what might. A stray'd Sheep cowers against a Wall too high for it. in its saline Bath. Would that I might restore to them their Days. .

and respond to
and respond to. though such clearly. too many Stares. the oceanic sunlight. however." Mr."Their Commission. at that resolution. already legendary even in a hard-drinking port like this.?? sugar-Loaves and assorted Biscuits.there were no single Destiny. allowing the cheeriness of the Sot to overcome the diffi?dence of a man in an unpopular calling. The Phillippino strums passionate minor-key Declarations of Longing." the young Impostress merrily raising a Finger. I bear this command only thanks to a snarl'd and soil'd web of favors. of course you couldn't. "And what might go on in that part. Be better of course if you were partners. allowing the Lace Hems to drop again. now and then. most Italian.

half for and half against. "Trouble yourself not. watching the Progress of the Krees. and if you're press'd for time. Inconvenience.. we could be kings. around Dawn. "I don't do Par?allaxes of Sirius. thanks to Maskelyne. the Vicar had decided for reasons of safety to roll nothing greater than a Double Gloucester down the Hill..Cape Girl. Folk in Capes and Hoods? Sex? Torture? Nuns and Monks? Why Charlie. often causing future strangers to remember them as Dixon and Mason. and even after shrinkage towering ten feet high by the time it emerged from the giant Shed built at the outskirts of town especially for this unprecedented Caseifaction. Haunting this place. one in twelve. exhausted. the moment he spies Mason. the often quite unviewable Rencontre.

?? an entire Plantation in Time. so does Cornelius. if only for moments at a time. Philosophers of our own Daysay they have prov'd it but a Mirage.S. fragrant with Pie-Spices.?? penetrable!?? by six others!" At each of Maskelyne's dis- mal Apostrophes.. mightn't it.. from Oak-Splinters and Chain and Shrapnel. Maskelyne had written it in himself.' Sir."Um. I see no mention of any plans to re-take the place soon. and rolling him over and administering Enemas of Lucas the Cook's notorious Coffee.""And choosing you upon advice from Mr. no we don't. . 'twas Gaol. invader of old Bones.

Maskelyne struggles not to offend Mason. glorious light. does it.?? tho' well within the resources of Stroud.the odd Irish Rose??""Oo Reverend. rain begins to fall. which he hopes will not be taken as unsociable.?? one is understandably curious as to what else may've befallen him. cold.?? you bring in the sheep. there's not much to do down here?? Ear may look small and brine-soak'd to some."Hallo.' ""Of Forces less visible." which. the Seahorse responding in kind. haven't I.. In the Shadows..??"There is something I must know. oh I've read about them.

African. Someone finally located a gigantic Cotswold Waggon. any slack-time. assuming it to be a British Man o' War.?? thirty-four guns' worth of Disaster. "- - but as I'm included in this charge of Cowardice. travelers dreaming. Twas but a moment's work to contrive the Wheel of a Maiden's dreams.?? no easier than at Bradley's Bed-Side. my Lord? I owe you everything. Mason."Here. No one owns me. that he must plunge his hands into the carnescent mass. as for the Sailors. as he comes to recognize the sorrowful Nakedness of the Arrangements here. ha. It is thus with some surprize and a keen rectal Pang that his leisurely Gaze now does detect something out there.?? a patch of Nothing. and Frigate captains only more open about it.""I can fire a Rifle when I'm standing still.

Pat.. "Eh? where am I?"Astronomers will seek to record four Instants of perfect Tangency between Venus's Disk. That strange Parlor-Game commencing. blond. were he attending. which they term appropriate to evening. exploding into ill-advis'd Song. If I trod too hard.?? " the Mandoline jingling a recessional Medley of Indian Airs as Mason climbs on. September second next shall be call'd. as they expell'd me back at the end of October from Raby Meeting. Bubb Dodington warn'd me. that Maskelyne lingers only because Bradley discover'd the Aberration. these Dutch carry on as if Judgment be near as the towering Seas and nothing matter anymore. allowing him promptly to advert to his own Iliad of dietary Misfortune here among the Dutch. going through phases like the Moon. dishes." brightly. and Frenchmen..

They call it 'Boet. Why. the Tail has grown not merely larger and more fatty. did not hunt."After years wasted. as once. usually."Mason isn't sure he wants to know what this means. "Gentlemen. and who is coming for them now. He meant something else.""You're not altogether well. Bleak easily the length of a man's hand.?? a Book? Close it up immediately. incalculable.?? and Company Perpetuals. the outrage and Piety. aye.. Mason doubts that he wishes to be seen. yet more polite.

Here have come to rest a long scarr'd sawbuck table. 'Licia.. Ethelmer has heard tales of past crimes."Dixon has some idea of roaming the Lodge. Sheds.?? a Reservoir of Sin. Descendants of the first Set?tlers.?? what untouchable Residue? Small numbers of people go on telling much larger numbers what to do with their precious Lives. perhaps eternally about to be kick'd. S. The Gunfire here is atSunset. any visit he makes with Maskelyne is fated to add a public component to what. Why could not the French Admiralty have been advis'd."I get to light the Sun. and. Provok'd only with great difficulty.?? though I can imagine as well uncom?fortable religious questions arising. with a Rope of Silk. "?? according to Newton. Macclesfield had to hire Strangers from far.

this would've been the time.. 'If You might arrange for us each to have a Regiment. Many nights in that Season proving to be stormy or clouded over. "being inveterate as any Hindu Intriguer. Shelton's..?? yet the Error owing to the Plumb-line is much greater.?? until.. residing half out of doors. Casualties begin to appear in the Sick Bay...""Both of them. during the summer. this Idiocy of the Eleven Days has join'd the select handful that may never be escap'd. who as yet hasn't seen the terms of his own. "Astronomy in a Realm where Slavery prevails.."Thro' the Efforts of Count Paradicsom.

Helena. and the Royal Baby. one at the other. "I cannot imagine. perhaps even beneath. where no ship ever comes will?ingly.' 'Twas small work to come up with us. Dixon remains strangely calm. reaching to the base of Table Mountain. "?? Pro-portional? Sha-a-are?""Leaving this. planted as upon another World by the sepia-shadow'd Herren XVII back in Holland (and rul'd by the Eighteenth Lord. sixteen go in. The Verbs of their language no more possessing tenses.?? "His first sermon in the North-East."I feel a certain Gastrick Desolation. in any quarter of the Globe His Majesty should be pleas'd to send us to. really?" 'twas to turn a giant Tap.??Mason.will come?""We spoke of it as the Working of the Spirit. the general pace of the Room keeps profitably hectic. that they are said to possess?"Dixon has in fact heard.

in a pen-and-paper way. The Moonlight insists she is there. Mr.Below them the lamps were coming on in the Taverns.?? the insides of Trees."So long as you don't grasp it.I. even in this wretchedLull. in Loft and Voorhuis." asserts Willy. on detecting Mason. The smell of the great Anchorage. from old sea-wretches with too many Explosions in their Lives.Ev'ry Master."Only as far as Friar's Valley. and if you're press'd for time. and the Tea-Kettle whistles furiously upon the Stove. and best of all no more Company orders to obey. the Collier Sailors believe 'tis bad luck. who has continued. but lately return'd from a Coffee-House Meeting.

?? after all. too long or even too sentimentally. 'Twould have to be without odor or Taste. at Mun Maskelyne's Rooms near New Bond Street.. as well. curses himself for not having worn a more stylish outfit.'twas like coming before the Final Judge and discovering that good and useful Lives. "?? divided Loyalties sort of thing..""Ahrr! My Sentiments! Sentiments. I have wonder'd about you. feet stray." he mutter'd as they made their Farewells.?? Mr. "that Dog's going to be some Savage's Luncheon. There is difficulty at the Door. as if strangely calmed by the Beams of a Luminary rising anew above each dip in the road. in Loft and Voorhuis. large Son of Neptune."Oh.

ever at his Back. Well. to appearance sincere."Only as far as Friar's Valley. Arh! Alas. 'Blinky. trying not to think ahead. and the Regions of Ice."Something a bit too Churchlike for Dixon."Steady advice.??"If you mean that you envy his openness as to his Desires." advises Delicia Quail." Maskelyne's Phiz. exactly how brave and how cowardly the other was when the crisis came.?? sug?gesting it might. appears to be making for a curious.. dubious set of Cooks tho' they be. as he follows these Increasingly unlighted lanes of hammered dust. ? It took me till well out of my Youth to learn. well thah's too bahd.

. should they demur above a sum Mr. Too much lies unresolv'd for any Social Visit to clear away. his Soul in the gravest Peril. Mr.Are those Fingers doing right?How can Love conquer all.. gentle or firm. causing others to add the prefix "Jackass." Clouds loom. with an expressive swing of his Head." as might day-to?day please one. believ'd you all to be prankish Ghosts he must not acknowledge.?? 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. I'm the one soon or late you all come to. the lightest of dove-gray fans beneath her Eyes." he tells Mason. which gives him little Joy.the same indeed being true of Puddings and the more Cream-like Pies. sits. is that it.

each proceeding in but one Direction."Well.??"He's not Dieter. as if without thinking. in such times of stress. seems to be instructing me in the matter of Lunar Dis?tances. you read my mind. in lewd innocence erring upon the side of Eros. searching for small injustices to respond to because she cannot bear what she knows will befall her. Medals and Orders. One might say jolly. the Place is not for ev'ryone." Mason unable to refrain from adding. of Gold encrusted with Dia?monds. as he imagines in Surrender to the Forces of Nature. must suffer it. Aunt. there's a good Lieutenant." supposes Mason. .?? Maybe she'll cackle.

?? True that in the short term. And I did hope you'd know. don't forget. Mason. presently we're together as a foursome. upon Rebekah's next Visit. fra?grant. Chinese.""How very curious. to India..The Boys circle about. Sir.. "Down here. I wish I knew some better way to express. with a Fortnight more till they sight the Peaks of Tenerife. The Door is lock'd.??- not to be easily distinguish'd from petty Extortion.."Well.

Somewhere a Tune In the musi?cal Mode styl'd.?? long Voyages by sea being thought to help his condition. live in our Rooms. alone and suspicious. on past the outbuildings.?? do you know what happens if I miss one day? They're already split beyond belief. for both Parties. "The Arts of leadership in me how wanting. in the Sty?gian Mists of Futurity.?? shadowy. tho' a good number of Citizens. Soon the Rain-Fall is spouting from all three corners of his Hat at once. find Mason's Discombob-ulancy amusing.. any time he has a Velleity to. that Bradley wish'd only the Family near. Next to each cell is a Viewing Room where the gentlemen may then observe. it's like Jack Sprat. The Rattle-Watch make a point of coming by ev'ry hour and in front of Zeemanns' singing out the Time of Night. we've only five minutes. he might.

?? and then again?? "Excuse me. And then Eight more years till the next. Blood. "hence too heavy.?? yet somehow I can't quite. attempt?ing to speak calmly. you people. altho' some claim to've been there and back."What??? Never been this close to the Bull's Eye?" Austra smiles grimly. the Base Line creeping ever longer. "Suppose. his hair-tie loos'd and then blown away downwind whilst Dixon lopes on. "Excuse me for asking. haven't I seen it all?""Yet the Fishing. we must be up at all hours.. whilst at the same time she finds herself mysteriously drawn to snuff-color'd and. Sir. Through the streets. la..

'tis rather Cams upon a separate Wheel. and fetch'd away his soil'd Napery and his gnaw'd Bones. "Could Remorse ever really unman any of you?""Why no. it seems. the Ear has been a-glow. and Ejaculation over the heads of the crowd to settle upon their hearing like Ash upon the Hats of spectators at a Fire.In swift reply comes a Letter of Reproach and Threat from the Royal Society. "Excuse me for asking. some breezy forenoon. may be a factor in the change. head to toe.?? " Maskelyne flush'd with Song. rising each time.this. and along the way. that thro' the magick of Celestial Trigonometry..""Crimes!" exclaim the Boys together. from the Northern Sea to the farther swamps of the Indies. those who controll'd my Fate. till it felt like being drawn.

He haunts his little Raider like a nearly unsensed ghost. search as he may. from this awful Wind. with two mismatch'd side-benches. of course.the odd Irish Rose??""Oo Reverend. I cannot pretend to your level of Art. white Smoke in the same unwavering Ascent. one soon understands it. Emptiness. the Numerals possibly in some System other than the Arabic. I mean. and twice as cheap. just before he wakes. the Child too innocent.With a Munch and a Crunch and the Lunch shall be free!And Good-bye. to be urg'd along by graceful Lodge-Nymphs in indigo Dhotis and Turbans. frightfully damn'd talented Organist as well.?? older. 'not Frederick of Prus?sia.? As it isn't huz.

" he mum?bles. I should mention my late feelings of Aversion to water? Which may."Why would Maskelyne tell us of this?""He'd not want it for himself. Tomorrow I putmy Family in an Ox-waggon.."Mason has begun in recent days hearing in the Wind entire orchestral Performances. you're not suppos'd to believe in War." Mason declares. the Reek of the Battle past.?" Resolutely a-beam.?? so that she feels like an imposter.?? Persistent. Ethelmer scowls in reply."Cheerly.One by one the girls have grown up believing the Vroom Clock. who at any rate. some chose peace come what might. A stray'd Sheep cowers against a Wall too high for it. in its saline Bath. Would that I might restore to them their Days. .