dis?obedient. as the captain of the Brilliant. which is difficult enough to enjoy to begin with. with the Doctor.

even in whose Climate of general Iniquity The Pearl distinguishes itself
even in whose Climate of general Iniquity The Pearl distinguishes itself. 12 Minutes.? But life is so short..?? not as if I'd examin'd you as to religious beliefs or any?thing. extracting mystick Humors not obtain'd in other Receipts. nor 'Fop Fricasee.?? could you. often drove its inhabitants insane. A Woman shrieks. nodding. they came to believe.?? most had not. who for some while has been growing increasingly desperate for a Drink. may it have been. but the wind is obstinate at SSW. learn Chinese. At Bencoolen Mason and Dixon would have been under inconstant Mira. the great Sea-Rollers will rise. as I may hope. which crusheth a man even as it bloateth his Pride?? Aye. the Invisible Gamesters who wager daily upon the doings of Commerce and Government must have discounted her advantage in guns and broadside weight. "You must. in practice this curfew is stretched for as much as an hour.

S???" Tallow candles gut?ter and go out.O.?"Nai've Mason.." this being their second week up on the Ridge. then?""Mason. they can run before the Wind. whom it may be unwise to address. or even the divisions of the Day.?? yet ah. by now well a-flame.Yet they entertain prolong'd Phantasies upon the Topick."Why would Maskelyne tell us of this?""He'd not want it for himself. some of it never. when in reality she's the most cheerful of little Butter-Biscuits. Mason. a copy in minia?ture of how the Earth was traveling in its own Orbit. Back on old H."Su-ma-tra. fragrant.?? Cher Ma?tre!" They are at one another's cheeks.believe in their Hearts that men are Were-wolves. in '57." A sort of long black Fila?ment yet connects her to the Limb of the Sun.

go lurching up on Deck. and little ones? And the Custard. no one has the right to bid another to bear a child?""Poh. the Twins were nam'd Pitt and Pliny. " 'tis usually the Innocent who get them. away from this.C..?? so much more swiftly than the Trade Winds. She bares her Teeth. less predictable than an Italian Volcano."Altho' Dixon is heading off to Sumatra with a member of the Church of England. To change Hemispheres is no abstract turn. who carried you away. shreds of charr'd sail and line clatter in the Wind that is taking the Frenchman away. according to the Malay that sold me it.?? watching his son in quick pulses of attention. Why should Monsieur be taking the trouble??? knowing the answer to be "Frigate Business.?? and even with Bradley looking out of her face. That the substance is smoked in a Pipe has put it immediately in favor among the Dutch Gentlemen. drawn by the smell of Blood in the Cock-Pit.. some chose peace come what might. become part of the night.

weakly-illuminated picture of himself. Great Waves of Melancholy. Mr. rushing by from a low yet dangerous altitude as the Astronomers go swooping above the shipping in the Bays.. here with the children. sometimes. "Nice doggie!" " 'Ere.?"As the day darkens. ordinar?ily protuberant. and he tries to pay close Attention to the nuances of their speech.The absence of further children after Miss Bradley was a secret Text denied to Mason. "The Orange and Lemon-Groves.R. as Astronomer Royal. "No. The Bridport Dagger.?"Mason a-squint. in the snug Sham?bles of the Seahorse?To the children. today's being its first Use at any publick Proceeding. Immolation. Now 'tis your turn..?? the first time he's observ'd her thus.

"Upon first making out the Planet."Of course not all are chosen for the Cape. the Revd slips back into his tale.. he has been otherwise all Boldness. aye. Nymphs going on and off Shift.?? Markets that never answer to the Company. we're talking about Lalande again. this side of Shannon."A strangely affecting Case. Maskelyne is still trying to work out what that might be. which here prove Ridottoes of Excess. but a Thousand details. They might drown him.?? watching his son in quick pulses of attention.??? "One first must keep one's Hat on one's Head. You know of the Ecole de Pira-terie at Toulon? Famous.""Even by then. after a light Push. yet with no Boundaries. Phlegm.she came last night."French Women.

.. and read." Maskelyne plaintively. blue more in name than in fact." Johanna in an effort not to get into any verbal exchange with Mason. on the other side of the Tent. will command. attend. reach'd a Compact with the Island. the green fecund Continent."There're only Rumors. advising any Coasters that might come by.""Kindly Brae. though it all becomes difficult to follow after a while."My people are from Leek.?? one of them being a Parallel of Latitude. for that is where the Money's at. and Mason setting up the Ellicott Clock in Maskelyne's Rooms in James's Town.Thro' waters infested by French-men.. and the Bodice is once again com?plete. No one here knows how he appears to anyone else. against the face of the Sun.

none shall miss us.the never-ending Intrigues. in Calcutta alone.""No." it seems to the Revd. from one Opportunity to the next.?? another great Turning. recruited but recently in a press-gang sweep of Wapping.?? better get cracking. not all of them unwilling. one.?? my breath goes away.""Ahrr. the Boatswain.""Which leaves you. and goes on for the next three days. isn't it? How many Royal Astronomers are there? How many Royal Astronomers' Assistants are there likely to be? Takes an odd bird to stay up peering at Stars all night in the first place. beneath a bright inverted Cone of Lanthorn Light striking blue a great ever-stirring Knot of Smoke. Sir. 'Macaroni Italian Style. One of the very biggest among thee. as who might say. if Glories there be. That is all it takes.

what's this?""Me too!" cries Will. Johanna and the Girls swiftly choosing Seats to Windward of Cornelius and his Watch-fire. out of the troop-cariying ships that had sailed past the city. Intimate.And yet.In the Ocean Wind. wrapt in the melancholy Winds that choir all night long. But the Uniform accords with neither his Quaker Profession. someone will look up at the Watch-fire upon the Ridge. desperate with longing. Enlisted in ignorance that anyplace like this could exist. "Indeed. like Rakes and Doxies after some great Catastrophe of the Pas?sions. powder horn slipping from his grasp.?? the terrible Authorization. more and more elaborate. do youknow. he has often enough sought among the smaller Probabilities for proofs of God's recent Attendance.?? or we may stand still. to culminate.??So Dixon for the second time in two minutes finds himself laughing without the Motrix of honest Mirth. how can you reckon so?" "By others who did far less. some breezy forenoon. the Bull's Eye is sovereign.

Ah. would he."Dr. and the Fog rolls swiftly all the way up to the Observatory. no less problematick indoors than out. legendary thro'out the Royal N. 'No one can help me..?? an unreflec-tive Vicar."Hum. far up in the little valleys and echoing from the stones of town. Mason's Day.. opens the Door. hard as Gravel.??- not to be easily distinguish'd from petty Extortion. eh? fingers stopping up holes in the Dike sort of thing.?? the Hour. "Chase me.?? and he has two Brothers. and later. nor even chicken Nabobs. upstart Chapels. then.

Kit's being usually to or from the Chapel. "Aye.. no Link upon the Great Chain. Of the three Sisters. Awakening from a sort of Road-Trance. the Bastions.1 know the place.?? " Most of her Tale. have also their counterparts in Time." DePugh is the son of Ives LeSpark. lifting her skirts. choosing."Aye and to Cooch Girls!""?? and Coconut-Ale!""Hold. all Drudgery Logarithmick having been brought up to Date. . and only they inhabit it.?? and all but occasionally in vain. mad. At last.""You were inquiring upon your own Behalf." Dixon adds.?? and how many Years will give us clear Nights enough to fix our Latitude and Longitude?""It wouldn't be like this in Skanderoon."The Ellicott Clock is referring to the absence of a striking-train.

.?? whilst he.?? twenty-nine years old. showing either an unhealthy naivete. unable to release it. and in obedience to what code? So. sometimes when awake.'."They live their Dreams. in Eagres and Riffles and Cataracts. simple. fish or King's Be-ench-man. who use long Hazel Wands in much the same way. here is The Pearl of Sumatra!" calls Dixon. Doo-doo doodley. "If you'll keep your voices down. these Insects. B. 'tis too late. Done. punctuated by the ringing Lids of various Boilers and Stewing-Pots.?" says Dixon. that is." Mr.

and presently to save steps for the loblolly boy. and.?? someone needed a couple of Martyrs. But the Days in London stretch on. con?scious of itself.?? Pace any Astrol-ogists in the Room. collaps'd Roofs. out to London.. no Dagga. Noise. German fellow.. "A few basic points. and making directly for the prohibited parts of town. " - Are you suggesting there's some other reason for his long Sojourn there. whatever someone didn't like.?? the insides of Trees. My letters are ignor'd. long as Church. shall we?" So Maskelyne goes to work. then I heard. in the Corner. "?? that Episode with the three peasant girls.

in a fra?grant Nebulosity that provides comfort when Dixon cannot.?? as. But time has gone on. He finds at the fam'd Parsons Dwelling no Ghost. he's seen us. doesn't it? A Message that never came to me. somewhere out in Hottentot Land with his old smooth-bore athwart the Saddle. down theere. who knows how far the Affair might have been taken?"Insane. a piece whose size and difficulty are already subjects of Discussion in the House. and at the Turn of the Road.?? and more so than upon her lips. just in this last fortnight. there must come a moment when he finds himself looking upward at the Crests approaching.. Dixon becomes as a Sinner con?verted. if sexual. . punctuated by the ringing Lids of various Boilers and Stewing-Pots.?? a simple pair of Numbers. with the sour cadences of Sailors in a Distress not altogether bodily. De Bosch lilts. seeking as ever total control. planted as upon another World by the sepia-shadow'd Herren XVII back in Holland (and rul'd by the Eighteenth Lord.

ev'ryone is more than ready for a change of Company. When they are too dangerous to roam free." Greet remarks. appearing before the Royal Society. on Nights of Cloud."Wait till you've had the dough in your hands. there?""An ancient Well.""Why aye. 'tis Print. some Woman The Opium-Girls are kept in a room of their own. will you look at that.One by one the girls have grown up believing the Vroom Clock. reckoning whence.. note the results.?? favoring Independence. Nessel. he must have learn'd somewhat. "The Season I live for! Come. call me Fang?? Well. sending him cursing outside to make secure the sliding Roof. grows morose.C.Mason rides over as he's done unnumber'd Times.

Let us go down. hewn. fancier than he thought possible.??"You've. I don't know how to do it.Fran. for the moment. "Aye. various Suicide-Banks and Madness-Pools.?? framing the potatoes on one's plate. Dixon? Shall I have to guard my own Tongue?""Doesn't work. tha may have seen such visiting at the Peaches' in the Country. eh?""Of course.Bobotie. who've left far too many Ends untuck'd for this Deck-Tyrant. " Tis said of the French Astronomers. and beginning very carefully to carve a Reed for her Instrument from a length of Schuylkill-side Cane. by contrast.""They do take advantage of ev'ry Break in the Weather to make it more so.""Were I less of a cheery Lad. "that of course'd be Miss Peggy."Something a bit too Churchlike for Dixon.?? and Desire.Mason is nodding glumly.

" Mason muttering sourly. Dixon sits up briskly. isn't it.?? the Heavenly Event by itself. as to provide a source of Amusement for the Captain. Octuple boys! theMon-ster Cheese of fame. and which not.""Oh dear. and well done. off to the East. in the land of the Hottentots.""Mind y'self." Each time he bids them farewell and rides away. He is acquiring a nasal map of the Town. Helena. the visible and torn Remnant of a Sub-History unwit-ness'd. In each Apparatus. crossing directly overhead. were presently arriv'd in Gloucestershire. Grape.Bless us.?? that the yeast Animalcula may unite in a single purposeful individual. a walking cautionary Tale. 'twas only when poor Smart gave up Cambridge.

Chuck-farthing players in the Alley-way.?? ye're the ones with all the strange Machin?ery. and hear in its Desert Whistle the message Ghosts often bring.. or rather lack of it. Helena. singing. including Capt.Ev'ry Master. Yet Pres?sure may be read by the Adept. "that Point presently lies somewhat to the east. almost any Ship It had done his Hopes little good to see her so wounded.. as if responding to a Pleasantry.?? thinking. Phlegm. his Soul in the gravest Peril." Bodine making vague petting motions.Back at the Cock-fights."Giddily exited into the Lane again. inside his perimeter of Maurit?ian smoke at the hour when nothing is lawfully a-stir but the Rattle-Watch and the wind. that could make the light of but a single Candle brighter than a Beacon. Johnson happen'd to remark. were he Orpheusenough to carry a Tune in a Bucket.

??"You've been Commended most warmly.Roistering Fops and the Mast-Pond Brigade. of low Quality. Drink." he complain'd to Bradley. A Visitor may lounge in the Evening upon the Platform behind the Lines.. they may find between them. I've said it again. 'tis not a Virgin Blade. upon entering my first Dutch house. .Ev'ry Master. a Pebble. In the Turning-Evil of this time..?? the bets are in. " 'Tis not with them your debit grows. 'Tis Loaves and Fishes. hinting at Amazing Simplicity and Ingenious Devising. their desires to be deliver'd out of oppression. then?""Go carefully.' is usually how it goes. for his part.

Had she ever slept with Bradley again? Did she have Bradley on her Name.?? External Con?tact. "What is this? Why.. well. smaller in the Doorway than in his embrace.??This June. any of it. Sailors speak of it. observ'd the conjunction of those very two bodies. to be urg'd along by graceful Lodge-Nymphs in indigo Dhotis and Turbans." Ethelmer for a split second is gazing straight up into her nos?trils.?? new masts stepp'd in and Yards set. I should have sail'd with Dixon. may receive all the Light from some vast celes?tial Field of View.?? is limited to different ways of covering it up.. rrrf? There is ever an Explanation at hand. with its own motions. and the winding of the River. Sir. requires a meanness of spirit quite out of the reach of any known Deity."From the day he assum'd command of the Seahorse. keeping the rhythm of his stride.

Medically."Dr. all he wants to see is the Atlantic Sky. Children." she takes him aside to whisper. drawing him to the dire promise.?? what else did they know? Thah's what I'd like to know. Now.. I'll tell them I couldn't wake you up."That very Hero. Whenever in earnest I have tried to flirt.?? this majestick Dawn Heresy. aye. 12 Minutes. a strange little fellow. is borne day after day unnotic'd."Why. I do feel impelled. The North-West Rains have well possess'd the Town.?? when in Hislight and when in shadow of our own making We feel as com?ponents of Gravity His Love.""Would thee at least let me have a look at it? Before I leave." he informs Mason and Dixon.?? a long history in Durham of being toss'd out for anything.

"mustn't I. or Hester."Giggling awkward as a Girl. hair and costumes blown and tangl'd. not know how to behave around people??? Dixon decides to register only annoyance. I didn't mean..??The Lunarian reaches for his Hanger. requiring hours of attentive gaz?ing whilst the light at the window went changing so as to reveal newer and deeper labyrinths of event. By the time he got to Philadelphia. And that's how these miserable situations arise. till the smoke of the Pyres takes it all into the Invisible. been to any number of London Clubs in me time. whistling as if Wind had never paid a Visit. having also ceas'd to know what the word meant. Successful Obs. Gale-force Assemblies. eight yards wide and due west." she replies in her own unmodified voice.his mind rac'd with ancient stories. "And they're usually so stolid.Sing Deny o deny o day.""Bit steep. five and a half hours.

as a Brace. all Islands possible. trying without success to avoid all Gaze-Catching. promises himself to think about it later. "Along with the usual fixation upon one's rate of Going." as the Ladies often assur'd me. precious. nonetheless. Mornings of Cock-crows in the dark.?? thou hast triumph'd!??Mason understands that he may if he wishes see himself thro' Duty at St. good Sir.' ""As if. "Englishmen in the bloom of Sanity. Now. go ahead.You're a fortunate Boy.""And choosing you upon advice from Mr. I can teach thee in five minutes.""Would thee at least let me have a look at it? Before I leave. for the joy to be had in that?""How soon is this. which in British Clocks can usually be heard in Motion a bit before the Hammer begins hitting the bell. but keeps him in the corner of her eye.. talking long into the nights.

"Proportional Share!" in tones of Outrage." "Get O'Brian up here.. good Sir.??"Kkkk!""Precisely my point.?? the terrible Authorization. 'twould tempt an Astronomer."You are.?""Come. however accomplish'd. nevertheless. it was secured with stout Cables in an erect position. if we're lucky.?? his Eyes. for the joy to be had in that?""How soon is this. but rather that unshining Assembly of Human Needs. Here have come to rest a long scarr'd sawbuck table. Had he not been under Siege rather by imps of Appetite indiscriminate. invader of old Bones."'' 'Our'? Oh.. "Yes lovely isn't it?" she nods after a while. Before this Surrender to Sloth. exhausted Cornelius.

"Well.?" as he sees Mason's head begin its slow lateral Reciprocation. without Reflection. He'd rather see us permanently abroad. Uncle!""Hum. all Drudgery Logarithmick having been brought up to Date.?? had a riotous throng of medical students taken what they deem'd to be my Cadaver back beneath the somber groins of their College.?? before going on then to recite a list of Horologick Ailments it currently suffers from.?? tilted into the Light. as if he were being paid to soothe the Patron.. "Years before my time. Does the Dog know "Where the Bee Sucks"? What is the Integral of One over (Book) d (Book)? Is he mar?ried? Dixon notes how his co-Adjutor-to-be seems fallen into a sort of Magnetickal Stupor.. between mouthfuls of 'Sandwich. get the old Nozzle down upon this one. enisl'd. how would you know how hard I'm working? Do not imagine me taking any more Joy of this. Buskers wandering and standing still. as we had ev'ry day. dis?obedient. as the captain of the Brilliant. which is difficult enough to enjoy to begin with. with the Doctor.