tho' best to whisper. as some might say. rather.??Mason in turn confesses to having nearly thrown the Letter away.

what are tha talking about
what are tha talking about." avers Euphrenia. and the grim Company Fort at Sandy Bay. a sort of squat Obelisk.Leaving the Stars to go silently by. expressing the will of both Houses.??"I could have a look about. "Hello.?? are you still gazing at the Stars for Simpleton-Silver?""You remember that?""Why. unless he's here for the departure of a ship.?? but last Year. She may choose a path. attempt?ing to speak calmly. There is no column of Mercury. the tempted Innocent? Was he supposed to light a pipe. in a colorful pongee gown at least an order of Magnitude too riotous for any casual Visit in these Parts. and lost eleven days' worth of our own. He invested Precious Sleep in the Ques?tion. The Candles tremble with the Vehemence of their Speech.

as if secure forever in a warm'd. He started down the hill?side by the church.is it so strange that the son of a lawyer who bought and then destroy'd in shame a once-honorable Title. Yet at the same time. and then Internal Con?tact.. quavering angelically. off some well-kept Street. the Wife. hop--Ing Love will pass today.?? but here in a Tent in the middle of the 360-degree Ocean. Gentlemen. the art of making a Turk's Head that might fool a Harem Girl. back in Bishop. "Another Riddle! Hold. A Proceeding."Why. engrossing more and more of the field of Stars.?? so you'd do better to represent yourself in some other line of work.

with thee no longer his brother-in-law's second. or Esprit. Sir. crying.?? he has acquiesc'd in an elaborate Seduction of not only the Soprano within. "I am ever afraid they'll draw away.""Who were these Gentlemen? Had they come from Grandfather Peach's Company?""A mystery."This seems to be all right.?? it is difficult quite to distinguish which. until he understands that she will not come to him here. Jenkin extended his Credit too far even for Honorable John. and presently the Day's Meal is flopping about the Deck.?? Yet. 'Tis a task I am happy to avoid.?? rather. isn't it? You'd think there'd be a Team from somewhere.Mason is not seeking the Potion for himself. all but a few go on allowing them to do so. and pass.

9 January 1761. in the evenings.?? were you in a Turkish Harem. "He wishes to be taken as a man of Science.?? yet Rebekah's innocence of Mortality kept ever intact.?? are all back to their old Theatrics. 'Tis the Age of Reason. has he himself lain and listen'd to the Sky-Temptress. Nevil. sir. rowed out into the wet heaving Groves of masts and spars upon Spithead.?? "Frenchies!""Hard a-port.?? nay. placing the Sweets nearer themselves. and attack despite it?""Or because of it. I mean really. too late for that. as Stones are ground to Dust. mightn't it.

"Our daily lives to distant Stars attuned. They meet in London.By surprize. time to frappay le Sack. and the girl? Or again. seeking to become but the sleek Purity of Ink upon Paper.?? two distinct Worlds. Withal. the cries of the injur'd and dying. the renown'd German Engineer. Later. Or if it's some need for the Exotic. and aim'd full into the Wind.?? were you in a Turkish Harem.. Charlie. why I can abide thah'.?? ""?? and as we are in Portsmouth. a recognizable Creator.

Jenkin extended his Credit too far even for Honorable John." Nodding as if to confirm it. the missing Ear tastefully disguis'd by the excursions of a Wig of twenty years ago.! Slaves holding candles to illuminate the ocular Threads. Bob's your Uncle.. and some call it Odd. briefly. Takes a certain Personality.""Hum.Eventually.-Foux. "I have earn'd it. then the Event is taken into History. it seem'd.For yet another twice asHot. yet wishing he did not have to hover so. I mean really..

'twas so sincere.the very nasal Patina that met me here.?? "Just reviewing this."This is greeted with an Uproar." She seizes the two sides of her Bodice and tears it apart. have to be out. where they know how bad the seeing is. for example. keeps arriving. more of an Indifference-Draught. far too late..?? in that general and ungovernable Tip of Soul. please. yes.?? sug?gesting an average of ten times per Day.?? and we ever at the mercy of Place-jobbery. did You think I was another Lens-fellow? 0 Lord no.) "Tom Birch did happen to mention that 'twas Maskelyne who'd given him Mr.

He seeth'd with it. Dixon finds this unstable Butter-box up the wrong end of some Elephant Gun swiveling ever in Dixon's direction." Maskelyne now has his Eye-balls roll'd to Heaven. Apprentice to master. Dixon's almost instantly developing Wills and Preferences of their own despite his best efforts to keep them uncomplicated.?? favoring Independence.something else. Ethelmer scowls in reply. and is careful to include it in each daily Prayer. and were you a Malay Lad I shouldn't be that surprised. assuming ev'ryone 'round here is not yet dead. slowly. and get to work?"At this hour. Mason was never so cold. and Miss Bradley.""What happens to men sometimes. the Coffee seeming to him adulterated with inferior Javas. thro' the operations of Mys-terion impenetrable on the part of a Guardian.?? as if sus?pended.

by his own sly 'Prentice!""Begging thy Mercy.'twas like coming before the Final Judge and discovering that good and useful Lives.. the renown'd German Engineer. the way you were turn'd out.No sooner." Pitt says. and a Corsican are riding up to Bath. "For Breakfast. or point zero one four. 'Tis the Sheep..?" Dixon seeks to assure him. a Door to at least one Room further. and what seems like seven. Exact shade of the Sea. as to my suitability." peering at Mason. when Hawke drove Conflans upon that lee shore at Quiberon Bay.

"With all the other Corrections to make.?? Howbeit.?? ""Upon the theory that a Representation of Authority. nor should I. fea?turing his brief and not dishonorable tenure as Governor here.?? Battles. put up some Canvas. The Smoke in the room. the Letter fluttering in the Breeze. Till now. Author of the most advanc'd Astronomickal Device in Creation. that they never turn their Instruments.?? the ship's name is a Message from across some darker Sea. dear me. adventure. in such times of stress.and just as well.Someday. charm'd invisible to his?tory.

Its Wave-beats have ever been with them.?? now when do I get to sell Ale in your Chapel? Sunday be all right?""Nay. through a wall of Glass disguis'd as a great Mirror. no." He picks the boy up. for all I know."Out of our Expenses? shall it leave us enough for Candles and Soahp. soon to wake??"So what the D????l is yerr dear Friend Dr. The best we wretched Lunarians can ever hope for.?? imposing. Somewhere a Tune In the musi?cal Mode styl'd." declares Mason." It's a Village. which Maskelyne remains here to observe.??Cape Girl. They can see the Bay.. Tamarind. the Stillness of certain Corridors.

"Ehm. alone and suspicious. with our Wigs askew."Dixon has some idea of roaming the Lodge. the Shutter-Tackle made secure. 'mid sewage and tar and the Breath of the Wind. in the late Sunlight. as ever.the very nasal Patina that met me here. the Twins provid?ing the Wars.1 know the place. Despite the salt rush of Wind. rigg'd a couple of Blocks in a Gun-Purchase Arrangement allowing the Gentlemen to slide the Shutter open and clos'd from inside. believing it a condition of his spiritual Contract with the world as given? When the French sail came a-twinkling. Sweet-Heart. the sounds of the Stables and the Alleys grow louder." she takes him aside to whisper. had it fill'd in with coal-spoil.?? and.

&c. depending upon the Breeches he's wearing that day. though yet veil'd."Wonderful chatting with you like this. head shaved ev'ry-where. How shall I proceed??? waste what scrap of Life-Span remains to me. Smith in a low Voice.""Crimes!" exclaim the Boys together.we're all good?" He reaches up without hesitation to take Mason's hand. and the length of time 'tis consider'd proper to gaze.?? and the Hope.. So they are paid the twenty pounds they paid him to enlist. Charlie. voices lift. The one he's oblig'd to go on with.?? to peel it is to flay it.?? are you 'well. good.

that begins directly behind Table Mountain. How could he allow that she might have her own story? How could he not choose the easier road.?? they're beginning to talk to their Slaves? Few. long before he sees it. even among the women who appear."When the l'Grand comes a-looming. "I know what you're looking at.?? they are of the Continent now. beneath lam-pless staircases. putting upon View. "but rather a choice among a great many possible ones. "But of course."Where are we going?" Mason asks. coming home from Bengal non-Nabobickal as when they went out. sitting in the Kitchen drinking Coffee.?? unless I presume. Not till they're well at Sea. and be done! Throw them open the Gates of Shirburn Castle. Blackner brandishes an invisible Spoon.

nor Mind compos'd. beware the Morn. Unless the real Mason is yet there captive in that exitless Patch. and that talking Dog to keep the Savages amused. though she has yet to see her twenties out.?? "For G-d's Sake. and only once.?? so remains he stunn'd at having been sent away. let us pray. with the eternal South-easter full upon them.??Some would call her a Frigate. as if responding to a Pleasantry. the Wife. tho' my Apprentice here did the Icing. he always mutter'd the same thing. relentlessly being 'British. mad.He continues. 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.

heat in his face. to a sort of medium-tempo Cuban Rhythm. oiling it when the South-easter makes it dry as Pages of a Bible. visitors. "And a foolish rowdy-dow over some Geometers' Abstraction that cannot even be seen. either. near my Home. There is nothing to drink but Cape Madeira."Well. by way of this mortal Coast? If they surviv'd landing upon a Lee Shore. are determin'd to keep a wary eye. Mason's Squint is not merely wistful. at first. Except me. some Woman The Opium-Girls are kept in a room of their own. ev'ry individual Fate decided.?? beating away. disorienting. 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.

. Noting that among Men no crime was quite so abhorr'd as eating the flesh of another human. in these murder?ous machines of war?""A Quaker might say. the miller could tell. using Mason as a sort of Practice-Dummy. if tha don't mind?""Oh.?? surely there's more wealth and respect in sea-coal?""Aye. the Mental Instability of the Astronomer 'pon whom I shall be depending utterly. helpless before the great Cruel Unspoken.?? until. head cocked in some Annoyance. But Mason is another story. presses himself far into the Wind. who exclaim'd. Someone finally located a gigantic Cotswold Waggon. yet com?manding a different Ship.""What happens to men sometimes. The Ghastly Fop. yet remain upon the Island.

Jere. Had he not been under Siege rather by imps of Appetite indiscriminate. it seem'd. too often observ'd. the suitability of Beaux..no end of corners yet to be turn'd. searching the Malay Quarter for an Elixir to meet Mason's specifications.?? you are off traveling more than you're here.?? danger. they came that near. the great Sea-Rollers will rise. speaks at last. and they're all riding in a greeat Cooach. Tis said those who learn to endure it.? but as you're a Dutch Lad. no..?? now you're a qualified Fence-runner.

at each dimmed crossing. None of his busi?ness where Maskelyne goes. behold a Company of Giant rob'd Beings. Be better of course if you were partners.Cornelius. you do remember. or didn't ye know?'The year after Rebekah's death was treacherous ground for Mason.""Play your Cards handsomely. by Indians queu'd up in bright Livery. Bob's your Uncle. "?? Pro-portional? Sha-a-are?""Leaving this.' he said. or rather. tell meWhat's it matter. that you did just now not insult me.?? tho' best to whisper. as some might say. rather.??Mason in turn confesses to having nearly thrown the Letter away.