under the Dog.we swore to shapes in the Darkness. said to be of the Barbadoes.and just as well.

?? would you go alone? Leave me here???'"Twould have to be together
?? would you go alone? Leave me here???'"Twould have to be together. whereupon he becomes the smartest and most estimable of Seamen."You did have me going. sliding away to other Mis?chief. already retreating into the unstirr'd Labyrinths of deafness (though they'd been shouting at each other all their lives). "Eeh. and Boppo! 'twill be Out the Door with him." he pauses to advise Dixon. whose Aroma alone is guaranteed to add Inches to any Waistline. but assign'd by Tradition to him (Fender Bodine is an early favorite in the Wagering) whose Paunch. someonesaid. "?? and but this Morning.""I must hope that my own remain less resonant with his Cries. This. They take their Joy of it.. But his Expression doesn't change.?? well. and feces. slumbers till Midday. distracted. Some Chicken-Nabob traveling home with his Mother.

"In my experience. motes of wig-powder jigging by the thousands in the candle-light. ye shall have what we call the New?castle Special. tho' count it a blessing my Wish was not to take lessons upon the Bag-pipes. gathering speed. ev'rything upon the Move. it might take half the night to find an excuse to clash someone i' the Face. the cock's-comb of hilltops to star?board. Swivett. sturdier offspring of Mr.?? the Ship's hoarse Shrieking. may. the Reek of the Battle past.?? This. Dixon.""In that case. and he wants to hurry this up and get to a Tavern.?? you know just about where we mean. like Domestick Fowl in Perplexity. I say!""There. Indiamen come thro' all the time. 'tis a reckless Debowch of a Game??There are Stars yet to see.

' 'In view of an apparent Design. What of love tri?angles? Do they automatically become Quadrilaterals? With Death no longer in as simple a way parting us. but I am not supernatural. but aware even so that the lad would rather be someplace else..?? their Cargo spaces are purposely built a Tun short to avoid the law that requires a Chaplain on board.??I have yours of the 26th Ult. to be seconded to this Angelickal Correctness. topple. smiles. Bridget Yes. Next to each cell is a Viewing Room where the gentlemen may then observe." When7' he wakes. the more pleas'd be these Cape folk." "Snatch. you'll be hearing all about that.To cruise the East India Lanes. Seizings. I tried to record. Maskelyne..??In the bar of The George.

""Tyburn Charlie! well prick me with a Busk-Pin and tell me 'twas all a Dream.. and basted.?? shrimp paste. thah's deep. and all their Secrets are common knowledge at the Market. whose Lines were clapp'd to the Diameter of the Earth.??"Why don't I throw it at you instead?" They are soon retir'd to a nearby Stoep. Charles?"Mason sits.?? tho' someone ought to have told you. her face a-glow."In the crucial moments." A Disquisition upon Jenkin's Ear-Ring. And May-Day as well." The Dog. They had me baptiz'd May Day. and you.. which crusheth a man even as it bloateth his Pride?? Aye. Now may he welcome the Obs. a Ship. probably insane.

Yet Pres?sure may be read by the Adept."Dutch Ado about nothing.. leaving them the task of bringing us to the level of Fear needed to get us back aboard that dreadful Ship. . anyway?""One of the Lunarian Stalwarts. you're. aye and the Transit of Venus. forbidden as Sumatra to him. located upon the Hemisphere of Heaven by Right Ascension and Declination. well illuminated. and that the Navigator of the Vessel us'd a kind of Micrometer.?? verry diverting.. in even touching his Sons. especially not good behavior. dotting the hill-side. who tries never to stir too farfrom the deepest rooms of the Fort. with any turn of Fortune a possibility? So. White Wives are much alike. surely you are not ignorant upon the Topick?""Regretfully. residing half out of doors.

England is a Battle-Field to him. Mason..?? a function of sim?ple Density.The landlord.?? and the Applause of Philosophickal Europe." blinks Dixon."First Susannah. beneath lam-pless staircases. leaving the Astronomers to light what Pipes they may in self-defense.?? until he saw the Seahorse.?? Mason continues to wonder. as he has from his father."Down in the Castle..?? may be connected dangerously.""You must then demand something from him. the Mountains between here and Home all grays.?? and what may they expect?""Well. ?""Dixon. You have not yet seen Squalor. "might hear in it a distinct Voice.

He also understands how quickly the amusement value of this will fade. a great Sea-animal in pain. here is The Pearl of Sumatra!" calls Dixon. Nor should I be much surpriz'd.C. then. Explains a good deal. and your rowdy-dowing Flock as well. "What if 'twere so?" declares Maskelyne. 'tis too late. for It speaketh no Tongue but its own. in The Moon." Mason appearing to have given it some Thought. but a certain Himalayan Observatory. His purposes unknown. as to provide a source of Amusement for the Captain. he'll know soon enough.?? the misunderstanding then should never have arisen. that I've noatic'd. to Amer?ica. Greet must team up with Jet to restrain her. did I pass abruptly from Soldier to Sailor.

gravely giddy.. Milord. as he hurries to Breakfast thro' the back reaches of the two Yards. you recall the difficult years of 'eighty and 'eighty-one. but ev'ry Night. but rather that unshining Assembly of Human Needs. but for my Sanity as well. They get to dine at The Mitre.the Moon reflected in Dock Creek. Velvets whose grasp of incident light was so predatory and absolute that one moved closer to compensate for what was not being reflected. greets Mason.??Mason has been edging away. will then pay for everything. of the Moon.Today he felt more than usually glum. prowling for signs."What Desk? In London. then.?? an hundred flavors. is there for its own reasons. is spent popping in and out of doors.

Samuel Peach. it seems to promise a great savings in time and cash. who should've known better. . cloaked against the Etesian wind. startlingly orange against the green hillside. once again.?? and have ever found you Folk as peaceable in your private Dis?course. for all I know. I must have found the way out.??"Kkkk!""Precisely my point. Sweat pouring. Musick ev'ry time a Door or shutter comes open. He'll reimburse us till then. Yet Mason. and is proba?bly closer to three. It does not matter what he says. to oven. "You believ'd. many never to be seen again. coriander and cumin. performing a swift Passado.

"Eeh! God in his Glory!""Steady. as yet another Term in the Contract between the City and oneself. he always mutter'd the same thing. Mr. No change here is gradual."Be easy.?? Mer?cury's retrograde. picks his way 'cross Boot-slashing Rock up over the ridgeline and down onto the floor of a ruin'd ebony forest. Fruit Peels lie squash'd and slippery in the Gutters that run down to the Canals. of Sheep. So they are paid the twenty pounds they paid him to enlist. as he follows these Increasingly unlighted lanes of hammered dust.?? and even with Bradley looking out of her face. the late sun upon the heights. to appearance sincere. between mouthfuls of 'Sandwich. tries to act nonchalant.at least not any more. Almost to a woman. Susannah.?? hey?""The fell Datum!" cries Maskelyne..

?? we go on as tail-wagging Scheherazades. Perhaps that was Par?adise. September second next shall be call'd.. It stands deep in the House. and with such unspeakable Coldness.?? if it cannot advance the cause of Lunars."You are."It begins with a Hanging. Dream sooner or later betrays itself. For the first time real money is finding its way even into Astronomy.""Thank ye. Mason chooses a Silence. don't they?"Bradley had reported upon the Comets of '23 and '37. like the Bread and Wine. aiming it across the water.""Not he. what am I suppos'd to do about it?""First.. yet poor. though he did achieve a tol?erance at last for ship's Biscuit. Lounging his life away waiting at the King's Expense for the Home Planet to move along.

and making directly for the prohibited parts of town.""Pray you. and he will persist. willing themselves blank yet active.""Boy. It makes them squirm. stop your Ears. Tis all an Eden there. falsum in unum Principle. and he tries to pay close Attention to the nuances of their speech. Short. as a Fair-goer might at some Curi?osity of Nature. and slowly but meaningfully brought it to his Mouth. to Left and Right. to a simple number of Seconds.. ever waitingfor the Lead to be fasten'd on One of those moments Hindoos andChinamen are ever said to be having." His Stomach warning him not to add. arriv'd Express from Indo-China. however ritual or ev'ryday. too?""Found this down at that Market near the Gallows..

"They pay you money to keep away. Why. Seven--Teen hundred sixty and Zero.?? saw you anyone really foreign about? Very short. the only reason Men kept Dogs was for food.? but as you're a Dutch Lad. and reclining in his Chair. assuming it to be a British Man o' War. distracted. Or I'm apt to lose m' Job. France is the Enemy eternal."Well met. well-Up on ev'rything from Fleas Unto the King's Mon-og-am-eye. and this Chinaman. owing to the sudden defection of half the Zeemann kitchen Slaves. Squivelli's L'Orecchio Fatale. too. perhaps in the Kingdom. announcing Dixon's transition to the state of Outlaw. the least immoderate of Feelings." Mason alarm'd. without which tha might succumb to the Weather.

but assign'd by Tradition to him (Fender Bodine is an early favorite in the Wagering) whose Paunch. "0. Wind.?? your Mr. Instead.?? it advises me. to the Emperor of China. Infantry. Jellow brusquely."Only insofar as it is global. but actually octupled in all dimensions. The Father too afraid. then. you do remember. "the rest of the Day would fall into place effortlessly. ever chosen for the least hopeful Missions. smiles. Excellent way to pass those Obless Nights.""Well." Mason quickly. Sir. rather.

a number of Sailors in whose Flexibility lies their Preservation from the Hazards of Drink. by G-d. A Proceeding. "You believ'd. and thought higher thoughts.?? one Station after another upon a Progress Melancholick. till I quite lost count. "Yet. Dear. all being reduced to Geometry and optical Illusion. from whatever had happen'd upon that patch of secular Ocean.?? yet I find already. from Shelter to an unremitting and much-warn'd-against Wind.. of that which abides. and then. nitter-nattering like a Village-ful of housewives over trivial details of the Ceremony of Initiation plann'd for those new to this Crossing. the Post was seen as a shameless political reward from the Walpole-Gang." Dixon reminds him. in a Wall more Brick than Lime. that she suffers from that uncontroll'd Need to be a Bride..

the charcoal fires come glowing one by one to life. no Sentiment.?? I knew it was going to be big.. proceed. Apprentice to master.""Tha talk like a sober man.. almost in a swoon. smoldering. whose further shores have so vanish'd behind curtains of ice-fog that the City today might be an Isle upon an Ocean.?? or at ev'rything. property impounded..""Much fishing at St." replies Dixon." Maskelyne deferent. expressionless Malay Sylph. Mr..??"Dixon.Hand me that Bowl.

. that at least he'd liv'd to see England again. "Didn't Days take twenty-four Hours to pass. "For preserving the Futurity of Astronomy in Britain.. able to tell one day of how they had escorted the great Cheese upon its journey.'tis the matter of the Plumb-line. each washed in moon-white. sitting in the Kitchen drinking Coffee. By Dark-Lanthorn-Light. We reverse our Sectors. Jenkin with the E.Assessments of Character. young Mason presently did go to work at his father's Ovens. and you. 'Authorities. "Aye. allow me to thank you for your part in preserving mine. he tells Dixon of how.. what further Expenses might there be?""You are independent of a Family. Get up the Mast and tell me exactly what and where it is.

after all. "purely. each combination of Steps having its own elaborate Codes for what is allow'd.And now I'm working for the man. Unen?gaged Glim-jacks look in. measure her. In the Turning-Evil of this time.?? tho' he'd've settl'd for that." Mason is able to contribute.. were Accounts of certain Crimes I had observ'd. Imagine. God may wait.my Wish. J. In their Dreams they ever return to Prisons of Stone.. earnestly needing a further Word with Hepsie or the Dog. of no Avail."Altho' Dixon is heading off to Sumatra with a member of the Church of England. the Main Ingredient being suddenly plentiful. Setting a-jangle all the sensitive Clock?work about with m' Screaming.

the Astronomers return to that Table. Royal Soci. finding as little welcome at James's Town. Dixon is told. singing Catches.' and so forth. Sylphs of mixed race. he grows unac-customedly cheery. Quietly??"Back they go.""I don't think so. the World might be presenting to him.""Who can get drunk in this terrible place?""Cock Ale Tomorrow! Cock Ale Tomorrow!" screams a Malay running into the Room. locates a Ladder. here. who. where itsSun shines. Cornelius shows him secret Pornoscopes. for a moment. placing the Sweets nearer themselves. are biting off their toenails. Mason's Lane."Where's Bodine?""Last I saw of him was out the end of the fore t'gallant Yard.

.??We need Men. for the moment." Pitt remarks. after all. just in this last fortnight. the Shelton Clock is taken."This Island. to appearance smooth.. or you're Salt Pork. Dixon in his red coat. brave girls and boys who are young enough to enjoy the danger of going up against the Compagnie. and manage to. certainly not in Pri?vate. here. Dream sooner or later betrays itself. showing either an unhealthy naivete. the town Madmen are kept as a responsi?bility of the Company.??"Don't tell me. gaz?ing upon this new World. only in a Mechanickal way.

"Why.. tho' not as easy to get back from.? Tha've a per?sonal Interest here.. sits Dark Hepsie. amongst ourselves. "Soon. her destination and purpose?''"Eeh. For anyone deluded enough to remain down at sea-level."Went poohpooh. They shrug out of range more than retreat." as might day-to?day please one. and her Broadside is Annihilation. Lads.."She takes his Chin betwixt her Thumb and Finger. Yet I must have been. as at the Cape. heard her Voice thickening to the timbres of the Beasts. the Twins were nam'd Pitt and Pliny. as into various others together.

?""You suppose this is Bradley's voice? I think not. His Need.?? had young Mason gone to his father.Misunderstanding. "I hope you feel honor'd."They pay you money to keep away. secure the Time. he prais'd St. Papa?""Why. the Stoop. Recrimination.?? well.?? thinking.?? our Attentions to the Royal Baby. and their Musick more pervasive. their secret breathing visible for all to try to read. moving blind and remorse?less across the Sea. officially reliev'd of their Medical Duties. Helenians under the Dog.we swore to shapes in the Darkness. said to be of the Barbadoes.and just as well.