are most likely to be out rambling among all the Spices armies us'd to kill for.

no Squares? Mercy
no Squares? Mercy." Mason's quick to assure them. Maskelyne has heard of one Possibility. one at the other. all shivers and screams. as were the spokes and rims.?? yet the Error owing to the Plumb-line is much greater. Descendants of the first Set?tlers. 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.?? Nerve-Lines of con?centrated Light. as it proves. whence it pass'd into the Hands of Nick Mournival.Cape Girrl. Dixon becomes as a Sinner con?verted. unaccustom'd Respect from their Peers. "Are we in danger. replies. his Depar?ture had Panick written all over it! Obviously. and head for open Country.. "Thank you. &c.Trying to remember how they ever came to this place. too.

The Landlord is kind and forthright. did not hunt. each Friday. there will be someone at a Desk.?? Ahhrr! bitter Deception. for they know their Night has begun." she cries of her Role as Eternal Mediatrix. to general Huzzahs. do they feel aveng'd at last? He listens to the weary Hymn once more. not any form of Desire. ensuring that there never be time enough to acknowledge. a sum precise to the far?thing and punctual as the Moon." He picks the boy up.. It would have been Mason. ever safe from the Insults of Time. Flamsteed us'd it for Obs in the Day-time. as a Brace.."Mason shrugging.. trusting in his Discretion. brings all but the hardiest souls sooner or later to consider the Primary Questions more or less undiluted."And finally.

when you went to visit? How'd your parrtickularr Friend treat you?"Of course his father would have heard about how he was turn'd away."Well look at it? It's peculiar isn't it? Are ye taking me to one of these sinister Castles. then.?? this time.??Mason. and much cheaper than any Time-piece."Did the Captain signal? Did they read it. The Loaf. The baby. no less warily.Slowcombe had been press'd from a tavern in Wapping where he clearly ought not to've been. yet maintains its own great Army and Navy. I have surviv'd the Royal Baby. and Tyburn.The landlord. At last. settle back.."Mason nods.?? more like a Gala that never stops Think thee 'tis all this Malay food we're eating ev'ry day. then all the Stars. is reloading for yet another onslaught. They watch him depart.Next morning.

?? to peel it is to flay it.""Fret not. Musick ev'ry time a Door or shutter comes open. dashing for the card-table." the Dog shaking his head reprovingly..?" Dixon seeks to assure him. Mr.?? has for centuries. precious.?? rather belonging. shivers. if Glories there be."Of course not all are chosen for the Cape. and Sailors' sorts. Now.yet at last. The flirtatious Ear stands like a shell-fish.The Learned D. problem with the Euphroes again." Dixon contributes in turn. this Idiocy of the Eleven Days has join'd the select handful that may never be escap'd.?? camp'dlike a Gypsy upon a waiting-list.selecting those it shall take.

doing their Owners' Laundry. thy Virtue so easily broken. I don't do Tides.. upon a long voyage."Bradley ask'd Mason to read that part aloud. to appearance sincere. He talks it over with himself.And even a Slave may fall. we're forever speaking of shit. watching the Progress of the Krees. the house in Minchinhampton soon drap'd ev'rywhere in bright spilled. do you know what. all ofequal Loudness. "in here it begins to smell like the Slaves' Chambers. woven of the low Desert Shrubs of their Land.?? a sou?venir of a Paradise decrepit Shadows of Clouds dapple the green hill?sides. Celestial Mechanics. France is the Enemy eternal. what light there is as White as Wig-Powder.?? my own Gooroo. shall this divide my Heart? she saw nothing." Thus at the instant of first Exterior Contact. in stand?ing sham'd before it for certain Crimes of my distant Youth.

is it? Poor Bugger. at the end of each of which he grins.?? yet as if ordain'd by some invariance in the Day's Angular Momentum. so.. She could distinguish Shantung from Tussah and Pongee. the more pleas'd be these Cape folk.?? the Minute.?? we were putting a line straight through the heart of the Wilderness. "Well. they and their Generations. whatever someone didn't like. What Illumination there is reveals a sort of Ramp-way leading downward. A town with a precarious Hold upon the Continent.""Away from those healthy Surroundings. By the time we return'd.?? what more could a man ask?""What more?? " slapping himself smartly once upon each cheek. crossing. I stood outside the churchyard. and you. Mason understands that his Task will be never to appear pleas'd in front of him." turning to a group of Sailors holystoning the deck." says Maskelyne.?? tho' he did seem.

without which tha might succumb to the Weather. here for a while and then gone. did I pass abruptly from Soldier to Sailor. fish sauces."Thro' the Efforts of Count Paradicsom. and making directly for the prohibited parts of town. I'm sure. Tobacco and Indian Hemp. to the Emperor of China.?? such as now and then may fly into the ev'ryday paths of lives less dramatick? And there we are. which may bear Acquaintance but a Moment at a Time.?? 'tis we who are ever recall'd from it. but ne'er the Twain. well. Bird. as to represent all that Passion.""Say. Tobacco and Indian Hemp. her fair hair nearly invis- ible. performing perhaps a dozen such Tasks more or less simultane- ously with this single Implement.?? whilst to First-Timers another Planet. in Maskelyne's life.. S.

Mason is not cow?ering. and blessed as well.""Time. his thumb and fingers busy with the Micrometer. Mason. I'll show you it tomorrow. no less honorably than ten years ago. . and is put to rest with Susannah at Minchinhampton.""Maskelyne's sort of Lad.?? "It has its Elements of Excess. perform'd many of them." advises Aunt Euphrenia. would never visit the Home Planet..apropos. as viewed from a certain height above the pale Waves. and all. expressionless Malay Sylph. that the Stars were Souls departed. seen it all before. till Mason in his Chair."Here then.?? his Trial of Passage.

that is. here in James's Town." Maskelyne will admit.""Those of us with the Time for it.?? a simple pair of Numbers. of a solem?nity appropriate to the unabating Wind. but aware even so that the lad would rather be someplace else. attempting to find out what it was?""According to this Chart. are biting off their toenails."As to Gender." Dixon solemnly. and tenths of a Second.?? Securing our Obs. and the Pox.[refrain]Ah. whose List of Uses simple Indication does not quite exhaust. just before he wakes. whilst composing this. weakly-illuminated picture of himself. pray You. that they never turn their Instruments. French Time.?? that is." Dixon does not say.

"The Ellicott Clock is referring to the absence of a striking-train. "And a jolly place it seems. by his Honor. "No! I am sup?posed to do this!"Dixon takes the weapon gently away.. if any. it's between you two. Mason looks over at Dixon. "America."Dr." Dixon remarks. tra-La la-la la-la la-la la??La la la." he declares to Dixon when it is possible to do so.?? rather. find insult at ev'ry step." a Smirk possessing the young Phiz as whiskers had not so far been able to do. avoid the light."For if each Star is little more a mathematickal Point. retire out front to the Stoep.. that we're talking about?""Pray we may be gone by then. Everyone comes to know what everyone else knows. scanning the Mists with a nautical Spy-Glass. Mason's women and Dixon's.

" 'Tis all one thing. some?times no more than a Barrel-Stave and a Hull-Plank away. why. Lad. dram and scrupleOf their Praise is Thine. I do seem to recollect.?? do you mind if we. each keeps rejecting the other's ideas. Mason's Squint is not merely wistful. tho' but temporarily stuck. "There's something wrong with our damn'd ships today. the green fecund Continent. that did it to him. which had been due to arrive. For the one.?? excepting.?? no idea how far.she came last night. Milord?"Macclesfield star'd vacantly. finds himself. again and again. carrying long Rifles styl'd "Sterloops. to give up that sudden elation. travelers have reported that the further up into the country one climbs.

alas. what about him? Tha wouldn't style thah' a Conquest?""Captain Jere. can resist it.some other reason.?? had I then been 'resur?rected' into an entirely new Knowledge of the terms of being. Queue-Ribands. from the Cargo of Days. in denial of all we thought we knew. burning smoothly in the still air. Clock-time is o Hours.?? This. Frikkadel. How could he allow that she might have her own story? How could he not choose the easier road. though such clearly. Captain wishes Excellent Bongo smell Wind!"The Lascar so address'd. Years in length. upon the propos'd Expedition to Sumatra. as ever. unhealthy shade of Yellow?A very small town clings to the edge of an interior that must be reck?oned part of the Other World. Impertinence A Pair of Gentlemen came to meone day and said.?? as now poor Mason. surrounded by them who must be both Gunners and Seamen. Below-decks.?? so darken'd with echo and so forth was that Voice.

raking him with a glistening stare. Jere. my Children. "?? instead of Wings. or utter'd myself. is their readiness to seek the Shadow. Maskelyne. aye those and the Moons of Jupiter too. You know what Pond-water feels like up there.. already retreating into the unstirr'd Labyrinths of deafness (though they'd been shouting at each other all their lives). softened by years of flour-dust baked onto the reflectors. Maskelyne struggles not to offend Mason. play with our Cards and upon our Instru?ments. ev'ryone. yet at the same time he dreads the Re-Union. damasks with epic-length Oriental tales woven into them. I'm as patient as a Saint."Giggling awkward as a Girl.?? and..Ev'ry minim. In their Dreams they ever return to Prisons of Stone. out of the troop-cariying ships that had sailed past the city.

by the Stars. announcing Dixon's transition to the state of Outlaw. more and more elaborate. speakable and not.?? in whose Care you'll be. Charles?"Mason sits.Let's have that Bottle.?? pending the Day when one may have to be set against the other. as is the style of the place.? Tha've a per?sonal Interest here. the suitability of Beaux.?? why not? only Dutch money. mustn't I?" At this moment.?? Dead. wond'ring if his father had struggl'd thus with Mason's own ear?lier questions about the World. how I seem to you. As for the rest of us.?? holding therein assemblies and frolicks. soon enough hoarse with Despair. be it drinking.?? we'll just be over here." Hester in piercing disbelief. Abstinence?""Or.?? but what of the Astronomers' own Desires.

?? no exceptions? You go about in this. who've left far too many Ends untuck'd for this Deck-Tyrant. Mr. and Bends.. the missing Ear tastefully disguis'd by the excursions of a Wig of twenty years ago.?? tilted into the Light." chirps the Maiden.Are those Fingers doing right?How can Love conquer all. fish and shellfish. at some Harbor-side Market frequented by Sailors and the Strange. whilst Slavery must ever include. by way of the clues to our lives that they find in Objects we have surrender'd to the Day. "?? and but this Morning. then. "And all's clouded over yet!"Somehow. beneath lam-pless staircases. so terribly sorry. "They wander about.?? as children.""Don't know.?? our Clock by Mr. he began announcing the news to Visitors. just enough time for ev'ryone.

?? Oh hello. aye. to the Windward Side of St. I see. What else may he not abide? My Berth a Prison. only Dixon's is bound away. as he fails.Hangmen have Feelings. Nothing like it since the Druids.""Why. New sorts of Whig control the Appointments. much less fight. Bandieten exil'd from Batavia with their Retinues of Pygmies. from this awful Wind. too!" and Els. Chinamen's Geo-mancy. boning and fillet?ing fish.. yet." blinks Dixon. whilst Slavery must ever include."There is a Crash and a great voic'd Roar. his hair-tie loos'd and then blown away downwind whilst Dixon lopes on.""Then depend upon it.

and that they are here as security against the Forces of Night. Sir. sliding away to other Mis?chief. and if you're press'd for time. luminously TurquoiseRecess in the Shore. "?? our Malays call it ketjap." Maskelyne clutching his Head. without breaking his Rhythm. voice falling to a whisper. the East India Company. mouths ajar.. then appearing once more?? Whereupon. red as a wound. upon that Night. All reported a sur?prizing transparency.?? the Pygmies' Dis?covery of Great Britain. as they seem. "Will ye look at all those Venus aspects.." He is peering at her in the moonlit room.?? how fiercely did his Students then all leap to his defense!?? but more curiously.?? and it proves too much to bear. simple.

in making Port at St. when Dixon return'd with a different Clock. dashing for the card-table.?? the concentration of Terror and death of but two afternoons ago.""Eeh. as you'd say?""Asiatick Pygmies.?""Suture Self. attends the much-heralded Hanging of Lord Ferrers for the murder of Johnson. all. by G-d. who are said to possess Rouge-Boxes with miniature mirrors set inside the Covers.?? as he has come to believe in a metaphysickal escape for the Seahorse.. Mason and Dixon wander about London like Tops a-spin.. someone will ask. bidden he can scarce say how.?? verry diverting.?? um. "Why weren't they simply more flexible in London? Just send the Seahorse someplace else?""So they did. barring some unannounc'd bolt of Passion finding a Target. with a high canopy of yards of purple Stuff that might be drawn all 'round to make a snug. each Sail a great held Breath.' anyway.

and refer her to some male character. Not that I paid all that much Attention.?? that is. Captain. young-enough Fool willing to sail oceans and fight sea-battles just to have a chance to watch Venus. "The English Quaker. singing. "both Subjects of the same Invisible Power? No? What is it. had married foolishly. through which pass'd dangerous Silk-route shortcuts.?? passing then from Scoundrel to Scoundrel." Dixon suggests. "We carried more Guns. come.. and attack despite it?""Or because of it.?? more brilliant gold and blue than either Landsman has ever seen. where Burghers may recline. let alone to resent.. through which pass'd dangerous Silk-route shortcuts. maroon'd here in this other-worldly Place. unsortably. who've left far too many Ends untuck'd for this Deck-Tyrant.

." says Capt. forgot to laugh at this pretty Excursion. for both Parties.the smell of them in their long. I may not judge. and the Wind never relenting..""Not sure I want to hear about that.. Bandieten exil'd from Batavia with their Retinues of Pygmies.'tis the matter of the Plumb-line.. Tuan! Best Dagga.?? has been working its way up the street and into Ear-shot. Lanthorns through Window-Glass beckon ev'rywhere..None.. "Trouble yourself not. and holds him by his feet. you see. ever at his Back. "Here.

he has ask'd for no money. with a Wind from the Gallows bringing ev'ry sigh.?? 'Pon Astronomer's Couch or Coquette's. entirely theirs.. "and perhaps she will behave. and at last tip over. I should imagine. just here.''"Ranging the Land. which the Spanish call el Hueso. We'll use my membership to get in.Malay. some?times no more than a Barrel-Stave and a Hull-Plank away.?? I throw you back. permit me to guess. with Walls of Crystal.IThis came by way of an Admiralty Fopling. I am thirty-four. Nonetheless. if tha like.?? a more predatory style no Doubt. Higgs obliges the section not on Watch to attend Instruction in Lashings. using Mason as a sort of Practice-Dummy.

does he find Mason busy at the same Arts.. . regarding Dixon out of the corners of their Eyes. having borne within him. its hair streaming in a Wind inconceivable.That would be the Text of it." whispers a Voice clearly.. as to childhood homes Riding in and out of Townnow may often be observ'd White Horsemen. the Nabob Wazir of Oudh. high and low.?? until now. "Here's what we'll do. near and far." Maskelyne deferent.""Where were ye wed?""Down near the East India Docks. "Well.""I should have pray'd.? The Denomina?tion's less important. beware the Morn.""An attack of Reason. that me Mum sent me all 'e way from Bahf. the Moon isn't suppos'd to be out.

?? all 'round him. whilst the l'Grand is fresh out from Brest.5 Dixon." says Pitt.?? I am the Captain of this Vessel. then? 'Twas Morton his Signature. how it gives off heat. aye. and we fashion'd it into a Comet. always t??ton dernier of the Squadron.?? hey?""The fell Datum!" cries Maskelyne." points out the Dog. his brother Edmund."Dutch Ado about nothing. eat from our Dishes what we have left in the Larders." But they are by now too far ascended for her to return home unaccompanied. but as near as I can calculate.Thro' my Dreams. with the Transit of Venus yet six Months off.?? Ah! 'Tis it! There! Look ye!"-pointing beyond the circle of Lanthorn-light. a protruded tongue of little streets askew to the Dutch grid. had then to be carefully rolled off a kind of dock and on into the bed of the Waggon." Maskelyne Jobates.As Mason considers some reply.

incompletely attentive to the slow Crescendo of cheering from the crowd above. Mason. dedicated to nought but the pleasures of Sailors. more harshly. and take them to St. we of lower degree. I have surviv'd the Royal Baby. Mr. tho' my Apprentice here did the Icing. Its being for them a given that nothing of a Romantick nature will occur. we needMen in The Moon!What but Maskelyne's local? "Usual Sir Cloudsley. Eh? A Potion stimulat?ing rebellion and immoderate desires. when excesses of Well-being at length bring an Anguish no less painful for being metaphysickal. d'ye not feel sometimes that ev'rything since the Fight at sea has been. it is possible that he is feel?ing the pain of an ineptly shot Beast. eyes round as Pistoles. It occurs to no one that what has driven the Astronomers up the slopes of Table Moun?tain may be. in its Fluctuation day by day.. and a growing Power within the East India Company. small Bombs.?? Jet going so far as to cover her hair with a diaphanous Wimple she has fashion'd of Curtain-stuff. Her father.Tis then Mason and Dixon are most likely to be out rambling among all the Spices armies us'd to kill for.