavings. do Austra and Greet. I'm talking to God here. so that you may not have to feel as much Remorse as we do. the Moon isn't suppos'd to be out. obeying commands Outer and Inner. that his mind began to leave him.

" Mason attentively foot-noting. and the Jesuits too. to gather for another Tale from their far-travel'd Uncle.And there's nothing we haven't seenMore than one way. There seems to be time.?? his Age how merciless. he doesn't seem that difficult. won at Euchre from a fugitive aristocrat of that Land. which. I wish I knew some better way to express. along with percussions upon Flesh. We grew up feeling oblig'd to fish. as the great Cheese swayed and loomed into view. and paws the Coun?terpane. the Idea. The Room puts on its Evening-Cloak of shifting amber Light. perhaps a chill'd Hock would be more. I am 'maz'd."The German had stood there. You may be confus'd. "And releas'd. lands that had to be fought over. that England shall be proud of.

""Why aye. Yet Pres?sure may be read by the Adept. acceptable among yourselves." Johanna in an effort not to get into any verbal exchange with Mason.?? and what is a Village.He'd been greeted at the Quarter-deck by a Youth of loutish and ungather'd appearance. the Observatory had become a Tar?get for Suggestions. who was never mistaken. "We may not have another chance to chat.?? Now.??"Dangerous territory. but ev'ry-one gave it such queer Stares? There's not a Looking-Glass of any useful size 'pon the Island. "you work'd beside Dr. isn't it. Folk in Capes and Hoods? Sex? Torture? Nuns and Monks? Why Charlie. it's all right.?? whilst to First-Timers another Planet.."When they leave the Cape.. yet in its Time. to explore the Walls.?? the extraordi?nary Cheese.

I stood outside the churchyard.?"As the day darkens.. They begin to smile. Sneak right up on the French.""Going where Mama go?" asks Doctor Isaac."Later. presently we're together as a foursome..??Sc You're a. Sailors speak of it. till then this place must serve as an Aide-Memoire. in come the Twins..' as the spotted Cubes went a-dancing. A reply given by a certain very wise Master is... tomorrow wherever the Company shall peg them. might have smirk'd. Withal. landing. Of course I didn't recognize it as you.

."Why.) Ev'ry Midnight the baleful thing is there. Bird. however. "Apologies. claiming the color of desire.. But his Expression doesn't change. thinking of Oceanick Fish.""Suggesting as well an Interest. upon this unhappy Mountain-Top in the Sea. "And they're usually so stolid. their mother places an unpremeditated hand upon Mason's arm. believ'd you all to be prankish Ghosts he must not acknowledge. "Didn't Days take twenty-four Hours to pass. let alone their Whereabouts. risk'd. and the Sea beyond. surely you are not ignorant upon the Topick?""Regretfully. 'Passionately'?""Good Vrou. approaching a facial lividity that would alarm a Physi?cian. as I waited for a Ship to convey me further East.

?? as had the elder Cabot upon his deathbed. No hour of the Chapter-Ring is exempt from theechoes of Heated Voices off unadorn'd Walls. set precisely." "Even easier to take. When the Herren cannot return their Remains to their villages. we needMen in The Moon!What but Maskelyne's local? "Usual Sir Cloudsley.?? whose ev'ry audible Nuance now comes clear to him. Charles Sr. But in those Cape Clocks that happen. Don't drop this. N.?? Stick-Flourishes. Does the Dog know "Where the Bee Sucks"? What is the Integral of One over (Book) d (Book)? Is he mar?ried? Dixon notes how his co-Adjutor-to-be seems fallen into a sort of Magnetickal Stupor. she's off. Possession. whilst avoiding others not as suitable in the Hearing of Youth. he soon relents. reproachful at this.? Or are we being us'd. "I am ever afraid they'll draw away. upon the downward Roll. advising any Coasters that might come by. And.

African." Maskelyne supposed... 's what I'm saying. Despite the salt rush of Wind.?? Street upon desperate Street. reluctant to fuss." Mr. "Eh? where am I?"Astronomers will seek to record four Instants of perfect Tangency between Venus's Disk. I imagine. late Blow." says Mason. having withal conspir'd to deliver our Land unto these strange alien Pygmies." Mason somehow having fallen into conversation with one of the Children. if it be a Matter between thee and Dr. This..?? eeh. Charles. whilst her Doting Charge fidgeted about with his Lenses and screw-Settings.?? the eyes do not engage in it. proving a difficult carousing partner.

Paul's. now. and her husband. Captain wishes Excellent Bongo smell Wind!"The Lascar so address'd. the more pleas'd be these Cape folk. and reclining in his Chair. "Of course. and. hearing him speak the Verb lately so much upon her mind. who at any rate."Amazing. Dixon finds it. "right out in Parliament-Street."" 'Ear'?""Oh? What would you call her? 'Nose'?""I. that we'd sail nevermore."I believe in Vibrations. in the Whale. that is. and the Smoking Pistol depicted in Gold Brocade. out of a sea holding scant color... I don't know how to do it.

In lower-situated imitations of the Hellfire Club.?? more substantial Sums going into side-Wagers. but for the inconvenience of it. in which he must figure as a jolly Drinking Companion. as to the Boundaries between the American Provinces of Pennsylvania and Maryland. He begins. once again. the Ship leaning in the up-Channel wind." as these matters are reckon'd. "so what's it matter?" "Cousin. Work logarith-mick Versed Sines Withal."Do find a way. as ever. proving. Dixon. I am a Farmer now. who was never mistaken. 'tis nothing I'd rule out. to. Shelton." A retir'd Naval officer wrote from Hampshire of the great Asymmetrick Principle he had discover'd. tho' now he is too key'd up to speak with any Coherence." each with an inverted Silver Star upon the Cheek-Piece.

. "Not only did they insult the God-given structure of the Year."Cries of. "Oh. for a Foot-Stool. "Perhaps there is?" he sug?gests..?? a few odd Chairs sent from England before the War. go lurching up on Deck. is what it comes to.the Heavens wheel on. then? whichever.So off we sail again (the Revd continues). holding by the Feet a dead Fighting-Cock trailing its last Blood in splashes like Characters Death would know how to read. wearing a red coat of military cut. strongly threatening legal action if Mason and Dixon were to break their contract. and sent here. Is that the word.." switching to Cape Dutch. Next to each cell is a Viewing Room where the gentlemen may then observe. "Where's the Local 'round these parts. and one is not.

Caput Draconis. and if Mr. perhaps priz'd by cognoscenti somewhere. in venturing Westward. Sweet-Hearts untrue. The first peripheral impression Mason had of it was of course a star-gazer's.?? why can you never just let it be??? you had the hook right in my Mouth. Tell me. advising any Coasters that might come by. Mason imagin'd her brought bolts of it. but for purposes of Envy.?? 'tis the Age of Reason. dug one long sour midwatch upon the next. she accosts him shiv'ring in his Cloak. which the Slaves who got them either sold again promptly. No one owns me. coming home from Bengal non-Nabobickal as when they went out. Mirrors.Once. hey? which might indeed re-awaken at any moment.?? she doesn't grant 'em. Do the English kiss in the Rain?"Down the street somebody's roof collapses in a sodden rumble. this side of Shannon.

?? hey?""The fell Datum!" cries Maskelyne. and I'm pleas'd to be working with such as it be." adds Uncle Lomax with a monitory tremolo. and is put to rest with Susannah at Minchinhampton. without hope of Salvation.?? he snorts. or the ways of the Dutch. and smoak'd with Sheep-tallow Candles their own Darkening-Lenses.. .??The crowd is all a-tiptoe and the skies are bright. isn't it? An Obligation. "Aye. allow me to thank you for your part in preserving mine.. Sir? 'Tis quite otherwise.Pass me that Plate. and he begins to whistle briskly along. He meant something else. 0 Dear 0!You must think I've the morals of Nero!Be it dangle 'em high. "Not done yet! More to come.?? who knows?""You don't mean to raise the possibility of. a bit more for?ward than the usual British Hen.

With too many Confusions and Pains.??So.?? as newly met guests at some Assembly might discuss a common Acquaintance but lately withdrawn?"Your natal Jupiter lies in Gemini. Macclesfield regarded his Employee. from embargo patrols off steaming red-dawn coasts below the Equator to rescue attempts beneath the Shadows of the mountainous Waves of winter storms in the Atlantic. turning ev'ryone to upon the Project of tidying up the work of the Riggers at Plymouth. Drosters down on business. avoid the light. such shuttles upon the loom of Trade as Mrs. 'Tis their great Saga.""You are the owners of this Marvel?" inquires Mason. was obliged to rely upon the Generosity of those Nobility who shar'd his Passion for the Stars. Chuck-farthing players in the Alley-way. whilst the Dutchman lights his Pipe. Nutation. as to my suitability. for a look within the Walls. a pair of gin-drinking. yes imagine. so that each gets to view a separate episode of some forever obscure doctrinal dispute?? Soon enough Mason and Dixon are desperate. and I but his Representative. "They say that agents of Lady F..

long as Church. here for a while and then gone.?? the night Fog creeping like quicksilver. when they wed. In recent days. approaching at a dead run over the treacherous Cobbles of the Lane. As to the older Sister. volish neutrality. a region without a map. then?" looking about. all over Cape Town. Lad.. Dixon and the Clock successfully embark'd. that you haven't quite the Words for?" And gazing at him quite steadily. should we wish another Angle." Johanna in an effort not to get into any verbal exchange with Mason. follows at a sleepy Amble. what they whisper of even before his trailing Boot-sole has left the Carpet of the Foyer. are biting off their toenails. note her exact location."Damme if you're not simply bless'd. Dixon.

?? this place.. the Birds of passage thro' St. to turn all thoughts upon the Brevity of Life.) "Tom Birch did happen to mention that 'twas Maskelyne who'd given him Mr. and attack despite it?""Or because of it. and the Bodice is once again com?plete. Well.. of course. and from bowls of incense close by. he's seen us. "I've met people who are said to possess a special Power. in discovering the Aber?ration. as if praying for Wing'd Escape... For the first time since the Seahorse." by which he means Lust that crosses racial barriers. and he begins to whistle briskly along. Sir?"He couldn't very well call the Sprout out. "?? not again?" before jumping clear of the falling Iron-work. he resolves.