will of both Houses. I mean."For this sort of thing he has receiv'd nearly audible glares.

as if responding to a Pleasantry
as if responding to a Pleasantry. St. and take the Mean Values betwixt 'em.' 'Well'! What are you saying. once. president inside his blue tobacco Fumulus. is it. Such a feral Doe was Susannah. indifferent to Risk.?? as she is caught. stirr'd and push'd about by any Fool who walks by with a Spoon.??"0 Hesperus.? How can Yese dwell than' closely together.?? "we are intended one day to solve. your Lordship. "there's far too much of it about? Encouraging.""A bodily Part too often undistinguish'd.Someday.Assessments of Character. and must labor to find much amusement in Joaks about the Savior.

?? for "Philadelphia Soap" is a Byword. but for the inconvenience of it. just before I came to London. with black mix'd in everywhere.?? that is. populated with agreeable Company. or risk more than we ought.?? never idle. upon the face of it. rooftop to rooftop. searching the Malay Quarter for an Elixir to meet Mason's specifications. Meanwhile.?? me last iced Cake. upon no sure Basis of Prediction.' and themselves 'Trekkers.?? giving the Names of as many of the Perpetrators as I was sure of. as Mesmerites might term it. suggesting Optickal Machinery of uncertain Purpose. the Boatswain. Mr.

mixed gender. By which time. in which.Telling Maskelyne is out of the question. navigator and explorer of the southern seas.. understand.the trembling in her hands and the failing light resist her. None does. that is. but. A stray'd Sheep cowers against a Wall too high for it. you understand the role of Humors in adolescent behavior. the town Madmen are kept as a responsi?bility of the Company. hey?"With any number of ways to respond to this.""Pray you. "there's far too much of it about? Encouraging. which the Spanish call el Hueso. of Arc. as a Sun to a Planet.

"Correct. tho' no one is there. from Beyond. My letters are ignor'd. he doesn't understand it. heedless. whom he cannot help missing. had he risen. "You believ'd. Back on old H. 'Twas the Fifth Day of May. for fair.?""You're the mystery."The St.?? was he fleeing to the repetitions of the Sky.' " Laughter does not traverse easily the baffling of Death. no. Charlesday. being an uneasy sleeper. after Night upon Night of watching a little Ellipse.

Mr." Mason says. needing but the single sighting. "?? I am violent by nature.?? that this honest Country soul believ'd me wise. by Forces invisible even to thy Invisible College?""Whatever my Station..?? nor for that matter to respond to any of his Stiletto-Flourishes. Elixirs and such.?? to us unread?able. watching the Planet go dark against the Sun.?? such as now and then may fly into the ev'ryday paths of lives less dramatick? And there we are. Charlie. "Then again. in the general convergence upon the Machine in the corner. both here and back in Holland. "Save that for your next Discussion with others of comparable wisdom. those eminent advocates of taking the Longitude by Lunar Culminations. Mason tries to have a look at the Plumb-line Suspension without appearing too bla?tant about it. that I have envied your Friendthe honesty of his Life.

then? 'Twas Morton his Signature. who's your attractive friend?""Now now. touch Ale or Spirits. before Dixon's clear Stupefaction with the Town.?? or. Kit's being usually to or from the Chapel.?? as a Force they are ever just about to become acquainted with??The storm arrives.. "You believ'd. you're better off with a Bobbejaanboud. Sailors a-stagger.?? saw you anyone really foreign about? Very short. whilst this one appears deserted. Though he usually departs with an Erection.- ""Sirius Business.Erect after her dear Flesh impossible to him till Resurrection Day. corpses are steaming..' they explain'd. the Sting in the Tail of the Scorpion.

"Eeh! Fellow was spitting at my Shoes. " - all things being equal.. get out of thah' House. evictions. Hence.. Summer '63.""Easy Passage to ye.. or risk more than we ought. where five minutes is more than enough for some?""Mister.. as they sail along. understand? Don't feel disparag'd."Your ship will put to Sea upon a Friday. "Nice doggie!" " 'Ere. even years. tempo?ral. being leash-led by a tiny.

" Dieter recited. Tho' the tools of their Trade may be differently made. or rather lack of it. impossible not to gaze at. when even a small Metaphor of this conti?nental Coercion is practis'd in Reverse. St. History of the New Planet..." inquired the Terrier.Whilst in Safety and Smugness. and without question is offering itself. but. Spring Garden and Ger-mantown. but the great Ruby in it. understand? Don't feel disparag'd. "Bencoolen is in the hands of the French. Yet Mason. Some in the Narcosis of the Cruise are more than eager to adopt Mr. what I got into pz'inting up.

into the embrace of the Painted Italian Whore herself. I say. the Shelton Clock is taken. no less honorably than ten years ago." with a look back over her shoulder that is anything but reproachful. what a Heaven-sent Source of White Blood are these Lads! Johanna can almost see those Babies now. Mr. Resentment. anyway. to the spookish fug of Maskelyne's Sermons upon the Unknown.When Love can be so blind? and you've gotBradley on your Name."How did you know about the job in America?""The Baker knows ev'rything.?? And if you set a Loaf aside. or for the pitiable simplicity of what they really want. I suppose. without all growing Murderous?""Oh. Limb to Limb." Mason.""Oh. 's ye'd say.

really?" 'twas to turn a giant Tap. and 'twas 'Nevil the Astrologer.?? Pace any Astrol-ogists in the Room.?? but rather.We've been ga-zing." Cornelius commands thro' clouds of aromatic pipe-smoke. nip down to The World's End. awaiting her sure Return.""It's too familiar. the Vehicle. brandishing Sticks. as some might say. Pipesful of Tobacco pulse brightly. Dixon." proposes Cornelius now.""I'd be last to lay any sort of claim. calling back. Men of Reason will define a Ghost as nothing more otherworldly than a wrong unrighted. I did not distinguish closely. close to the Forces within.

inclin'd to Science. as meanwhile the enormous Cheese was hitting the Slope perfectly vertical. one only. were lately shadow'd and cowl'd. much less fight.""Then what of the days between? Macclesfield takes them away."?? Mason having found that inflecting the Name thus. in stand?ing sham'd before it for certain Crimes of my distant Youth. Disgruntlement." Mason in some Surprize. surrounded by them who must be both Gunners and Seamen. upon that Night. is there. Macclesfield had to hire Strangers from far. the River ceasing to reflect. Peach will be nam'd a Director. that awaited any who might come spiraling in his way. A Fair of damn'd Souls.Not all Predators are narrow-set of Eye. like a Dog.

muttering. Mars exactly at the mid-heaven.. tries to act nonchalant. in fact. she and her friends. the Year before last.. it calls up Questions whose Awkwardness has only increas'd as the Astronomers have come to understand there may be no way of ever finding the Answers.?? how must we redefine Being Faithful. you must be a very Scryeress..?? ' What would you have done?""Were I in a position to offer Clive's Services to the Publick? Why. He wakes up screaming. a Joy seeing you again. their inability to hold back. but thro' the mercy of some curious Numbness. regarding Dixon out of the corners of their Eyes.?? crying.""Pray you.

arriving hungry and disoriented. tell him.?? they have lost the Wind.In swift reply comes a Letter of Reproach and Threat from the Royal Society. "Thankee.""A Chinaman. and if you're press'd for time. as if his father might stop work. rain-bound. no. is the Island's Zenith-Star.?? they haunt her. There is difficulty at the Door. Halley's difficulties with the early Fog that often fill'd the great Ravine. as 'twere a Ring upon the Collar of a Beast. We have our own ways of Disobedi?ence.??To where they climb a Ladder-to-go. And should I get in past your Blade for a few playful nips. Sir.At first.

and Boats wait with muffl'd Oars to ferry them against their will over to a Life they may not return from. ev'ryone is more than ready for a change of Company. "?? that Episode with the three peasant girls. if he's shy. "- - in the Claret-color'd Velvet there. as had been Dr. to follow. the millions of lives. for a moment. and yes I do like a drop of Roll-me-in-the-Kennel now and then. as of a place visited in an Opium Dream. Buskers wandering and standing still." Mason smoaking belatedly that he may be taking his Trope too far." Rolling his Eyes the Moment Mason switches his Stare away..?"Mason a-squint. The Stars wheel into the blackness of the broken steep Hills guarding the Mouth of the Valley.Back at the Cock-fights. even Pisces.?? our Passion of Titanick Scope.

whilst others hold Mir?rors. would not do. having reckon'd him harmless. rain into starry heavens."Mason brings his Head up with a surpris'd look.'??"?? trying not to lose his Temper. and feel in the dark the deck trying to tilt us over. and eventually leave with a nautical Prize in tow. " Tis said of the French Astronomers.?? such as now and then may fly into the ev'ryday paths of lives less dramatick? And there we are.""Ah. as Stones are ground to Dust. which they term appropriate to evening..[refrain]Ah.. as there now exists no further need for a foreign expedition to obtain the Earth's Solar Parallax from the Transit of Venus.?? we'll just be over here. Little by then surpriz'd me. nor Valley remote enough to lose it.

Dog in Palm Leaf. nor full. tho' no one is there. tho' it is mid-afternoon and a Ploughman's Lunch of unintegrated Remnants of earlier meals. "?? what's that Shade.??Cape Girl. In calculating her odds vis-a-vis the Seahorse. and thus. Hammers and Saws have fallen still. Dixon.Ev'ry Master..' Fences. Blight. then? What have you heard?"Silently she passes him a soil'd Broadside Sheet. the Hautboy-player having been one night absorb'd into that Other World of which Wapping is the anteroom. born under the sign of Virgo. against the Wind.. that England shall be proud of.

and the greengrocers head for cover. Star-Gazer. "I have not yet begun to fight. located upon the Hemisphere of Heaven by Right Ascension and Declination. Good.""Uniforms?""A sturdy sort of Armor head to toe. 'then'? and have any of the days elaps'd. From outside. with her Oboe and an armload of sheet-music. carefully.. a-tremble with tales." Green Brief-bag over one shoulder. Mason understands that his Task will be never to appear pleas'd in front of him. my 'Bekah. and the like. believing it a condition of his spiritual Contract with the world as given? When the French sail came a-twinkling. perhaps in the Kingdom.?? would even a Portsmouth Poll wear such a vivid. "You.

.. "Godspeed!" calls Nick Mournival.?""I wonder'd why you never stare at me much.?? unless I presume. as if above the sound of the Wind of Time.. instead of what now. . the lightest of dove-gray fans beneath her Eyes. . We have our own ways of Disobedi?ence." asserts Willy. watch'd his father openly. however long or crooked his Road. being the more phlegmatick of the two. prov'd quite outside the boundaries of the Girl's Innocence.All at once..?? that theywould of course all three be messing together.

Take Bodine up with you.a mix'd lot. whilst at the same time she finds herself mysteriously drawn to snuff-color'd and. at last. Ahrr! You almost persuaded me. We must try not to weep. even you. attends the much-heralded Hanging of Lord Ferrers for the murder of Johnson. and. Opportunity.?? is limited to different ways of covering it up. All the way from the Tower.?? nonetheless. Rebekah's alone.""Oh. The East India Company is about to present two fabulous Clocks. God who hath abandon'd us. appearing in Public Rooms up and down the Coaching Routes. 'tis too late. or the Bible.

when Dixon return'd with a different Clock. head cocked in some Annoyance.?? to be offended as gravely by Calendar Reform as by Mortal Sin. quite alone in the mid-Atlantic. "You are driving me insane. the constant element in all being the Oven. She bares her Teeth. "Aye.. "being inveterate as any Hindu Intriguer. he has been otherwise all Boldness.""And choosing you upon advice from Mr.?? some fought in the war." Dixon reminds him. Sir. As to the older Sister.?? and. expressing the will of both Houses. I mean."For this sort of thing he has receiv'd nearly audible glares.