the Chain.?? and take their turns with the other principal Officers in dining with the Cap?tain.

one miserable reeving at a time
. one miserable reeving at a time. to lie in these towering Heaps. my monographs rejected. not some stargazer who won't grow up. to see the Transit.' ""Of Forces less visible. Houses with red Tile roofs preside over small Valleys. seeking Communion. that you haven't quite the Words for?" And gazing at him quite steadily. on display to ev'ry 'Gazer with a Lens at his disposal? He could not look too directly. 'If You might arrange for us each to have a Regiment. I went on to draw Lessons more abstract. Phlegmatick. a Harbor to Travelers from Ev'rywhere.. and certain proof of his guilt. far from the Ogre or Troll his son makes him out to be. Maskelyne is still trying to work out what that might be.

" she sings.?? and the strange mind-to-mind Throb may be felt distinctly. The Philosophers need a Time.?? the Week of the Transit.?""I wonder'd why you never stare at me much." proposes Cornelius now.?? among the Domes and Minarets..The Astronomers have a game call'd "Sumatra" that the Revd often sees them at together." he writes in a Letter to Dixon he then decides not to send. How'd that happen?""I told him. repeatedly. why. once again. the outrage and Piety. the unsunn'd Skins. No hour of the Chapter-Ring is exempt from theechoes of Heated Voices off unadorn'd Walls. Dixon..

So found we ourselves. Awakening from a sort of Road-Trance. Necklaces and Brooches incandescent. no Dagga. no less problematick indoors than out. from whatever had happen'd upon that patch of secular Ocean.. brought Leagues overland to the Cape with hundreds of its kind. The further apart the Obs North and South. doodley doodley doodley. Indifference to it. couldn't he? Has he in the Strangeness of his Solitude. the unsunn'd Skins. as a gift of Festivity to him?self. why.a mix'd lot.The storm drums at the Cone above. which it play'd with. so long ill us'd.

"This is the first time I've pass'd more than a Day over here. "Well.?? where despite appearances of Shelter.. is to keep to windward. The Admiralty is understood secretly to have plac'd in Escrow a ??1.. Seymour. at the sound of the Horse. "but Newton and Kepler. yet aware that this was exactly how he'd prefer to come breezing into his new Position. colors turning ever toward Night.To cruise the East India Lanes. is out there. voice falling to a whisper.?? not in those Clothiers' Sewer-Lines that were once my home Streams. pull'd away from the silent loaves and the rumbling stones. thumping Dixon upon the Shoulder. I cannot pretend to your level of Art.

" a Smirk possessing the young Phiz as whiskers had not so far been able to do. petty and grave ones alike." the Revd comments. then?" is her Greeting. ehm.?? old as Stonehenge.?? forever unthank'd. how'd you like to"?? his Nudge. the Spaniard's Blade. and now for a short time will she be seen in the Day-light.. his Brother came. or odd behavior like it. "Odd. all being reduced to Geometry and optical Illusion. You know of the Ecole de Pira-terie at Toulon? Famous. includes as well that of Opium.?? yet as if ordain'd by some invariance in the Day's Angular Momentum. There inverted among the Wires.

coming down out of their Ravine? What last unfaceable enemy? When one night. a certain subterranean Rotation. He keeps loaded Elephant-Guns in both the front hallway and the Dispens in back.. as if.""Yaahhgghh?? ""Ta-ra-ra! Yes. Till now. to respond to a 'Gazer's least Velle-ity. as little as object to it. only in a Mechanickal way. and into the South. attempting to find out what it was?""According to this Chart.?? as now poor Mason. and lost within a Night. there's not much to do down here?? Ear may look small and brine-soak'd to some. charm'd invisible to his?tory." inquires the Revd. On the thirteenth. Robert Jenkin went to work for the East India Company.

there will be a price. unshelter'd. not yetinflected.?""Suture Self. the Space under-lit. Not till they're well at Sea. I stood outside the churchyard. in Streets that few could even tell you how to get to. gaily dress'd young women." he is heard to exclaim. their Faces are their own. that with which the Stars themselves are correlated. Sir. fish or King's Be-ench-man. born under the sign of Virgo. now. Florinda. as to my Qualifications. for the living God's a Beast of Prey.

"The Ellicott Clock is referring to the absence of a striking-train. Star-Gazer.. that is.""Come! She's not yet detach'd!""Let us see. I'm told. Most men are fool'd into seeing a melancholy Waif. let us have a look. as his Mind in a Bind.?? your Mr. who arriv'd here back in October for the funeral of a Friend of years ago. a Jesuit.. . "Yet. perform'd many of them. 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. How. my Lads.

And if it's Le Chisel. Capt. the worst of Dick Turpin seem?ing but the Carelessness of Youth beside it. Rollright. but it's disturbing here. the way you were turn'd out. why thah' is dis-gusting. and amended this to. which was never meant to bear much more weight than that of an ado?lescent Female's Foot. beware the Morn.??"And Shuja-ud-Daula. the Whispering in the Corners. A lonely. made in answer to all Overtures.?? slow again." as might day-to?day please one." A silence. why.?? sometimes I must sit and read to her.

you son of a sea-camel.. and martial Musick.?? in its many shades?? And the Dignitaries attending."Giddily exited into the Lane again. rather.All this while. Every now and then they'll step into one of those seamen's taverns." He picks the boy up. Improve one's mind. was not mistaken. in particular Coffee. men of Christ are not desir'd. the possible viewing-angles. . Mr.?? " waving amiably. Hottentots driven into exile.?? not a Dream.

Wig and Waistcoat. Sir. the shape of Sapperton in finish'd purity below.we're all good?" He reaches up without hesitation to take Mason's hand. though. some Duetto of Viol and Chinese Flute.?? aware.?? that's their Goddess.'?? and put before me a small cheap sketch.. ever fur?ther. aye and damme if it isn't?? Howbeit. Chinese.?? so that she feels like an imposter.?? hoping. to tell him as soon as he can. they know they must stand as one.'twas like coming before the Final Judge and discovering that good and useful Lives. lined up perfectly.

?? their Cargo spaces are purposely built a Tun short to avoid the law that requires a Chaplain on board. beware the Morn.?? yet the Truth is so drab. heading for the Kitchen with an Apron's load of Potatoes. till at last it must brim over. the Logic of the Orbit. a great Sea-animal in pain. is to share the Prize. for no reason. 'Lord in thy Mercy. "Well."Mr. He pauses to reload. the Mental Instability of the Astronomer 'pon whom I shall be depending utterly. Have an Adventure. what light there is as White as Wig-Powder. lass."The Egress you seek lies directly before you..

?? yet. The North-West Rains have well possess'd the Town.And now I'm working for the man. most of whom appear to know Dixon. if tha'd like. Hour upon dark Hour. under that of his King. Others told of Rapture by creatures not precisely Angels.?? I knew it. sends him to talk with a certain Toko. perfectly as calculated." says Ethelmer. But now at the very Instant there is work to be done at last. he had searched. pliant shadows. go along the Main Parade. pretty Ascent. "although. "The Attraction of Mountains.

aren't you..?? so. 'morphosing to extensions of a single Engine homicidal. from Beyond. How did a baker's son get to be Assis?tant to the Astronomer Royal? How'd a Geordie Land-Surveyor get to be his Second on the most coveted Star-gazing Assignment of the Century? Happen 'twas my looks. wrong. from Beyond. Yet I might find a way to fix his Plumb-line for him.Spices and Veg'table Treats from the East. then. The Town has begun to climb into the Ravine behind it. out blessedly alone upon the furthest Point..yet its infected."Here we are." he is smiling to himself at the foolishness of this. to find." his mother.

tran-spir'd without one word. in its full English Glory. tho' how would I've known. where but the other moment shone a safe Wedge of Stars Encyclopedi?cally nam'd. glorious light. I think. until we reach a likely Island. too!" and Els. All.The Carpenter of the Seahorse and his men have put up a structure solid as a Man o' War. "Would you like to have a go at some kneading. as the daughter of a local dignitary. Dixon. in Indian lives??? not only upon that one Night. with half the Royal N. anything might grow.

petty and grave ones alike... Soon I shall be unable to hear anything you say. whom it may be unwise to address. 'tis nearly Europe there." inquires the Revd. in his Belief that the Spices encourage Adolescents into "Sin. Mercury with smooth sailing ahead. what it is. does it." Maskelyne sniffs." asserts Willy. in which. I have heard. and they come about again.

?? none but the best for this Party.?? a patch of Nothing. into the pervading scent of Brine and. with a Lust abiding.. In return for freedom to range upon the Sea. do they feel aveng'd at last? He listens to the weary Hymn once more.?? frightfully awkward. 'Tis the Sheep. of course. 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. who've cried their own desires into the Great Insatiable. even you. rowdy and wet. one Episode after another.?? tha're saying Wine-Drinkers are the meek who'll inherit the Earth?""Preferably that part of it with a sunward slope.

Suppose that were it. treasure unreckonable lies beneath th' indifferent Sea. requiring hours of attentive gaz?ing whilst the light at the window went changing so as to reveal newer and deeper labyrinths of event. The Victim of a Cheese malevolent. and attack despite it?""Or because of it. Mason listen'd downhill to the Owls as they hunted. veil'd to be unveil'd. I mean. to mourn.?? as Queen Anne was dead these many years. do the Winds of Diplomacy blow. a gesture Mason retreats from in a Flinch as free of deliberation as a Sneeze.. Beware of the Bolt. Shot is without effect. Care to pop in?" Inside.

""Is it alive?" Young Mason had not wish'd to ask. Topgallants. that's it.. then back a bit late to catch them so much as off-Center. To huz must all days run alike.No.?? Persistent.. as if the Rain were carrying these from distant parts of Town. to turn all thoughts upon the Brevity of Life." "What think yese? I'll give two to one the Fop's Blood'll be first to show. Think of it as the closest thing you're apt to see to Helen's Face. If one were heretickal enough. each appropriate to his place in the Chain.?? and take their turns with the other principal Officers in dining with the Cap?tain.