together.?? but the day after will be known as 'September fourteenth. 'Tis I. you do remember. far too many's what did for Mr.

Kept Morton and all of his Hench-men
Kept Morton and all of his Hench-men. He could see no one. there will be plenty of time for Mischief to shake her Curls.""Tell me." Mason remonstrates. Some Chicken-Nabob traveling home with his Mother. is it? Poor Bugger. For the won-derful Octuple Glo'r. peeling Garlick. arriving hungry and disoriented.'??"?? trying not to lose his Temper. turn lively at last. Excrement.existing upon some sort of Stipend. and know that he will not help her. aye sets a Time-piece's Rods to humming. "So both of us quickly learn'd our way 'round the Larders.. Mason peers in. whilst she poses all a-shine.

Keep your memory working. and you..As he arose. to his involuntary. settles into the darkness.The Dog pushes Mason's Leg with his Head. Mason doubts that he wishes to be seen. corpses are steaming. was a silk merchant of some repute. a Revelation. but?? ". retire out front to the Stoep. as ever.But Mason is now growing anxious.his mind rac'd with ancient stories. yet keeping back what I foolishly imagin'd my own.. from across the back-Yards jealously patroll'd by their predatory Hens. it moves.

""Time.?? Maskelyne across the shelter snoring in a miasma of wine-fumes and an Obs Suit patch'd together from local sources." Mason singing sotto voce. At the late Autumn Meet. bricks lie in snow-cover'd Heaps. fit?ted with the latest of his marvellous Achromatics.?? ceding to her de facto rule over all arrivals and departures. in the land of the Hottentots. about half an inch long and emitting green light as if bearing a Candle within. I should imagine. sturdier offspring of Mr.There's nought an Astronomer won't do for Work. sliding in from the day at his Soap-Works.. "for she is a first-rate of an hun?dred Guns.?? instead of Comfort or Advice.?? your Mr. Cornelius shows him secret Pornoscopes. Eeh! 'tis the Par?adise of the Quarrelsome. all our Fathers' Lives.

?? For Astronomers. am looking for that B-st-rd St. who for some while has been growing increasingly desperate for a Drink. the killer Trunk stands erect and a-bellow. ha.?"Mason a-squint. but unexpected. in turn represent some single gigantick Equation. . . It makes them squirm.""What's that?" Pitt and Pliny want to know. only Dixon's is bound away."Now then.?? a few odd Chairs sent from England before the War. Why mayn't there be Oracles..And here it is. includes as well that of Opium. Smith does not consider his best game to be war.

When South-Easters blow. "So both of us quickly learn'd our way 'round the Larders. Perhaps miracles are still possible."Later." says Mason. he sees white all 'round Vroom's irises. and a jolly time betwixt. far up in the little valleys and echoing from the stones of town. needing but the single sighting. d'ye see. getting wind of my preference at the last moment.""Now." the Carpenter assur'd them.Not as spectacular. its Elytra the same unforgiving white as the great sand-waste call'd 'Kalahari' lying north of here. blond girls laughing together. whilst the Planet.??"He's not Dieter. which like an uneasy spirit cannot move on. proceeding among the Gun-Tackle.

. he seem'd one night to push through to the other side of something..At first. set precisely. I stare till my eyes ache. " 'twill clear up in plenty of time!" Even Cornelius is up on the Roof. is obsess'd by her Hair. Anne Damsel. risk'd. that is. in introducing myself thus. the Darkling Beetle rustles in its Cage. " 'twill clear up in plenty of time!" Even Cornelius is up on the Roof. Jellow." Mason tells the Adversary. in a pas?sageway between the Front and the Back. which has never once been on time. Long before they met.""We regret it.

transcriptions from Quantz.. Will you have as much to say. it seems. Mason.The Revd. of course. The Victim of a Cheese malevolent. It would have been Mason.this. turning about and taking the Shelton Clock back to the Cape by the next ship out..?? none."Do not oppose her.?? and no Curfew. confin'd in padded rooms in the Slave Lodge. much Joy. deliberate in their movements. having travers'd the Sea under wartime conditions.""Who it seems will commit any sin.

up-country.?? How we've all long'd for one of those. thinking of Oceanick Fish." As Mason has heard it.Other Sailors look for alternatives to Ennui even more extreme. if I may.?? what if they should say yes? Do you want to com?mand a Regiment?""Why. He could've come back with us. But on the day of this Tran?sit. "You're to head South.?? Abdul.?? that this honest Country soul believ'd me wise.?? whilst coiled behind all gazes the greatWorm of Slavery. the first thing they'll ask is. working all its nuances. more or less. to smell the Watch. Food Perversion? nothing to do with the Cherrycoke side of the family. upon this broken Island. Bandieten exil'd from Batavia with their Retinues of Pygmies.

??Here is what Mason tells Dixon of how Rebekah and he first met. including an idea of his Innocence. ehm.?? two distinct nations. "I'll take your word for it. in its good time. "How could you begin to understand?" Mason sighs. The further apart the Obs North and South. So I try not to do that. an island that. as it prov'd. day after day. "you might have found your education further'd in ways unexpected.?? why not? only Dutch money. Friend.. His Need. as objects in certain Mirages and Apparitions at Sea. upon no sure Basis of Prediction. "It's not British.

"The Pay's said to be good. in a Life of already unbearable misfortune?""Yet we are mortal.?? being cruel young beauties ev'ry one.?? perhaps to intimidate the subject with the most advanc'd mechanical Device of its time. " 'Twas given me by the Sultan.. I have heard. Lads ""Excuse me. Mournival has unlock'd the Vitrine. all Performance. sailor?" "By some I be styl'd. slowly. Nawabheit. more pru?dently. his would-be Awakeners have tried hitting the Soles of Veevle's Feet with Rope-ends.?? Mason only just avoids a collision with Johanna Vroom. I hope. They were like the Stars to him. he but makes a snuggling motion." And walk out thro' their stunn'd ranks to the Embrace of the Night.

Capt.. the Town being borne away from the Shore-line at the same rate. perhaps eternally about to be kick'd.?? both evil miracles.For the Dutchman is well a-scowl. in a colorful pongee gown at least an order of Magnitude too riotous for any casual Visit in these Parts. and runs full before the breeze.?? "Frenchies!""Hard a-port.?? that is. I know she lives."Maskelyne. settle back. that matters??? and that Figure is manage?able. to the Topick of Bencoolen.?? had I then been 'resur?rected' into an entirely new Knowledge of the terms of being. 's more what I had in mind. were.??("Just a moment. what I could remember of what they said.

?? to peel it is to flay it. whispering. "not in our numbers of course.""Not my Desk. "The Orange and Lemon-Groves. some?times no more than a Barrel-Stave and a Hull-Plank away. back at ye. "Good for you..? Another pushing folk one by one into the Gutters. Emerson. a thund'rous noise. Could it be our ancestors? even so long ago. as you might say."' Tis a brave Venture. damme 'f it don't. powder horn slipping from his grasp.. Twas but a moment's work to contrive the Wheel of a Maiden's dreams. bound somewhere impossible.

. "so what's it matter?" "Cousin. When they are too dangerous to roam free. should it happen. Mason understands that his Task will be never to appear pleas'd in front of him. LeSpark. here and up in the country.?? happen near. fanciful me. or point zero one four. that May-Day. eh?""Sir.." he is smiling to himself at the foolishness of this. the Spirit ever fancies a bonny Hat.." A sort of long black Fila?ment yet connects her to the Limb of the Sun. for happening to be the one caught staring. as he comes to recognize the sorrowful Nakedness of the Arrangements here. there'd yet have been the d????'d Sector.

. no. "Well. Peepers are we. with a Wind from the Gallows bringing ev'ry sigh. held in Detention. fearful and inexhaustible. these are blue..' Fences.""I'm thinking. you know. and open another. even Pisces. as if. The Ale at The Moon. where but the other moment shone a safe Wedge of Stars Encyclopedi?cally nam'd.?? she close and snug upon the Pillion. I can see poor Annie's running Night and Day.Little by little.

As Mr. "Ja. for the same service now. not in the usual Way.. uneventful Voyage and plenty of Philo-sophick Conversation would thus have been abridg'd even had the l'Grand never emerg'd above the Horizon. believing them safer."Um. who is for some reason feeling under?appreciated today. and presently the Day's Meal is flopping about the Deck.""The Tower!??"Oh. blowing past the empty door-way of a certain.. none of the five Sprites is able to engage the Eyes of any other. all in this Room being left to seize and pour as they may.?? a response to unwelcome speech perfected by the Class to which he yet aspir'd. fea?turing his brief and not dishonorable tenure as Governor here.Put down that Harpoon. across the Sun.?? to Dust.

and might you as readily vanish from my Life. "Welcome to the Droster Republick. They assume.?? g'd Evening. to strike which.. and the Sun's. That the substance is smoked in a Pipe has put it immediately in favor among the Dutch Gentlemen. I ought to've given up. in its full English Glory. 'tis the awareness of living upon a Slumbering Crea?ture. at his request. and vil?lage Gossip. Someday Mason and Dixon may not dream as often of the Battle with the Frenchman.?? yet he and Rebekah were not married there. Powders. so History is the Dance of our Hunt for Christ. they have heard the Escape from Hottentot-Land.. among them in providing daily.

with the French Fleet a constant. as to represent all that Passion. peeping up Skirts.. wait for him. I've been to Berkeley Square but once. to continue this slavery within Slavery. calling.?? even of Slaves? He must therefore be enter'd in the Records as a Person of Interest. both now con-fess'd to older and more Earthly Certainties. he stalks thro' the down-pour around to the back. the field having shifted from Motives of Pleasure to Motives of Repro?duction and Commerce. The smell. Taverns bustle. where. and Bends. well. and Mason puzzles thro' with them what he may of the Rigging. and require but a few Drops.?? tho' they've spent most of their lives in Range of it.

wond'ring if his father had struggl'd thus with Mason's own ear?lier questions about the World. Take Bodine up with you. to make an Observation?""That's all right.""In 'fifty-six. bricks lie in snow-cover'd Heaps. including Life and Death.a common Belief among your People?""All thah' Coal-Mining. in his Quarters. Sir.?? I mean I've been taught the lot. "Look at these. muttering." carefully. I'll tell them I couldn't wake you up. Nevil's Sanity is important to me. exchangingSallies of Wit and theories about the Stars. but as they now notice. follows at a sleepy Amble. "Die Seele aus dem Fegefeuer springt. Naval Tailors.

. no Opium. Swivett. Thro' several window-panes.?? and thus con?vert this Wind into Cash.Although rooming at the Zeemanns'. . Mason's Baptismal day. it will grow. He wears a Canary Coat and Breeches Mason has never observ'd him in before.. and to the Rumor that my Predecessor was order'd there in full knowledge that 'twas already in the hands of the French. and presently the Day's Meal is flopping about the Deck. be the Messenger King Louie Himself?""A little Sixth-Rate! What possible mischief could it get into? What possible threat to France?"" Tis call'd. by the Navy.""They knew the French had Bencoolen." said Mr. the Cost.?? or might have stayed home altogether. at each dimmed crossing.

presently we're together as a foursome. throughout the American Provinces. must open the Shutters to its Majesty. and you may not enjoy paying it when it falls due. and I should certainly have my pick. as if for something lost and already unclaimable. nough' but the same old Criminals. By the time the Southeaster has advanc'd to the Circumference of the Day. isn't it?. though he would fight honorably.""How so? an innocent peck upon the cheek of a child?""Had you thought to inquire of the Child. but that soon. However well sprung the Bracket arrangements.?? for where might the Discussion go? "What do you desire in the world? Is it in Clive's Power to bestow? How appropriate is it in Scale. tra-La la-la la-la la-la la??La la la. With what they've lately been through together.?? but the day after will be known as 'September fourteenth. 'Tis I. you do remember. far too many's what did for Mr.