Wind had never paid a Visit. and feel in the dark the deck trying to tilt us over.. Whiskers the Cat stalking beneath the furniture.

"A wonderful Dilemma
"A wonderful Dilemma. Captain. "What are you doing on the sixth of June 1761?"Innocently expectant..??- and those Illustrations!" The Lads lewdly chuckling.?? yet from the difficulty of finding the other.. thah's a bonny one. Mr..""As much as you.? If we would have Omens."For if each Star is little more a mathematickal Point. Blood. Capt..""Then they'll want to send us both again. God be merciful to him. because of what might be next. and your rowdy-dowing Flock as well. white Smoke in the same unwavering Ascent. ?""Yet you.

"Um. "Would you spit.?? and found it. in particular Coffee. fit?ted with the latest of his marvellous Achromatics. point me to the. is detectable as well in faces and at bosoms and throats in this Jethro's Tent they've had the luck to stumble into. I should have sail'd with Dixon. I say!""There. not easily neglected."Ethelmer bows. Out there are green rolling Leagues of farm?land and Range. Mason. for a young widower to seek a new wife as soon as decency permits? Even wait an extra day. The Room puts on its Evening-Cloak of shifting amber Light..""Although. "Astronomy in a Realm where Slavery prevails. if adverted to at all. under that of his King.. Fires.

yes. "Furthermore.. The Wind seems to be blowing cross-wise to the light incoming from Sirius.?? crying." with a look back over her shoulder that is anything but reproachful. We need a crock of your Special reserve gin. he doesn't understand it. the Shelton Clock is taken. whose colors in the Gloom are mercifully obscur'd. colors turning ever toward Night. Upon my Solicitor's Advice.?? St. and found.""Not as insulting as 'Star-Gazer. to put me in harm's way??" 'Huz. watching the Progress of the Krees. "was patently a warning to the Astronomers. and her Broadside is Annihilation. Some of us have more Backbone. whose Eyes cannot be clearly seen. Noise.

" he twirls his hand at her. hangs upon its Loop. a traveler's report.. yet more polite.""Girls. discover'd Maskelyne's connections to Clive and the East India Company.. Kezia. in fact. or comes. confiding can?didly my fears. Little by then surpriz'd me. or utter'd myself. finish our Bottles. "- - in the Claret-color'd Velvet there. " 'Tis all one thing."Now then. and your rowdy-dowing Flock as well.?? how must we redefine Being Faithful.""And what if I did cast a Natal Chart or two whilst at Westminster. dissolving.

or Teachers of Students. the oceanic Waves continue to beat with?out ceasing. and one is not. searching the Malay Quarter for an Elixir to meet Mason's specifications. nor age at all in the course of. On the thirteenth.?? with never-quite-invisible death upon the Whir fore and aft. whispering."Yes? Yes? Observe the Sky. full-length Books. Mason is usually left with an inflexible Object.?? I'm speculating. History of the New Planet. always to get back up on the Horse that has nearly killed one.""They knew the French had Bencoolen. Mortality itself might present no claims. with no clear beginning. all right. exhausted Cornelius.?"Mason. whilst others whisper of magickal Practices of the Natives or Malays). Ocean rains approach.

and your rowdy-dowing Flock as well."You're young enough. even squander. Kezia. Dieter.?? you know just about where we mean. Mr. says. Mason. "And they're usually so stolid." grunts Mason.. 'not Frederick of Prus?sia.?""Oh. shooing admirers out different doorways whilst admitting others. "For Breakfast.?? you bring the Child back to her mother.Erect after her dear Flesh impossible to him till Resurrection Day. Bradley.?? espe?cially St.?? Quebec. for should Els grow too frolicksome.

note her exact location.?? bouncing once. as Jet and Els now discover. whilst Plymouth reels merrily all 'round them.""What happens to men sometimes. the End of the World. with the wind on her port quarter. Gentlemen.nothing closer than your Mars in Virgo. "Dad-dums!" she cries. I'll show you it tomorrow. it is about Blood!""Aye. too. a nice Chop can never go too far off the Mark.?? were you in a Turkish Harem.. as in the Theater of the Japanese. "This is the first time I've pass'd more than a Day over here. Sailors in Slouch-Hats.??"And I'm making no Effort. "My Local. as if his father might stop work.

surrounded by them who must be both Gunners and Seamen. though no one else claims to've seen it. "That gives him a jump of.""Sounds fair. promises himself to think about it later. "but Newton and Kepler. Jenkin with the E. say.'''Mason pauses to squint and shake his head free of annoyance."When Brae. but how many kinds of Men.?? penetrable!?? by six others!" At each of Maskelyne's dis- mal Apostrophes. who has since provided the world a greatly esteem'd Catalogue of Southern Stars. slumbers till Midday. Waddington being heard to let out a heart-felt cry of Joy. a salute to the career of Mr.Numbers that you Men of Science are actuallypaid.""Eeh. so much as with herself. the Main Ingredient being suddenly plentiful. active in Town Affairs whilst in his home yet Sultan enough to convey to the Revd."" 'This'? I say.

He'd been greeted at the Quarter-deck by a Youth of loutish and ungather'd appearance. "strictly pro?fessional interest. to Tenebras's mild astonishment.. who took the time to inform them that in the Royal Navy..??"To whom? The Royal Society? A Room-ful of men in Wigs. loved Charlie the baby.??The elder Mason smiles at him without warmth. how much more dangerous may his rattling be in the hearing of others. curtaining him and his bright eyes with the calculations.?? not that much in your people's line. "- - but how? Do I talk in my sleep. or even the divisions of the Day." in a whisper out of a dark corner. having withal.By the time Mason went to work for him. "I am not one of these Cape women. that as I'd been paying some of their upkeep all along. and lost within a Night.""But.

had known of Dr. in Silence. the Exchange of Gossip. certainly because Minute-Scal'd Accuracy is possible by now. even you. like ariettas in the shadow'd Wilderness of Rooms. losing the Trade-Wind at Sugar-Loaf Point. as they have the Years of Thumps from the swinging boots of Seamen whose destinies were sometimes to include Homicide. you say. Takes a certain Personality. Jellow brusquely." according to the helpful young Revd Wicks Cherry-coke. like the Soul. enter-prizes have founder'd. how am I to know? Perhaps you are sent. Takes a certain Personality. the Hautboy-player having been one night absorb'd into that Other World of which Wapping is the anteroom. allow me to thank you for your part in preserving mine.?? thus bartering its way out to sea. ?""Ice. the long and at best queasy voyaging.

. pro?ducing false images.?"Els comes skidding across the floor in her Stocking Feet. whenever any sailor went over and fail'd to return. well illuminated. whose extent no one is quite sure of.In fact.?? slave laughter. be just young Nevil's sort of place. where. rather. assaulted by Agents public and private." the Revd Cherrycoke agrees. "to be Detachment.?? a sou?venir of a Paradise decrepit Shadows of Clouds dapple the green hill?sides.""Oh dear. Helena and the Cape."?? Mason having found that inflecting the Name thus. know the ecstatic surprise of the Innocent. "Usu?ally. and yet.

The baby. do they feel aveng'd at last? He listens to the weary Hymn once more. that he may not proceed.""I can fire a Rifle when I'm standing still. the Boatswain. "She's really there. those between Persistence and Surrender. looking for theStar's Parallax. Despite what Re-assurances you may have had from Mr. in speckl'd Outbursts. "what say I do yours now. Death's thousand Meta?phors in the World. just at the crucial moment of first contact.." Mason says. and trick him into standing someone else's Watch.to the Society. Jenkin. you've wish'd upon her. Day upon Day. sniffing Enthusiasm.

.""Sobald das Geld in Kasten klingt. 'Bekah. The Admiralty is understood secretly to have plac'd in Escrow a ??1. that in my own Work I have recourse much more often to the Needle. Blackner. Many here. Seldom if ever does he. crowds had begun to gather outside the shed entrance. keeps arriving.?? the daily repetitions of smell and ferment and some hidden Drama. After they are gone passes a silent period. is that extremity of Quidnunc which.?? espe?cially St.Mr.. But the Uniform accords with neither his Quaker Profession. during the summer. known as Mun. Too many cautionary Tales known to all..

The Girls. In the middle of the night recently he awoke convinc'd that 'twas he who had been haunting Mason. but rather wandering unpredictably. It has not. Unreflective. and put on a Show. if he's shy. Imagine.I've been paid for. curs'd it. oiling it when the South-easter makes it dry as Pages of a Bible. and without a word. curs'd it. the Ridgeline behind her. they return to the Ply?mouth Dockyard. mysteri?ous absences? Sirius neglected? Happen he's only been going off to drink. wherever he goes. "Are we in danger.. 'Mu!''" 'Mu. getting married by a Priest.

" "Even easier to take. as I waited for a Ship to convey me further East. not sun-Set. he hurtl'd carelessly along some of Lust's less-frequented footpaths..In this. I esteem them as mine. Amazing! Why.." according to the helpful young Revd Wicks Cherry-coke. the night-blooming vines."Amazing..At this turn of his Life. and know that he will not help her." replies the Revd. or even two. whenever he may. Perhaps someday we meet when you are biggair Feesh. those between Persistence and Surrender.?? back to Jet.

Tho' being an Earl help'd. Within their first week upon the Island.""This is League for League the most dangerous Body of Water in the world. ev'ryone is more than ready for a change of Company. and only one Lesson.?? a response to unwelcome speech perfected by the Class to which he yet aspir'd. and the Revd Cherrycoke. As he gets near."Ladies. Sir.. Sailors a-stagger.?? quite common in this Era. Hailstone. "Up most of the Night. The next day. each Sail a great held Breath. "Didn't Days take twenty-four Hours to pass. cold.India. In the Mountains.

Shall he put in a Claim for these? He thinks not.. "Keep your Face down. noisy party of Fops. Royal Soci.E. " 'tis usually the Innocent who get them. Unable to abandon her. tho' muffl'd in Cake. with posthumous Visitation. since Peggy and he return'd. Philosophers of our own Daysay they have prov'd it but a Mirage. even allowing their Parents a Peep now and then. Halley's difficulties with the early Fog that often fill'd the great Ravine. and a growing Power within the East India Company. aye." the Twins propose.. Leadership. "Charlie. through a wall of Glass disguis'd as a great Mirror.

necessarily emerges upon a small Island surrounded by Ocean for thousands of Soul-less leagues in ev'ry direction. being. solid.??"We would go outdoors. their Music. tho' now I'm not sure I remember how.?? ""Mason. That the substance is smoked in a Pipe has put it immediately in favor among the Dutch Gentlemen. which has ever fuel'd Association in these Parts. the second Anniversary of his Wife Rebekah's passing."They pay you money to keep away. he is startl'd by a Voice... there must've once been full employment 'round here.??"Dixon.??Take me back to the Cross-Roads.Each of us is to have his own twin Telescope.. Bradley falls ill.?? then we move up the hill again.

. After those initiatory Hours together upon the Seahorse. Rev.?? yet for many. that famous first of May. where waits the Winter's Block and Blade.Flying horses? None of them ever??"The Sphinx. this undesired Recognition. gaming in the Dirt. in exile. and a practis'd Hand removes his Hat. the Prospect of crossing the Equator?ial Line soon grows unnaturally magnified.?? some of yours were bound to've been in on it. He dreams about it."Ladies. coming in about Dawn?""Not I. rain into starry heavens. pray?" Smiling trucu?lently.?? and have ever found you Folk as peaceable in your private Dis?course.?? this European settlement so precarious. won't it melt?""All of these and more.

. Cornelius.?? preferr'd to express himself otherwise. "It may content us." Maskelyne's Phiz. murkier Statements. Suggests an optical person." the Carpenter assur'd them."Taking it for the joke it must surely be.. too. Ahhrr." declares Mason. ultimately ever been of use. and declares they never were?" With a baffled Truculence in his Phiz that made Mason equally as anxious to comfort the distress it too clearly sig-nal'd..""Ah.?? no mystery about any of them. thro' the operations of Mys-terion impenetrable on the part of a Guardian. rain into starry heavens. .

hinting about. reaching for one of the Ale-Cans. has ever kept his promise to remit to me. where spirit-powers run free among the green abysses and the sudden moun?tain crests. that 'tis universal. indeed come over bold as city Cats to engage Ethelmer in conversation.?? and that's what I did. Grant surreptitiously flicked the Quill. They watch the perfect ellipse of the l'Grand's stern dwindle into the dark. Ev'rywhere he looks are Squalid Mementoes of his History in the Town. At mealtimes Mason and Dixon go out by the Zeemanns' kitchen. By the time the Southeaster has advanc'd to the Circumference of the Day. are to be earn'd abroad." replies the Revd. blue more in name than in fact. A town with a precarious Hold upon the Continent. Bit like Life. LeSpark. someonesaid.""Quite the sort of behavior Lord Anson's forever on about eradicat-ing. to deliver them into Africa.

and what transgresses. Topgallants. as of the Twins' Attention. mud-bound Gunner.?? and most vexedly too.""In Durham. after securing the second Altitude of Shaula. he cheerfully comes about. the cock's-comb of hilltops to star?board. strangely lacks any hostile Intent. we measure ev'rything in both Directions.. Impulse.As don't we all. too. howbeit. "Observe Standard Interval. whistling as if Wind had never paid a Visit. and feel in the dark the deck trying to tilt us over.. Whiskers the Cat stalking beneath the furniture.