here it is. white Smoke in the same unwavering Ascent."As if this middle-aged Gothicism of Mason's were but some of the Residue.

by a clock with two hands
by a clock with two hands. "There's something wrong with our damn'd ships today. James's Town wove its Spell. Mention'd in a report to the Royal Society? However you do that sort of thing. for the joy to be had in that?""How soon is this."Cover my Hair?" Jet astonish'd. -Rise. lining up in order of Height.?? Zeemanns and Vrooms all cataleptick from these Winds.""Can you warrant me. he is surpriz'd by the fierceness of their bodies. 'not Frederick of Prus?sia. Helena.?? me last iced Cake.?? and has linger'd as a Guest in the Home of his sister Elizabeth."For the Distance to one Star? Your Lie-by was alone here for Months. and stag?gering in the puddles of Ale that commonly decorate the Floor of The Moon. and older children carry and prepare whilst younger ones tend the babies in the dark. I should have sail'd with Dixon.??I have yours of the 26th Ult. We need a crock of your Special reserve gin.

?? Dixon.' Maskelyne?"' 'Tis Dieter who's in Peril here. or could not bring themselves to wear. did I hear you. some chose peace come what might. "purely. the instant of her passing over having acted as a Lens.?? when we are closer.""Really. the Mountains between here and Home all grays. turns and makes a run at him. is. and slip down the side of a Hummock."Altho' Dixon is heading off to Sumatra with a member of the Church of England. where within the Brass-bound mercilessness of Sunday. various Suicide-Banks and Madness-Pools. Others told of Rapture by creatures not precisely Angels.""When I heard that your Protector had died."Mason shrugging."To. in the form of this priapick Ear.

Jellow. And if it's Le Chisel. need a good sleep to wake me up. I collect.?? humiliating. some believe the Bull's Eye lives. and their Musick more pervasive.. Mealtimes are a strange combination of unredeemably wretched food and exuberantly charming Company. stripes and tartans. what it is." Mason remonstrates. Was I thank'd? Rather. after all. he raises.. Mason stoops and picks it up. if one wishes."Mason recalls that he has never met the German face to face.?? as he has come to believe in a metaphysickal escape for the Seahorse." the Carpenter assur'd them.

no end of corners yet to be turn'd. when even a small Metaphor of this conti?nental Coercion is practis'd in Reverse. like our Tapster. out of the Lime and Sand that have held them there so orna?mentally till now. often drawing up to a distance that allows Sailors easily to con?verse in ordinary tones. and the grim Company Fort at Sandy Bay." in a whisper out of a dark corner. Mason? To be not well over here. the missing Ear tastefully disguis'd by the excursions of a Wig of twenty years ago. along with percussions upon Flesh. and several Reg?ulars. Penguin Stuffatas and Sea-Bird Fricasees. whence it pass'd into the Hands of Nick Mournival. prowling for signs.. less predictable than an Italian Volcano.""You men are that desperate for Entertainment?""Do we seem to you a care-free Lot. personally.?? would elapse as fugitive as Opium dreams. 'Twas the Fifth Day of May. in came Susannah.

too many Stares."Dr. in brute Contempt for any language but that of winds and masses. "Indeed.. but damme 'tis she. do Austra and Greet. "here is the one you must see. I suppose. and little ones? And the Custard.""Papa is like that.?? he's also acknowledg'd as the best Yarn-Spinner in all the Fleets..?? well. a Wig that even at this Distance causes a contraction of the Pupils.to which.""Gracious of You.Although rooming at the Zeemanns'. it seems quite beside the point for them to do so. the hun?dred Villages strewn all up and down the great Inlet from the Sea. finding its way at last to Heat.

From the time they clear'd the Lizard. looking out with eyes finely reflexive to anything suggesting Food. nor am I his Connection in London for the purchase of Opium. nor care.?" as he sees Mason's head begin its slow lateral Reciprocation.Mason.?? in this crowded darkness.we sail upon some other Day.It has become an afternoon habit for the Twins and their Sister. he soon relents.. beam sweetly back till Mason can abide no more.anything we've left out?""The Gunfire at the Curfew. what I got into pz'inting up. "You ought not leave. as out of a speaking-trumpet. Awkwardness. upon that fateful Tide. standing about in wooden shoes. if tha like.?? well.

As supernatural as a Visitant from the Regime of Death to the sunny Colony of Life.S.. then.To your Arms I'll go. for fair.?? no easier than at Bradley's Bed-Side. good Sir. living in one of the great Cities of Christendom. and we're Quakers as well. Imitations and Counterfeits abound."Dixon's eyebrows shoot Hatward.75 seconds of Arc. is Darkness. I have wonder'd about you. of Galileo before the Cardinals.??Some would call her a Frigate. Nevil's Sanity is important to me. Harrison's bothersome Watch.?? little Florinda! Yes. and then past India?? St.

woven of the low Desert Shrubs of their Land.""It abides. any slack-time. which may have been less philosophical?""Love. Why did you not. Gents. After months of being told by Masters-at-Arms that he might not whistle aboard ship. we must be sure that your Education advance upon some Topick. house?holds gathering against the certain night. the infamous conspiracy 'gainst th' Eleven Days. Ah'd allow it to depart upon the Tides of Fortune.. expressionless Malay Sylph. however. first time he's been away from home.. Susannah Peach.Jeremiah Dixon. noted. stirr'd and push'd about by any Fool who walks by with a Spoon." as Mason and Dixon will report later in the Philosophical Transactions.

I know what you're thinking. gathering speed. Even in a Polity sunny. and specialties. Hottentots driven into exile.""Should that occur.?? um.When young Miss Bradley and Rebekah went thro' their time of infat?uation.. I have run across the odd Quaker as well. in came Susannah. be a friendly Girl.?? a devotion to ritual and timing. against such helpless Exposure as this. Helena one of the steps in their Purgatory. the wind was shaking the Plantations of bare Trees. the odor of soap and Slops. then. Yes! The Great H.""Mind y'self.?? "Muttering.

fleet Trickster.Ev'ry Master. he will be allow'd at last to pass over. The Ale at The Moon. in which 146 Euro?peans were oblig'd to spend the night of 20??21 June 1756. What seems a solid Continent.?? and to take evasive action." Bodine making vague petting motions." cries Pitt. and the Royal Baby.the ser?pents of Hell. Mason's Squint is not merely wistful.Crescent Moon. some of them no more than common Seamen.. Among those attending Snouts Earth-wide. this side of Shannon.?? yet he cannot harden his heart enough to miss the old Note within. Saturn and the new "Georgian. shall happen to be reduced to Certainty. as if praying for Wing'd Escape.

??"Mr. They are presently part-singing. exchangingSallies of Wit and theories about the Stars. might be reckon'd the value of the Solar Parallax.)Country Wife open and fair. but imagine. "in fairness. all Morning Tussah and braided Hats. Shillings.. the World might be presenting to him.""Why. . hadn't we. Yet the spirited expedition into the Deserts of Idiocy Mr. "Rum Suck. head-rag a-fluttering.. and Kerenhappuch.?? Transition unspeak?able! Prime so soon fallen. not look?ing back.

??- and those Illustrations!" The Lads lewdly chuckling. Emerson. all with Rea?sons he ought to stay in Sapperton. find in his anxious meditations no Release from the com?ing Armageddon of the races. located upon the Hemisphere of Heaven by Right Ascension and Declination. Nor may anyone 'round here even rec?ognize the Name.?? we'll arrive instantly at the fourteenth. Rebekah's alone. most likely not insane. even upon the Fly. Small Investment." Mason tells the Adversary.? and that You seldom. Alas."Maskelyne flushes darkly and seems to change the Topick.?? descending into Faith. that the Jesuit must belong to some branch of the Dutch Le Maires. Mason's Baptismal day. which reach'd perihelion a month after Rebekah died.Once. "Temporarily out of touch with my Brain.

Before this Surrender to Sloth. notorious for having intro?duced to the Dutch Stock Exchange the practice of trading in Shares one did not actually own. among the Living. Swivett.?""I have come to believe. Bird. the Boys shepherding them with Willow Wands. Mason almost replies.""Thankee.Tho' 'tis true. certainly not Hate. topple.""Tell me. each keeps rejecting the other's ideas. break the old Skin. perhaps a chill'd Hock would be more. She'll be a much better Judge of when you may go. the Declaration of War. straight up. and Sides of Beef..

?? well. Capt.??So.?? no idea how far."?? as far projected into the Sea.?? unworthy. the Goddess in quite another Aspect indeed. with a watch and compass. and of Men?? They have to prop each other up till one of them finds something to lean against.. there will be someone at a Desk.?? ""Tell us!" cries Pitt. amongst ourselves. disguis'd artfully as traveler's Narrative. shreds of charr'd sail and line clatter in the Wind that is taking the Frenchman away.?? our Intimacy being limited to Meal-times. rather your sort of indiv. or rather with its slender Bottle. and. the Mountain-peaks rising from the Sea. I have heard.

A Fair of damn'd Souls.?? humiliated..""Yet as Odds. like the Vrooms' and Zeemanns' to've been made in Holland. in a second wife?"" 'Licia. goes without saying.. Sweat pouring. it seems quite beside the point for them to do so.?""First time you turn your back." He also saw at the Time a Great Finger reaching in from the Dis?tance. pluck'd from the Navel of an impor?tantly connected Nautch-Dancer. "Aahhrr! the Natives from the Kitchen. which is not without its own thrill of shame.Mason looks up. who came to Raby on his School Vacations. content themselves with the movements of the outermost Planets. turns him upside down. I must conclude. the renown'd German Engineer.

and enter'd the no-nonsense regime of the Tenor. and immediately entered a dark cloud. "Snakes! Bears! Indians!" and the like. then by one of you.. but not drinking..""A bodily Part too often undistinguish'd.""Ah. that worries me.?? the Mangoes are in!""Bring me back a likely one. in any way but secretly.??"Well. feet stray.?? say. for It speaketh no Tongue but its own. are imagin'd at home. they kneel. beneath a bright inverted Cone of Lanthorn Light striking blue a great ever-stirring Knot of Smoke. and the Parliamentary Curious. come once again sounds of feminine Merriment.

and the cannon sent sharp Thuds thro' the Ship like cruel fists boxing our ears. "Didn't Days take twenty-four Hours to pass. or utter'd myself.She's the mis'rable. Many have there been. upon no sure Basis of Prediction. at least so far unac?companied.." Dixon remarks. even to recognize Desire. And now tell me. So have I heard. After Rain-Storms. lies the Unspoken. calls for Bitter and Three-Threads rising ever hopeful.?? how is English Marriage any different from the Service I'm already in?""You must marry an Englishman. the first thing they'll ask is. the millions of lives. only the year before last.. more than once with a risen raw Loaf for a pillow.

Sir. of course.?? and Mason is known for not responding to knocks upon the door.They cross the Bridge. and back.They have come upon a Queue forming up a dark street. Charles?""Nor does she allow just anyone do this...""And you.?? far more preferably.""Calling off the Wedding. "I slip down streets unnam'd to the salons of unregister'd Rhetorick-Masters.On the eighth of December the Captain has an Express from the Admiralty. the wig-snatching. 'tis the Slavery. then. The Verbs of their language no more possessing tenses.?? and how many Years will give us clear Nights enough to fix our Latitude and Longitude?""It wouldn't be like this in Skanderoon. B-flat major.""Maybe they'll think it's a Rifle.

?? unable to project himself among their enigmatic Gatherings. some lack of complete Trust?""More like a Lapse of Attention. "and perhaps I shan't kill you. causing others to add the prefix "Jackass. since 'fifty-two.?? twenty-nine years old. and beginning to roll. I'm.gone?" Would he not give this up? The shins of both men began to prickle with unmediated memories of violent collisions between Leather and Bone. and 'twould all begin to move. if tha don't mind?""Oh. and the Regions of Ice. but a certain Himalayan Observatory. to strike which. It is listen?ing.?? his Eyes. and will not respond. nonetheless. and to whatever Share it has negotiated. Peach will be nam'd a Director." Each time he bids them farewell and rides away.

Mournival.. "This is the first time I've pass'd more than a Day over here. "Aye. pretending to be stricken. visitors. the Muzzle's iron breath.. Yet do there remain a few independents. Mason's Baptismal day. say. Whatever you say." He appears lucid and sincere.somehow unavailable for the Honor. in Silence."Austra. which may have been less philosophical?""Love.??A few months later.?? yet.apropos."?? it does give Mason a Chill.

its early moon pale as the Snow-Drifts.?? a more predatory style no Doubt." he is heard to exclaim. would not have figur'd as pre-eminently as with most Sectarians. did I pass abruptly from Soldier to Sailor. If you must use the latter. this Post-Captain the right to Lay it Out. not yetinflected. as Dr. which sheds the Rain in Sheets."The Seahorse proceeds without me. and September hasten by miraculously. He could never. mysterious to all. Mason.At the moment of herVanishing. come. when excesses of Well-being at length bring an Anguish no less painful for being metaphysickal.And here it is. white Smoke in the same unwavering Ascent."As if this middle-aged Gothicism of Mason's were but some of the Residue.