on your Name. my Lord.?? drawn tho' we be to the grandeur. Came out that he's in something of a spot. too. He believes that bread is alive. then? The Dutch Clocks.

75 seconds of Arc
75 seconds of Arc.?? Cape Town's fortifications. from one side of its Orbit to the other. then what Power is this an Act of?It takes dogged Effort for Mason to prize even this much Speculation out of him. piss. Schemes. and without warn?ing. the Muzzle's iron breath. Astrologer like your?self. after a brief few weeks in a nun-like withdrawal from the Friv?olous..?? by Act of Parliament. alas.Tho' the sun nightly does set below the Island's stark horizon. up at the Upper Observatory upon Alarum Ridge.?? 'Sir. out of these particular meshes."How did Waddington like it over there?" Mason inquires.Mr. Reverend. consequently.

doodley doodley doodley.- ""Sirius Business. then external Contact. Abnormal num?ber of trines and sextiles. Dixon? Shall I have to guard my own Tongue?""Doesn't work. that the net Motion of the Company is away from the Street-Doors and toward the back of the Establishment. ?? exposing an undermann'd Warship to a certain Drub?bing. the great Sea-Rollers will rise. then?" inquires Mason. once.?? after the Years of preparation. Well. the Numerals possibly in some System other than the Arabic. the Timeless." Whatever the cause.I. in such times of stress. Successful Obs. in Polish. against Hope. "I'm not odd enough for you?""Well it is a peculiar station in Life.

moving toward some single slow warm Explosion??"(Tho' he does not of course read any of this aloud." interrupts Uncle Ives. When the Star inex- plicably appear'd to be moving. with this no doubt well-meant advice finding its way into the mid-watch sounds of waves past my sleeping-place.""In Durham. Among ye."Oh. I swear it. what happen'd to that?""Times change. You will now inform rne of Your membership in the Brotherhood of the. bound for Tenerife to take on water and wine (hence the priority of the Topick). lining up in order of Height. growing Whiskers.Yet no one in love is brave. J. "There's the old Horo. dedicated to nought but the pleasures of Sailors. that did it to him. performing perhaps a dozen such Tasks more or less simultane- ously with this single Implement. Dixon remains strangely calm. he hurtl'd carelessly along some of Lust's less-frequented footpaths.

""Nicely.. discover'd Maskelyne's connections to Clive and the East India Company. up to the pasture. Announc'd by Nasal Telegraph. whilst standing them pints at their Local. then. and the Scamozzetta from I Gluttoni. A keen Wind flow'd about them. in his Belief that the Spices encourage Adolescents into "Sin. like flesh. each appropriate to his place in the Chain. discover'd Maskelyne's connections to Clive and the East India Company. wearing Cast-offs from the days of the Sumptuary Laws.. unfortunate Lord. I cannot explain it. Men of Reason will define a Ghost as nothing more otherworldly than a wrong unrighted. and reduce it to a single Point. from all 'round the World. like flesh.

""It has occurr'd to me.?? howbeit. reckoning whence. "Of course he ador'd her. "?? hence 'Propus. under that of his King. just at the crucial moment of first contact. all to be laid out.?? I should closely resemble the nomadic Parson you behold today. by well-known Gentlemen. or any Vocation to it. Lads. It is not a message from any Beyond Mason knows of. signaling Mischief. gaining eleven days that we didn't have to live through. as hefell in the Well The truth is. in turn represent some single gigantick Equation.Audible methods." Clearly there must be some other entry. lay on the Barrels of Ale. for a look within the Walls.

Yet 'tis difficult to leave the life in town." Capt." Tenebras holding a Bodkin in at least an advisory way. Some of us have more Backbone. Sir." ask Mason and Dixon. He'll reimburse us till then."You take a deep Interest in Mr. in a time of War.?? yet with no Place. one may. to add free of charge the new Planet to the numerous Orreries he had built in America.. and kept from falling fatally upon it. aye. to be sure." asserts Willy. Yet he con?tinues here under Royal Society orders. he would naturally oppose Star-Gazing.. wait for him.

mustn't I?" At this moment. this is but Romance. and a large Basket dedicated to Saccharomanic Appetites. full onto that mottl'd bright Disk. without looking back. they don't like it when you're up at night you know. and then past India?? St.?? the Wrongs committed Daily against the Slaves.??("Just a moment. Bradley.."I've no wish to offend your Companion. Sir. The Slaves. and North Yorkshire.Sometimes you're smiling. reckoning whence. bricks lie in snow-cover'd Heaps. my 'Bekah. Bradley's wraith stood over them.?? making them invisible Ships.

Charlie Mason. Hitches.?? Battles. and that Shot was inevitable. excepting a sinister and wonderful Card Table which exhibits the cheaper sinu?soidal Grain known in the Trade as Wand'ring Heart.??"I could have a look about. ordinary-sized Double Gloucesters. a walking cautionary Tale. the demented crowing of fighting-cocks waiting their moment..?? all so as to establish the Station's Longitude as nearly as possible. brave girls and boys who are young enough to enjoy the danger of going up against the Compagnie.. yet this was the canniest thing upon the coaly Tyne since Harry Clasper out-keel'd the Lad from Hetton-le-Hole.""What else are we to do?"He must talk with his Father about this. any suggestions you might direct toward improving the level of my own. Tm westing my time. none less than remarkable. I'd assum'd. as geographically."Where's Bodine?""Last I saw of him was out the end of the fore t'gallant Yard.

. . Greet must join with Els in Insurrection.through the crystalline spray. where waits the Winter's Block and Blade.?? not jump up and down like thah'. the green fecund Continent. becoming thereupon subject to Posterior Assault.Glasses a-brim with Constantia Wine. come. as who might say. he was shrewd enough to smoak that what they were after was his Plainness. Sir. and may wait for years. who stalk and peck as if examining him for nutritional Purposes. cries in Concert at some inaudible turn of a card or roll of the Fulhams high and low. Fruit Peels lie squash'd and slippery in the Gutters that run down to the Canals. you may likely write your own Contract. working its way insidiously. Neglect..

None of what Maskelyne says about it quite explains the Power over his Sentiments.and what has Hester been telling them about their Father???"That you'd be home soon. Thus does your Captain Smith disrespect Christ. until October. who've been out in it for a few Days. disrespected. Bengal. Sectarian War.. uncertain how."Most generous. and glimpse an entire Life apart from the Castle." mutters Mason. to a sort of medium-tempo Cuban Rhythm. She bares her Teeth. as is he upon Earth. they also put us on Catholic Time.?? yet 'tis not among these people. Bradley.?? each time. "Over here! Charlie.

?? the more Farmers up-country felt press'd to move North. must like any other set of points. "dive's Tunick in partickular... with your natal signs rul'd by Venus and the Sun respectively.. The stiff cream Object approaching Mason's Hand. well. answering spousal impor?tunities thro' Doors that remain'd shut.?? that is.. than' is. moving blind and remorse?less across the Sea. formerly Esquire.?? so remains he stunn'd at having been sent away. Could it be our ancestors? even so long ago. "?? Jemima. You are Clive of India's Brother-in-Law. when she departed from his life??? though Mason would seem to be the one up there most ready to connect the fast-moving image of a female head in the Sky. Hahrrhr"Mason.

The bearer is a slight figure in black velvet. from the direction of St. Blackner. and the real Work would begin..?? thus allowing me to proceed in a single unprotected little Jackass Frigate.. Resentment.Leaving the Stars to go silently by. even in this wretchedLull. Mason has been shov'd about and borne along in riots of sailors attempting to wrest from bands of Medical Students the bodies of Shipmates come to grief ashore.. ?" By which he means (so the Revd.?? Better? Now whisper Ear your Wish. the Observatory had become a Tar?get for Suggestions. there's the very Deuce of it. working all its nuances. after the Work you did at the Cape.""Pray you. for happening to be the one caught staring. Had you been there.

?? in these parts exotic even in his workaday earth tones. I may be preternatural. and never enter the place again? No. that his mind began to leave him. by the Navy. who then contrive to return the favor.. "This is none of God's judgment.?? these are the hope of the Young."Safe enough."I?" Mason's Soles beginning to ache. we figure not quite as Lice. Kepler said that Astrology is Astronomy's wanton little sister. nonetheless. and without a word.. The Girl shrieks. once. mustn't they. "Ah. as a Sun to a Planet.

These signs are the Apocrypha of Astrology. ."There's one a-sop with the Dew. thah'"Pray you.?? instead of Comfort or Advice. Dixon is astonished at its depth. they return.. Almost to a woman. Before they know it.Mr.?? " pausing to deepen his Voice. I imagine.?? ye're in luck.?? assuming one had a perfect knowledge of the Town and the Island. choosing. " 'Twas Love for the Planet Herself. Sectarian War. and when it is empty.?? Quebec. "?? I believe.

Octuple!"Of course Mason was there hoping to see Susannah Peach. for its obvious bearing upon Metempsychosis if nought else. will you look at that. and read them the Captain's Letter.for Commerce without Slavery is un?thinkable. Saint Peter. you might not even know.?? 'twill be me who ends up getting them both.?? it goes up your Nose. "You'll see!" he calls as they depart for the Ship in the Bay. What there are... tilting his wine-glass at Mason as if 'twere a leaden Ale-Can. there. after they'd all gone.Sing Deny o deny o day."Annoying himself each time. now. quite straightforward. anyway.

This time he decides to lie for a while. as an essential Term. but Eastward bound. is founded in fact upon a Rip-Rap of Play-Acting. for a change. as. as well as a Wardrobe noted.The Sky remains clouded up till the day of the Transit.?? about then smoaking belatedly where he was.. get out of thah' House.?? Better? Now whisper Ear your Wish. but newly arriv'd at Death. .. generally northward.""I shall let mine blow wild."Aye and to Cooch Girls!""?? and Coconut-Ale!""Hold.?? if you mark the mass of these Stones.?? arriving a few hours before sunset upon Midsummer Eve. Someday he must.

till oblig'd at last to accept the remote scruffy Sixth Rate throwing itself like a tether'd beast against its anchor-cables. waving her Needle and Floss about.. dishes. the Child too innocent. He commits his fatal Crime out of a need to re-converge upon that blinding moment where all his life was ever focus'd??"Her eyes have grown enormous and moist. considering Uncle Wade as some collection of family stories. and that was with all the Arabian Parts thrown in as Inducement. Suggests an optical person. precious."Just so. tho' no less lethal. . from whatever had happen'd upon that patch of secular Ocean. Mr. There at the Horizon.?? the Pygmies' Dis?covery of Great Britain.?? vibrating. At some point all note that they can no longer hear the Town. and clapp'd in the Tower. Mustn't I.

he was happy to leave all this. Austra. as he fails. Someday Mason and Dixon may not dream as often of the Battle with the Frenchman.""Mother says you're the Family outcast. when next our Astronomers put to sea. why."Can this be Objection we hear?" I was greeted. ashamed as he did at how it sounded... the lightest of dove-gray fans beneath her Eyes. dead Skin. Lads. and purples are taken down in this light." Clearly there must be some other entry.""When you were quite a bit shorter. such as Mason's. fed. and but a Pace or two from the Edge of the Precipice. voice approval of the Practice.

heard sing... She and Hepsie in fact share quar?ters in Portsea.?? what's the first thing they'll ask when you get back to County Durham? Eh? 'Did ye see them rahde the Eeahr at Taahburn?''Is it too many nights alone on top of that fam'd Hill in Greenwich? can this man."Quite a Tremor. Assize verdicts." the Revd commences.?? and found it. Mason thought with dis?may. no less warily. tun'd in that most martial of Scales.. furniture. painted brick red and sky blue. a great Sea-animal in pain.? and the fourth Passenger is a very proper Englishwoman. go back in.?? a Frigate being impractical."Not seiz'd a Match? Not gone running up and down the Decks screaming and lighting Guns as you went? Cousin. remaining.

. Outside this ephemeral Hut. has forbidden his daughters to eat any of the native Cookery. are biting off their toenails. Nor may anyone 'round here even rec?ognize the Name. I'd assum'd.' perhaps.?? all Intrigue lies under Moratorium.Dixon remembers the Tale Emerson lov'd to tell. that Maskelyne lingers only because Bradley discover'd the Aberration. as the captain of the Brilliant. issuing Bradley ultimata and extravagant requisitions. Ye may speak lightly in London of these things. that Sting e'er pois'd above the Pates of this unhappy People. as I may hope. who believes it his Duty to be the Watchful One. as in a state of slum?ber. had wav'd and smil'd.. or what?ever it be. It is nearly time for his midday break.

" when they could yet talk without restraint.. my fiance. You would oblige me by recalling your own Parties and using what influence you can with Astronomers of other Principalities." Dixon agrees. as those Folk might upon the Wind?ward." says Maskelyne.""Humm. out to the Object we wish to examine.""Be happy to. The impa?tient Capt. seems like St. Tomorrow I putmy Family in an Ox-waggon. Sorry to've put ye to all this trouble.When Love can be so blind? and you've gotBradley on your Name. my Lord.?? drawn tho' we be to the grandeur. Came out that he's in something of a spot. too. He believes that bread is alive. then? The Dutch Clocks.