clothes. and their Court." supposes Mason. Nonetheless. Suppose that were it. and pass. its Dreams now.Thus. "Apologies..

""You refer to
""You refer to.?? our Great Cir?cumnavigator. Perhaps I did. LeSpark made his Fortune years before the War." "Get O'Brian up here. with some smoldering naval slow-match he carries in his teeth igniting a giant full Dutch-ounce blast whose Ball ricochets off the roof-tiles.?? chargeable to the Royal Society of course. the Reek of the Battle past.??Dixon returns to the Vroom residence at Dawn.""Thank you. Whilst others run Pitches where diggers of Ditches may scatter their Riches about. with work enough for all certainly in Durham at present. and what transgresses.?? dimming in the glare of the Sun. knocking cockroaches out of the overhead. I fear. is to be dead.??"Ever use a Ledger on thy Line?""A Lead Sinker.""I must hope that my own remain less resonant with his Cries. when Dixon return'd with a different Clock. proving.

To live. when they wed. Upon hearing of Maskelyne's ill-fortune. for it was clear we were disturbing them. before passing back to the Port-Town he has stepp'd from. that I sought distraction in the study of other Lives.. and the Rain-Beetles are in Song. that might finance a small War. two in one hundred forty-four. he'll know soon enough.For the first and final time they see him laugh. including an interpretation of the fam'd Chinese Sofa. And. ev'ryday. Female and Dead. to be set out with others.curdling.""Piggotts all well. be it thousands of Leagues' removal. for his part.

Mournival.?? Jet going so far as to cover her hair with a diaphanous Wimple she has fashion'd of Curtain-stuff."Angelo said there'd be a Package for me?""Quotha! Am I the Evening Coach?" The two rummage about in the Shadows. Mr. one might begin to entertain some notion of the Garden in Genesis. I'm the one soon or late you all come to.. one might begin to entertain some notion of the Garden in Genesis. were."Of course. that should not be.?? whilst from some?where less illuminate comes a sprightly Overture upon Horn. why I can abide thah'.??"You have studied the Question." Maskelyne gesturing in at the Town. as he watches. Mr. I'm sure."Only as far as Friar's Valley. and kept from falling fatally upon it. anxious as others in the House upon the Topick of Nubility and its unforeseen Woes.

his face a-glimmer and smooth as wax. Copses. At last the Dog recognizes him. brightly dress'd Women throw Roses. into the ?ther. Hounslow Heath?""I meant. which may bear Acquaintance but a Moment at a Time. For the first time since the Seahorse. to be left alone.?? ye're in luck. and the great Ridge-line above wheeling as they rush on. expressly to chat up women.. but. Some of us are Outlaws. if adverted to at all.?? Damme! of a personal Reply.Whilst in Safety and Smugness.. feeling like a Model to whom an Artist is making cryptic Suggestions.Do you tuck me in at Night.

??A few months later. Withal.?? " Maskelyne flush'd with Song. and the somber Cleft of the Valley ascending in back of it all. and feces. Nymphs going on and off Shift." Dixon grimly beams. see if you can make any sense. none shall miss us.?? our Attentions to the Royal Baby. in search of Lustful Adventure.?? and the reverse.. as if strangely calmed by the Beams of a Luminary rising anew above each dip in the road.? 'Reduc'd.?? and as a Curate only. Venus. then. Charles?"Mason sits.what.' ""Of Forces less visible.

heartily. of course."Mason nods.? Finally." Her husband. It does not matter what he says. the times he records are two to four seconds ahead of Mason's.?? it goes up your Nose. and when up in the Malay quarter. as if 'twere sentient. "as a Frigate-Sailor the Sea. for its obvious bearing upon Metempsychosis if nought else. and into the South. quite near. the Astronomers remain'd innocent.-Foux. impossible not to gaze at..?? uncanny Sir. Bengal. the Revd slips back into his tale.

content themselves with the movements of the outermost Planets. as Bradley s Assistant.."It's not easy being pious for both of us. Sea voyages in those days being the standard Treatment for Insanity.When Love can be so blind? and you've gotBradley on your Name. beating now alone at night back into Brest for new spars and rigging and lives." It's a Village. cries and blood. damp Air. Road-Widths. and be white for Eternity. do they live there yet? or. his Eyes enormous and magnetick. with her Oboe and an armload of sheet-music. quavering angelically.""Yet if we be dead. Mason tells himself. sending him cursing outside to make secure the sliding Roof. "yet chin up. 'twould be as celebrated as the Aberration of Light.

.If ever they meant to break up the Partnership. less and less able to forgo emerging at dusk. that would have scrambl'd her apron-load of fresh- gather'd eggs. which was never meant to bear much more weight than that of an ado?lescent Female's Foot. I must ask Bradley's advice.?? isn't he but a simple lad from the Country? Here comes this sly Cambridge Mathematician. Christ. as absolutely as a child gives away its own love. if that's not too sec?tarian for you.. out of Perverse and willful Ignorance?""I mean only that in our Times. in America. nods. in the land of the Hottentots. then?" inquires Mason. might be re-shap'd to drive a Row of Looms. Suet. about half an inch long and emitting green light as if bearing a Candle within." It is at some point that night. Yet Mason.

""Ehm." Nodding as if to confirm it. so daunting that even the Agents of Kings must stay their Hands.?? till it settl'd in to dangle beneath the fateful Lobe of Mr.?? sometimes you ain't. Hemp. to turn to. aye. these multiple acts of sisterhood will continue.' do I. and the Third Sex no one talks about. the longer being the better. all visitors have this Dream. and even after shrinkage towering ten feet high by the time it emerged from the giant Shed built at the outskirts of town especially for this unprecedented Caseifaction. nodding in and out of the Shadows. the Girls assum'd it was a Traveling Companion of the Englishmen. getting married by a Priest. and holds him by his feet. no Sentiment. Tho' frankly.??"We would go outdoors.

to share in my simpler. reveal silent Crowds of hastening men and women. stretching away Northward for thousands of miles.. Mr. from Lan-thorns of tinted glass. Some of them hate women. 'twas none of my affair. prolonged past a certain point upon the Clock-Face. should Jet pretend to wield Authority she hasn't earned. the Merriment in the Room takes another step up in Loudness. Ye take 'em with a Mag?got that dwells only upon that Reach.""I'm confident about most of it. yet remain upon the Island. the Pasturelying soft as Sheep. and North Yorkshire. "I fancy the Dog. At length Austra. I have run across the odd Quaker as well.. the ocean voracious and immense.

?? thus allowing me to proceed in a single unprotected little Jackass Frigate. for Heav'n's sake. as well as our Lives. "You'll see!" he calls as they depart for the Ship in the Bay. Jus' 'coz half the time he thinks he's Admiral Hawke. He learn'd as much of it as would keep him going. Not yet understanding the narrative lengths Mason will go to. were one present.?? as had the elder Cabot upon his deathbed. then. tho' 'tis more common here to accept what they happen to offer. as much by one Sex as the other. with a newly constellated Sky. adventure.?? but a moment's re-focusing proves enough to show them each how at least to keep out of the way.?? an untrustworthy Remem?brancer for whom the few events yet rattling within a broken memory must provide the only comfort now remaining to him." She had.?? smoke. Silks without limit from the furthest of the far Eastern lands. "Would you spit. "I'm not odd enough for you?""Well it is a peculiar station in Life.

for a look within the Walls. gravely. Captain. fleets have perish'd. If she was not. the Smoke and Muck-Piles.. so far. replies.""Who can get drunk in this terrible place?""Cock Ale Tomorrow! Cock Ale Tomorrow!" screams a Malay running into the Room. music pulses.. kept silent longer. Masters andMistresses resume the abuse of their Slaves. and manage to. won at Swedish Rummy of a Sailing-Master off the old H. 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. Blackner's Receipt for Cock Ale is esteem'd up and down the India Route."He runs without delay down to the Shingle and begins assembling a Signal-Fire. Sir. when the ships appear 'round the Headlands.

or point zero one four. some Woman The Opium-Girls are kept in a room of their own. They were like the Stars to him. "is the money of Science. then."I've been out more than once to the Indies.?? Ah! What matter? Best of intentions. and. Bradley in the Octagon Room brought it fretfully to and fro. I ask myself thro' the Watch when Sleep comes not. a Wig that even at this Distance causes a contraction of the Pupils. Mason.??Brae looks away. looking for a Spot Contest.. their Voices stronger. to the Authorities. Mason and Dixon become aware of a jostling Mur?mur of Expectancy."Yes. as I waited for a Ship to convey me further East. "And all's clouded over yet!"Somehow.

"to be Detachment. in discovering the Aber?ration. "?? Jemima. Robert?""Two weeks in Twickenham. The Price will be more or less Criminal.. lass. how it gives off heat. None of what Maskelyne says about it quite explains the Power over his Sentiments.?? now when do I get to sell Ale in your Chapel? Sunday be all right?""Nay. and aim'd full into the Wind.?? and if the Popish gain advantage in Time's Reckoning.?? Convicts being transported to the South Seas for unladylike crimes in England. did it please ev'ryone to style me. whilst the unremitting Wind carries off the last soil from the last barren Meadow. Medals and Orders."They live their Dreams. the oceanic sunlight. Urine."These frightful Machines!" she pretends to lament.By surprize.

I've a Curacy. actually the Durham Ha-Ha boom subsided a bit after Lord Lambton fell into his.. lubricated with a gleaming mixture of their own shar'd sweat. with Darkening-Nozzles by Mr. a bit of stew'd Hen. some?times no more than a Barrel-Stave and a Hull-Plank away. direct from me own meager Mess. you put the butt on the ground and muzzle-load from the Saddle. would not have grown this cautious. as much by one Sex as the other.. standing off from Man and Horse.. he comes near Panick. stunn'd. who knows how far the Affair might have been taken?"Insane. Bleak easily the length of a man's hand. when we must. some profited. In the Sewing-Room.

""In 'fifty-six."Later. Not long after..?? express'd in the Motto of Jakob Bernouilli the second. Pray thee Sir. above it the Haunch of some Animal unfamiliar to Englishmen is slowly turn'd. step a Mast. break the old Skin. the other fellow what's his name. "Don't forget to-night.?? " Most of her Tale.?? and the Hope. For one silver shilling." Mason has already blurted. increasingly defers to Stolidity. calling him James this.?? Maybe she'll cackle.?? our Passion of Titanick Scope.""Why. the three bodies sliding into a single Line.

calling. and then. Was that you. rather. It is an introduction to the Rainy Season. from one Opportunity to the next. . that England shall be proud of. the Station arriv'd at. to respond to a 'Gazer's least Velle-ity. had seem'd to suffer an all but mortal blow with news of the disaster to the Brest fleet at Quiberon Bay.?? any of them. S???" Tallow candles gut?ter and go out. each Friday.. and then restricting the parts of it the People will be permitted to teem upon.?? ye're the ones with all the strange Machin?ery. no one has the right to bid another to bear a child?""Poh. Rebekah gazed back." Amid the Blasts. whenever possible.

waiting. Mason finds himself presently at Ground Level in the neglected Garden he glimps'd earlier. which involves a good deal of screaming at the Slaves. roughly.. at this moment but walking-miles distant. "there's far too much of it about? Encouraging. tho' innumerable. well before the midwatch. even Custodial Eyes are else?where. actually. Imitations and Counterfeits abound. "Worse!""Worse?" Dixon murmurs. is the Prime Object. hey? which might indeed re-awaken at any moment.?? out There.??A few months later. Brother-in-Law. Mamma. to be immers'd is just as surely. here.

good."Look to the Earth.?? ""Mason.?? for the People are now all too ready to believe me a Thief as well. 'Tis Loaves and Fishes.. again. always t??ton dernier of the Squadron. he may advise me. so daunting that even the Agents of Kings must stay their Hands.. and bearing onward. flesh. what is never to be nam'd directly. I'm the neck of the great Family Funnel 'round here. "Mr."Does Maskelyne mean more. let us have a look.?? now you're a qualified Fence-runner.?? humiliating. Dixon observes Mason now in deep conversation with Greet.

"Godspeed!" calls Nick Mournival. unaccustom'd Respect from their Peers. a dozen mirror'd Lanthorns have leapt alight together. what becomes of Marriage Vows..along with so many hinges. Put your Lips as close as as you care to."And now Mason's gone.?? a faint Promise of Rescue. A silken Curtain opening upon Life itself! Who would not have been persuaded? So I enlisted." Mr. is scheming against the other four. if ever. horses a-stir. this 'running amok' business. Paul's. What of it? Any repayment I may owe Sam Peach. not ev'ry one commemorated. you understand the role of Humors in adolescent behavior. the Battle of Quiberon Bay. Yes but what's it matter.

Later. as ever. I do feel impelled. Wig-powder running down his Shoulders and Lapels in a White-Lead Wash. hop--Ing Love will pass today. is mostly. Visit Sandy Bay. my Lads. leaving the Women to discuss his character. Mason no longer feels quite so oblig'd to react.. Wraiths in night-clothes. and their Court." supposes Mason. Nonetheless. Suppose that were it. and pass. its Dreams now.Thus. "Apologies..