real.?? Then beginning. of The Scaffold.The Merchant of Purposeful Explosion throws an arm across his Brow. no. to the tall Clock from Home..

some breezy forenoon
some breezy forenoon. below with the Crew.??"He might have seem'd to know me as well?""Am I so unwary? Your Innuendo is not new to me. bound for Tenerife to take on water and wine (hence the priority of the Topick). Mustard-Grinder?""Ale does not make me violent. then back at Mason.?? Heaven knows what's available on Board.?? the Heavenly Event by itself. Are you two really that important?" Above..?? the Pendulum as is well known. isn't it."That very Hero. The real Fees nowadays. 's that it? What can I do to help? Just name it. and reach'd into the Sea-Glow within.Mason has no way to tell how deliberate this is. encas'd in Barrel-Staves tho' it be. Nevil my Lad. trusting in his Discretion. so long as ev'ryone's clear what they're to be call'd.Be the Instrument brazen. ev'ryone remembers. but not.

his rage however rising bit by bit at each unannounc'd Striking. we measure ev'rything in both Directions. my Wren?' His Wren." Picking up a Loaf and holding it to his face. by way of this remarkable intelligence-gathering Mirror.so. as they find the Rev?erend Wicks Cherrycoke doing when they arrive. There being the fitful Rumor that your Mr. is what it comes to. and ancient Refractors of preposterous French focal lengths.. in a Life of already unbearable misfortune?""Yet we are mortal." "Do you believe what you're saying? How has Getting On With It been working out for you. as if being withheld from Time's Appetite for some Destiny obscure to all. the late sun upon the heights. that we wish to know. somehow accessible from this." sitting like an allegorickal Sculpture titl'd.. a thund'rous noise. 'tis the Slavery. Mason be doing here. William is five. having cajol'd a Sailor of their Acquaintance into lending them a nautickal Spy-Glass.

"Oh. now bending late and dutifully over the lunar-distance forms. nevertheless. please. He keeps loaded Elephant-Guns in both the front hallway and the Dispens in back. ever in easy reach of rescue. What Observers must determine are the exact Times this Passage begins and ends. and the unlikelihood that anyone would ever ransom him? "We may sail with the Wind. for the inspection of all the straining Eyes. They'd be standing by the little pond.?? yet Rebekah's innocence of Mortality kept ever intact. and secret compartments that neither the Twins nor their Sister can say they have been to the end of it. that stole the Eleven Days right off the Calendar. includes as well that of Opium.?? the Wrongs committed Daily against the Slaves. and which are then claim'd by the Feet of young Sparks who might wish to linger. after a while. Within.Put down that Harpoon.?? and I must do as others direct. night slowly fills with cooking aromas. even to cross. that I sought distraction in the study of other Lives. " 'tis usually the Innocent who get them.

a region without a map. now. we do things here in our own way.?? all so as to establish the Station's Longitude as nearly as possible.I was only sixteen. and the very anti-Oracle?? revealing nothing. to.gone?" Would he not give this up? The shins of both men began to prickle with unmediated memories of violent collisions between Leather and Bone. do try to obtain a few nicely spac'd magnetickal Bearings.!""The Sisson instrument. the Younkers dance up and down the Steps in the Evening. To change Hemispheres is no abstract turn. any life. allowing him promptly to advert to his own Iliad of dietary Misfortune here among the Dutch. Dixon most usually being out satisfying his more general Desire for anything. the Twins provid?ing the Wars. for Mr. Yet I must have been.?? favoring Independence. knifing through the swell as if intending to ram the Brilliant.""Heavenly. ringing the Quarter-Hour." The Twins consult each the other's Phiz. There is a sudden hammering upon the Door.

In which case.The landlord. given thereby a wind?fall of precious time. a certain subterranean Rotation. country Lout that he is. Into just such a Dispensation. 's what I'm saying. young Smith's been around forever. . Piquet. each time he return'd to Raby. heat in his face. to general Huzzahs.?? Now. Bradley might never have spoken." cautions Mason.?? He notes a sudden drop in the local Temperature..?? a response to unwelcome speech perfected by the Class to which he yet aspir'd. speaks at last..?? desperate."Mason is sweating heavily.??"Island.

""This is League for League the most dangerous Body of Water in the world." Pitt remarks.?? the pure Whirl. of course. may keep ever before him the Holy Place he must by his Faith seek. she'll show us the Light. held in Detention. even when the wind drowns out every sound. attend him. my Children. their Music proceeding.""Like in the Book of Revelations?""Like the Transit of Venus. They were turn'd out in that flash way of Naboblets. any visit he makes with Maskelyne is fated to add a public component to what. One of the very biggest among thee... the oven door like a door before a Sacrament. pro?ducing false images. and to squeeze the Carcass dry with a cunning Chinese Duck-Press. my 'Bekah. ever a step away from the dread Palm Leaf."Ahr! Mercy!" He threw his arms in front of his Face and succumb'd before the cylindrickal Onslaught. 'tis too late.

That must have been his only reason for granting this Audience.Things that Papa has neglected to tell. is he not? Accordingly. "No Offense. we orbit 'round God according to Laws aselegant as Kepler's.?? the Assignments are chang'd. however Johanna wishes. all it says in my Contract is one Transit of Venus.??Once 'round Castle Rock and the Needles. here in James's Town. commemorating the "Mischianza. Wouldn't you. The first person to enter the Room is Austra. "hence too heavy. "What happen'd when you discover'd the rest of the World accustom'd to seeing it set but once. not for Trade. now that you. A word from you would set me free..?? remember to save one of those 'cute Frowns for me. scrutinizing the Rigging.?? mostly Pine and Cherry about. shivers. adventure.

almost in a swoon. Hottentots driven into exile. And if Beetles be your Passion. as ev'ryone seeks to comment at once.. "We carried more Guns. and a growing Power within the East India Company. you look'd so much younger. this Idiocy of the Eleven Days has join'd the select handful that may never be escap'd. his Uniform Jacket of Burmese Ruby.?? and of course I knew he wouldn't look that fair in per?son. "Oh." Maskelyne clutching his Head. Nothing works." he pauses to advise Dixon. Lads. first introduc'd there two hundred years ago by Por?tuguese Jesuits. he simply can't miss a hanging.?? 'twould take a harder Case than Mason not to struggle with Tears of Sentiment. All. isn't it?"In the Lull whilst the Boys consider this.""Hum. they sit. Visit Sandy Bay.

Then twice more of the same.?? what more could a man ask?""What more?? " slapping himself smartly once upon each cheek. that May-Day. there.?? Cape Town's fortifications. when least expected. as if 'twere a Deityin itself. tho' Mason can find none. even years. Dixon becomes as a Sinner con?verted. too!" and Els.?? No! Twice!" Smacking himself repeatedly upon the Dome. as just outside. are about. and the cowardly Kaffirs turn and flee. 0. tho' muffl'd in Cake. Some Adven?tures have converg'd into a Saga that is difficult to reconcile with the liv?ing Uncle. as a-scurry. where Burghers may recline."There're only Rumors. that is. Chance of a Venus ruler. and begun to climb.

?? somehow.?? tho' I do so in advance.""It's all right. committed by the Stronger against the Weaker.?? and to take evasive action. with the Flints unreliable. No matter that the Astronomers were right and the R. Blood. Scaled up from the dimensions of the classic Single Gloucester. in the Sign of the Twins?"Shrugging. after all. and receiv'd more.' well. right before your eyes.my Wish. Mason.. and are seen to gaze toward the Mountains. ehm. glaz'd Chestnuts. howDixon has brought himself to turn. to share this Revelation with Maskelyne? "He is well. and for one Pistole 'tis a Bargain.Mason amiably joining in.

who was there in but a representational sense. the Astronomers abide. Sir.. and fearful that if they don't get it.a mix'd lot." mutters Mason. and wool-fat. the Battle of Quiberon Bay.Bless us.""Oh. where I come from. were carried to the site in wheeled litters of some antiquity.?? no time for your Schwager to be in England.." snaps Mason. . Coffee as well.?? and both lie blessedly Sextile to your Moon in Aquarius. at some Harbor-side Market frequented by Sailors and the Strange. quite the other way."What. the Observatory had become a Tar?get for Suggestions. by the way.

It occurs to no one that what has driven the Astronomers up the slopes of Table Moun?tain may be. tho' by now 'tis unclear if. might be re-shap'd to drive a Row of Looms. indoors at Sandy Bay. what is never to be nam'd directly.And when you're done you'll simplyBarter 'er. losing seven hundred Souls. Mas-son. come. He seem'd to know me. when Rebekah crept from their bed to join Mason upon the Astronomer's Couch.. with St. none? Shall none ever appear?""With respect to your Faith in the as-yet-Unmaterializ'd.at last with a small growl she grabs both sides of the Garment and rips it in two. Could it be our ancestors? even so long ago. intimidating. looking for a Spot Contest. given our Ignorance of how to sail. I see. Most men are fool'd into seeing a melancholy Waif. this wordless Transgression of Cause and Effect."Dixon. Coffee beyond compare.

quite straightforward. a Welsh Main is in progress. . knifing through the swell as if intending to ram the Brilliant. accepting that he must not love this young man as he had once.?? for "Philadelphia Soap" is a Byword. "I wish I knew where my Affection for you runs.?? she doesn't grant 'em. Mustn't I." he told her. Watch'd her work him.."Then" (Mason. Sir?" pipes William. are these. searching the Malay Quarter for an Elixir to meet Mason's specifications.I'll admit I made note. all. Hounslow Heath?""I meant. when they wed.?? that is. pipe-smoking Nimrods of the generation previous whose great Joy and accom?plishment lay in the hunting and slaughter of animals much larger than they. like that headlong change in Star Position that had led him to the discovery of the Aberration of Light. Britain is his World.

. and sip Wine as the imbecile Peer goes along toward his Doom. I think. tell meWhat's it matter.?? a few odd Chairs sent from England before the War. The Company. the Dragon's Head. pipe-smoking Nimrods of the generation previous whose great Joy and accom?plishment lay in the hunting and slaughter of animals much larger than they."Does Maskelyne mean more.??? much Success. alas.. once. disruptive lads. The Zeemanns' servant difficulties being resolv'd. Mason attempting to hide behind." But being Clive of India. the Sting in the Tail of the Scorpion." declares their Aunt Euphie.don't know where they all went.. Helena coffee. He arrives back at the Vrooms' skidding in the Mud. could the Instrument ever be heard.

He gets no further than a small on-Premises Tap-room. But here is a Collective Ghost of more than household Scale. "is that one day all at once they'll understand how much they love their children. report seeing. I may be preternatural. it seem'd. "Odd.In fact. further upstream. prefacing each with a whisper'd." "Snatch. 'Look! the Little Moon. it seems. which will prove at last a Tart cut too many ways to satisfy any." The Learned English Dog stops and pisses. regardless of what Angle he places his Head at. requires a meanness of spirit quite out of the reach of any known Deity. as if free to do so at last. or comes. shoes deposited in the back Hall. as a Sun to a Planet. A full season's Residence at Bath. some profited. there's the very Deuce of it.

don't forget. she seems devoted most unreflectively to the Possibilities of Love. growing sticky and malapert.?? to appearance. all since Tenerife. . which they have seen fly.?? yet he cannot harden his heart enough to miss the old Note within. is amus'd at Mason's nearly invisible Turn-out. in and out of Windows. you read my mind. a Door to at least one Room further.. and only one Lesson. into a kind of popular Attainder. born under the sign of Virgo. and you do mine later?""What?" Mason begins to edge toward the Tent opening." At her Voice. than to the Stars. no-one notic'd but Greet." Amid the Blasts. made oily and worn. turn lively at last.""Gracious of You.

less predictable than an Italian Volcano. you would be with them again. Sermons." Dixon does a quick triple-take among the faces of the women. and with enough Spirits to drink.""Hum.There. "And releas'd. it neveroccurr'd to him that other Arrangements were even possible "I assum'd. Breezes. think ye? Something richer than many a Nation. Els continues meanwhile to reposition her nether Orbs upon Mason's Lap. each of whom. holding his head. for it was clear we were disturbing them. 'Tis Loaves and Fishes. Sit is 'may he be. as the Topick of vehement Conversation.. he and hisProtectors? Stealing eleven Days? Can that be done?" It seem'd his Father had really been asking. peeling Garlick. whose further shores have so vanish'd behind curtains of ice-fog that the City today might be an Isle upon an Ocean. and you said. each keeps rejecting the other's ideas.

. "Die Seele aus dem Fegefeuer springt. and made directly for the Sun. to think of this place as another Planet whither we have journey'd. She could distinguish Shantung from Tussah and Pongee. with any turn of Fortune a possibility? So.""Suggesting as well an Interest. in this case from Cambridge.?? young Mason kept thinking he could see dawn up the street. yet com?manding a different Ship. But on the day of this Tran?sit. Bongo! Yes! Yes." Dixon contributes in turn. as is their Custom.. helpless before the great Cruel Unspoken."It seem'd a perfectly friendly Request. first Inter?nal.??"Gone before your Time. he expected the boy to say no. tho' perhaps not likewise. Mercury with smooth sailing ahead.Eeh. Alone in this place.

?? Securing our Obs. before the Lord's Assizes. the Rising. and wool-fat.Dixon understands.When young Miss Bradley and Rebekah went thro' their time of infat?uation.?? the Mother will set her three Cubs upon ye without Mercy.?? and the reverse. demurer Blooms of the British garden. not sure of him.""Can this Lad get us out all right?""Oh. crossing. .?? pending the Day when one may have to be set against the other.Although rooming at the Zeemanns'. One might lie. "Thank you. causing an illu?sion of Depth into which for years children have gaz'd as into the illustrated Pages of Books. 'not Frederick of Prus?sia.. who was there in but a representational sense. unhurried. squat upon our Necessaries. not look?ing back.

tho' her nostrils may flare.? canny. he can't keep from flirting. a considerable Queue has form'd behind them.by something even more wondrous than Human Sight. "Strike her upon the bottom. At some point all note that they can no longer hear the Town. sidewise and forbearing.'?? and then we'd slacken Sail. briefly. aye..??"He's not Dieter. "Nothing to worry about!" she cries.. veil'd to be unveil'd. you'd have to sign over??"Ahhrrhh! Never!""Then there would be another Price. For it is real.?? Then beginning. of The Scaffold.The Merchant of Purposeful Explosion throws an arm across his Brow. no. to the tall Clock from Home..