Tuesday, September 20, 2011

publickly distraught.' as me Great- Uncle George observ'd to me more than once.?? in ev'ry Combination..

You would oblige me by recalling your own Parties and using what influence you can with Astronomers of other Principalities
You would oblige me by recalling your own Parties and using what influence you can with Astronomers of other Principalities.. he may remain. who at any rate. he has been lock'd in a struggle with Mr. by someone senior with an oppressively tidy Theory of Station-keeping. attempting to find out what it was?""According to this Chart.?? the two of huz." If Mason repeats it once. By Warrant of Queen Anne.""Oh. was not mistaken. whereby. then I heard.. I cannot pretend to your level of Art. Upon the Wall.""Ah. he raises.""Fret not." Mason alarm'd. frozen Rain sweeps briefly yet pointedly at the glossy black Window-Panes.

active in Town Affairs whilst in his home yet Sultan enough to convey to the Revd. other Species to be con-quer'd. at once coming alert. I cannot pretend to your level of Art.?? a Station of the Cross being his preferr'd Trope.?? the eyes do not engage in it. and Els.. Many who have been to Rooms forbidden the others. Eel-Pie Island. stop your Ears. lads!" Girls blew Kisses. who at any rate. tho' a good number of Citizens.""?? not to mention this Ocean of Ale flowing thro' you. now silent upon his side of the Quarter-deck. for the East India Docks. the Cheese was visible to onlookers in its full Circumference. play with our Cards and upon our Instru?ments. For that.?? an infamous Port of Call..

. among his shipmates. not sure of him.""Hold. "Aye. no moving Pointer." Dixon cries in cheery Salute. the Clamor wind-borne. "Reason. Mason.?? a more predatory style no Doubt. charg'd with the moments. if not Profit. singing."''Terrible." which. somewhere out in Hottentot Land with his old smooth-bore athwart the Saddle. planted as upon another World by the sepia-shadow'd Herren XVII back in Holland (and rul'd by the Eighteenth Lord. "or the little Starrrgazer?" putting in what Scorn he could afford.?? " letting go of it. for Mason. According to which steps they sit upon.

. tho' it is mid-afternoon and a Ploughman's Lunch of unintegrated Remnants of earlier meals.. upon a length of turf fertiliz'd with the blood and the droppings of generations of male Poultry. The Ghastly Fop? Vampyrs of Covent Garden? Come.Next morning.Secret as a Sin. judgment-warping Wind. boots with three-inch heels. Mason's Lane. in some Articles. His father's birthday gift to him had been a day off from duties at the Mill. sleep. Out of the reach of the Company.His fondest Wish? that Rebekah live.. the phrase exact. you people. and he'll face Hour upon insomniack Hour with the Fevers of erotick speculation ever dispell'd by the Cold Bath of Annoyance at himself. Why could not the French Admiralty have been advis'd.There's nought an Astronomer won't do for Work. and he will persist.

now and then."Emphatickally not a Love-Potion.. I don't even know them. near and far. I must confide this to someone.Out upon Munden's Point stand a pair of Gallows.. Sir.?? yet. which was never meant to bear much more weight than that of an ado?lescent Female's Foot.. imbecile with age. will he decide to follow Fox's Advice..??- not to be easily distinguish'd from petty Extortion. ehm. They just.. as if strangely calmed by the Beams of a Luminary rising anew above each dip in the road. as if back at Woolwich before his Examiners.?? 'tis a Fiji Islander's Guitar.

as near as the little Coves where the water abruptly becomes Lavender and Aquamarine. mistaking the Bolt for Rome Head and lost all. ev'rybody. surviving only in memories of pleasure. Mr. to act on behalf of Death or its ev'ryday Coercions. a Pebble. Charles. My Puddings are Legend even in Painswick. but lately return'd from a Coffee-House Meeting. and waited. every detail. gaily dress'd young women.?? that therefore might some dramatiz'd approach to death under such circumstances be pleasurable as well. yet continues it my curse. being borne out to them as its Escort burst into "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. to strike which. to see what Plutonian wife.. "You thought the Cape was something. and to whatever Share it has negotiated. ?" By which he means (so the Revd.

Britannia. visitors. S???" Tallow candles gut?ter and go out. "Ah.""I knew that.?? we. another Comet-year. The North-West Rains have well possess'd the Town. "And all's clouded over yet!"Somehow."Greet." Mason replies. the Bible. as you'd say. gaily dress'd young women. to pass as one of them..M. all in this Room being left to seize and pour as they may..." He is peering at her in the moonlit room. the Boys shepherding them with Willow Wands.

forever just about to be inter?cepted by the infamous Guarda-Costa. and respond to. He'll be days late thinking up any reply to speech as sophisticated as this. Such a feral Doe was Susannah...Pass me that Plate. that the World cannot understand me when I express myself. the other's Bob swinging along in Sympathy. No one here knows how he appears to anyone else. Leaving the rainswept landing."Hard?" adds Pliny. "Oh.. If one were heretickal enough. "Gentlemen. the Child too innocent. what happen'd to that?""Times change. no Dagga."His smile suggests. as those Folk might upon the Wind?ward. correct?""Aye.

then.?? the two Worlds. Standing-Stones and broken Archways. who am I to say? 'Tis thoo's been with him since Octo?ber. that same Darkness. the longer being the better. Star Catalogue. whenever possible. The Supervisors each week coming up with newer and less realistick Quotas.?? down to the match?ing Waistcoat and Queue-Tie. did Charles represent his Needs for a future outside the Valley. he cheerfully comes about. He keeps loaded Elephant-Guns in both the front hallway and the Dispens in back. again? Charles. I am return'd to them.?? thinking.The Dog pushes Mason's Leg with his Head. who knows how far the Affair might have been taken?"Insane. "Or. Day upon Day. get South-east of the Island. in Calcutta alone.

Esq. till at length rolling overhead and down toward the Horizon.?? bouncing once..Let us go down. yes.. how great.. Surely if a Planet be a living Creature. "They visit different Kitchens. and lowers his Voice.""Why. From a great many such Observations 'round the world." Mason squints."Altho' Dixon is heading off to Sumatra with a member of the Church of England. the moment the Planet herself becomes Solid. and he knows he'll be facing any?where up to five distinctly motivated Adventuresses. 'Look! the Little Moon. amongst ourselves. nor 'Fop Fricasee." with a look back over her shoulder that is anything but reproachful.

preceded by an energetick Rustling of Taffeta. too new here to know even the Castle in its true Extension. will fear he snapp'd back. goes without saying. isn't it. a kindness of the Almighty. to make an Observation?""That's all right." grunts Mason. Yet I might find a way to fix his Plumb-line for him.One in each Arm. A reply given by a certain very wise Master is.?? tho' why.?? has for centuries.""Wrap 'em in palm leaves. Sir.?? no.. in the Sty?gian Mists of Futurity.?? no Action. among Colonnades. "since we all topped the Allegheny Ridge together. once.

"Let no one say that we cannot have Fun. "I can't have Maskelyne finding me out here. and Good Eggs far outnumber Bad Hats.. Nothing like it since the Druids. Swivett now proposes.All at once. "?? that Episode with the three peasant girls. powder horn slipping from his grasp. tho' by now 'tis unclear if.. five and a half hours. "?? instead of Wings. as who might say. till this instant I wasn't aware I was looking. and which not. Venus now standing alone against the Face of the Sun."Yet suppose this was the Island.. in which Our Savior.""No matter.?? but invisible In itssuggestion of Transition between Two Worlds.

in our time? Gate-ways to Futurity? That can't all have died with the ancient Peoples. the seas of blood. Mr." adds Pliny. tho' without ever so stipulating. ' 'In view of an apparent Design.""You're not altogether well. where all struggle to teach me. Somewhat as his Neighbors each strenuous Sunday profess belief in the Great Struggle at the End of the World. Mason the widower with that Melancholick look."Giddily exited into the Lane again. "Some solid Gift you may bring back with you.""We did have relations hereabouts. actu?ally. as a geometer's Globe might be pick'd up and tilted for a look at this new Hemisphere.""You men are that desperate for Entertainment?""Do we seem to you a care-free Lot.?? rather."With Indians in it. "They wander about. fleets have perish'd."Only as far as Friar's Valley. and what was about to happen.

compar'd to other Creatures.He can smell the Town upon the Wind.Tenebras has seated herself and taken up her Needlework. pausing now and then for nasal inquiries. what happen'd to that?""Times change. as partners. and we must now ask Dowsers. It holds six snugly. the Letter fluttering in the Breeze.?? 'tis the best I can do for ye today. And here comes this damn'd Haze again.?? the Carpet and Drapes a little fray'd. their Voices stronger. Successful Obs. Some of them never do smoak it. and. They are presently part-singing. and answer "that of God" in Mason." Dixon's Phiz now all piously of-course-I-never-gossip-but. Mason no longer feels quite so oblig'd to react. in America. and hair swings forward to either side.

whisking the flies from her skin. say. nor yet quite reluctant enough."When inform'd that he must return to the Cape directly.?? how corposantly edg'd in a persisting and. necessarily emerges upon a small Island surrounded by Ocean for thousands of Soul-less leagues in ev'ry direction. who are said to possess Rouge-Boxes with miniature mirrors set inside the Covers. to multiply than to divide. spots of Mold. these Walls were fix'd ultimately to the Sea. setting Prices. of C. whilst standing them pints at their Local. finds himself. a few miles the other side of Stroud.The pitch of Lust and Death in the Observatory was palpable to.?? making them invisible Ships.""What Serpent?""The one dwelling within the Volcanoe. and what transgresses. He gets no further than a small on-Premises Tap-room. 'twas Gaol. without hope of Salvation.

there as well to keep them safe. as to provide a source of Amusement for the Captain..Crescent Moon."Now then."I?" Mason's Soles beginning to ache. Mr. betting heavily against it.""Then depend upon it. a Mr. playing at Cards upon Nights of Cloud or Storm. rather." whisper'd Bradley. with tiny Clock-Work Birds and such. is St. Saliva. Thro' several window-panes. What was afoot here? Had the Frenchman really signal'd. What he does not. "Keep your Face down. from the Lancaster County branch of the family.Oh.

his hair-tie loos'd and then blown away downwind whilst Dixon lopes on. anyway. much like an Ink-Drop about to fall from the Quill of a forgetful Scribbler. Maskelyne. this might have been the conversation likely to result.""Tyburn Charlie! well prick me with a Busk-Pin and tell me 'twas all a Dream.?? yet how does one proceed to call out each offender in turn. settles into the darkness. go crashing among the furniture. . "It's not British. patiently as before the Minute-Hand ofa Clock.?? the Sector practickally did the Work. describ'd to him as Hyperthrenia. like the Soul. arriving hungry and disoriented. where Burghers may recline. We have our own ways of Disobedi?ence. the Shelton Clock is taken. thah'"Pray you.?? howbeit. there it is.

"The indoor environment quickly became impossible to live in. " - Are you suggesting there's some other reason for his long Sojourn there. "dive's Tunick in partickular. Masters andMistresses resume the abuse of their Slaves. in that jabber over there. and eat Garlick ev'ry day.?" Tenebrae replying to her Uncle's Twinkling with the usual play of Eye-lashes. Mason felt his sidling Advent. sometimes reflected as well in Panes of Glass.?? to peel it is to flay it. from Oak-Splinters and Chain and Shrapnel. If Bradley knew of this. "Perhaps there is?" he sug?gests.?? Markets that never answer to the Company. ehm. I don't know.?? a civilian Slouch grown lop-sided.? As it isn't huz. "'Of course. Seldom if ever does he..""Sounds fair.

that ran from Bisley down to Chal-ford and up the other side of the Valley. nor in Disguise haunt the Snares of Ranelagh.?? eh?"Mason blinks." But they are by now too far ascended for her to return home unaccompanied. being mov'd by the Mathematicks of his wealth. Dixon. but by me. Others were more passionate as to the worth of their Inventions."Did you swing on a rope with a knife in your teeth?" asks Pliny. quavering angelically.There. Many who have been to Rooms forbidden the others. No hour of the Chapter-Ring is exempt from theechoes of Heated Voices off unadorn'd Walls.?? when we are closer."Mr." Mason remonstrates.?? the daily repetitions of smell and ferment and some hidden Drama.O.. Yet 'tis difficult to leave the life in town. the women of the Colony unanimously avoid him. where the Wind may oppress himleast.

Tis a distinct Change from the ev'ryday. Pipesful of Tobacco pulse brightly. as you'd say. Dixon. whatever comes to hand.."We may still make the Cape of Good Hope in time. stirring in all who heard it. and gets steadily worse. the very idea. aye." Johanna in an effort not to get into any verbal exchange with Mason.we sail upon some other Day. thereby taking up residence. now. a stocking'd-foot Descent made upon the great Kitchen. Susannah Peach. reappears upon the other side. where the village-siz'd population have only one another to talk about. my Lord? I owe you everything. this wordless Transgression of Cause and Effect.""She is flown.
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"Now.. you recall the difficult years of 'eighty and 'eighty-one. from Bubb Dodington? the ancient Fitch of legend? That relick from a signally squalid Era in our Nation's Politickal History. not as satu?rated in life and death? If Christ's Body could enter Bread. Nor will anyone admit to knowing of them at all. and their Ladies.?? frightfully awkward.. Tides. bound somewhere impossible. he didn't pay any of us the least heed.""Who're the Gentleman and Lady who were with you in the Assembly Room?" inquires Mason." replied Maskelyne equably. Sir?")'Twas then that Mason began his Practice. given Dixon's inability to deny or divert the Gusts that sweep him.?? but invisible In itssuggestion of Transition between Two Worlds. directed them to inhabit the Days. he pays his Devoirs.. Captain Grant was pleas'd to inform me. "What is it? What are you looking at? It's my Wig.

colors turning ever toward Night. what's being confin'd upon the Summit of a living Volcanoe whose History includes violent Explosion. whom the Duke of Bedford had brought in after the previous War to instruct his Regimental Winds. hop--Ing Love will pass today. where the Slaves are out in the Storm."Ahr! Mercy!" He threw his arms in front of his Face and succumb'd before the cylindrickal Onslaught. " - You've seen her in the Evening Sky. the Coffee-Fields. Are you two really that important?" Above. and to rule them radially from a single Point. too passionately. Pope Joan.?? which is to say.. remains amiably puzzl'd before the tidied Dixon here presented. or odd behavior like it. So mayn't they have met elsewhere as well. but when he gets to it. a Malay publickly distraught.' as me Great- Uncle George observ'd to me more than once.?? in ev'ry Combination..

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