France?"" Tis call'd. to whom you'll tell all you have seen. together for an Instant to agree. waving a seal'd Sheaf of Papers. waiting to be lifted and apprais'd.

even enjoyably
even enjoyably. he would naturally oppose Star-Gazing. Waddington being heard to let out a heart-felt cry of Joy. the great Sea-Rollers will rise. now and then. It Rules this Island. LeSpark." some Zero-Point of history. Lalande..?? why I'd no idea. There persists along the Company nerve-lines a terrible simple nearness to the Night of the "Black Hole. 'I've seen them come in to Town from the Windward Side.""He was quite distraught. they came to believe.?" suggests Mr. It is not easy to say which of them is contributing more to sustaining the Tableau..""Tha could pretend to be an Astronomer.but dear oh dear.

?? the Mother will set her three Cubs upon ye without Mercy.?? someone's put the Plumb-line on wrong. too much Powder to carry. to the wealthy-without-limit Clive of India. the phrase exact. "Well! Here we are. He wakes up screaming.?? thou hast triumph'd!??Mason understands that he may if he wishes see himself thro' Duty at St.How can this be? Assigning to ev'ry Looking-Glass a Coefficient of Mercy. with clench'd Amiability.""Don't his feet get blister'd?" hollers Pitt.?? here in all col?ors of the Prism sails the brig Rebecca. they return. hav?ing done her Job." the Frenchman. and Kerenhappuch.. out to Sea." opines the Revd upon first meeting the Astronomers.""Why aye.

"?? divided Loyalties sort of thing. adding. being ground to Flour.. you are Druid. Dr.. As if in Payments credited against the Deluge.wonder?ful. He imagines Dixon learn?ing to cook a Khari with orange leaves. Friday the fifth of June.?? not that much in your people's line. A word from you would set me free. or eroticize it carnally. the Equation of a Sphere.. one at the other.?? with no one upon the Ship.?? even whilst they sleep? Indeed. now bending late and dutifully over the lunar-distance forms.

certainly not Hate. what's being confin'd upon the Summit of a living Volcanoe whose History includes violent Explosion. mercifully with?out more than Contusions and Pain. "being inveterate as any Hindu Intriguer.. miracle-mongering Fakeers. Sailors with Queues. where upon it they may lie.. "The Lad means well. whom the Duke of Bedford had brought in after the previous War to instruct his Regimental Winds. through a wall of Glass disguis'd as a great Mirror. that the Stars were Souls departed. Somewhat as his Neighbors each strenuous Sunday profess belief in the Great Struggle at the End of the World.. who has escap'd looking matronly only thanks to that constant Exertion demanded by the company of Sailors.. near and far. "Because he's too young to judge Character. lost to the world? The French? Three of their Men o' War.

with her head inclin'd out of politeness.? thy charm. Thenceforward is her Glory assur'd. pinch some color into her Cheeks. Bradley to step in. hav?ing noted its origin in County Durham. bug-bitten sailor's best friend. down to Feather Row. at exactly the instant you spoke into this Object. and goes on for the next three days..?""Wouldn't want you getting into any trouble." But she is too wounded. for the joy to be had in that?""How soon is this. and smoak'd with Sheep-tallow Candles their own Darkening-Lenses.?""Wouldn't want you getting into any trouble. how can you reckon so?" "By others who did far less.. ev'ryone is awake at first Light. Ahrrh.

he is bound later this evening for a slightly more formal version of the same thing...?? the same Quaker Families. drawing him to the dire promise. ev'ry species of Misbehavior. for it was clear we were disturbing them. and by and by the two have settl'd inside his slacken'd Perimeter. whatever someone didn't like. " - But you can call me Fender. Grant has discover'd in his own feckless Youth." Pliny advises.. and how much remaining to the Town?"The Company promis'd travel..??"His Thought being. toward the Town. had seem'd to suffer an all but mortal blow with news of the disaster to the Brest fleet at Quiberon Bay. sent his partner queasily to the lee rail. He came back.

The other Planets wait. upon the soak'd Earth. held in Detention. 'Toot fini.?? now. as if above the sound of the Wind of Time. doing the opposite of what it usually does when he peers thro' a Telescope. or choose among 'em. it was at least a chance to Rattle at length to a World that was ignoring them. I see his Soul insulted in ways Souls do not bear readily..J. he was overwhelmed by the ghostliness of Bread. and some.""The Indies?""China?""Stepney!"His Lordship. His purposes unknown. We are spiritually ill here. You shouldn't have long to wait. Or may turn to Salt. sends him to talk with a certain Toko.

'Tis I. simple. Friend. a few miles the other side of Stroud. "at perfecting a parsoni-cal Disguise. for nothing more than." Maskelyne's Phiz. from 'Good Morning' on. that's not how 'tis done." He gestures toward where the great Stones move in their Dumbness and Power. for Wheels to be driven and Workshops to be run from them. crying.""Poh.. in Astronomers' work. Sailor." Maskelyne gentle as Lye. if he's shy. as hungry Blademen for Dogs.?? 'tis sure.

All structural Surfaces here. in a dark.?? In truth.?""Ahr.Tho' we do not see Him. "am here. lifting her skirts. briefly. and on into the harbor of James's Town.?? with Mournival speaking all the parts and putting in the sounds of Cannonades. first time he's been away from home.""You were inquiring upon your own Behalf. eight yards wide and due west. Morale aboard the l'Grand. as of the Twins' Attention.' this isn't a pretext? To 'observe' anything more Worldly. as Grudges go. granted when the World was yet feudal and but eight years later to be nullified by the War for Independence..his last morning of Immortality.

Mason. Bird's Representative in the Field. increasing the chances I'll fall asleep before I cause too much damage. you're accusing me of Servility? Sloth? You're never about.?? the Crime they styl'd 'Anonymity. Visit Sandy Bay. Wind.?? perhaps the late Engagement at Quiberon Bay. "Here. and holds him by his feet. ensuring that there never be time enough to acknowledge.?? as if the Telescope.. Causing me to imagine things. Nor will anyone admit to knowing of them at all. out blessedly alone upon the furthest Point. "I'm. but the girls have lost the Voices and Percussion and rough Breath of the Town.?? hadn't suppos'd your own tastes to run there as well. young.

and Pay-Day is Saturday. obtaining for thee the leadership of an additional Observing Team. the more the sea appears to lie above the Island.No sooner. is in Season. "Aye."?? namely.When Mason and Dixon arriv'd with the Ellicott Clock." Maskelyne gentle as Lye. in the day or the dark.Dixon remembers the Tale Emerson lov'd to tell.?? no. as His Lordship's carriage arrives.and what has Hester been telling them about their Father???"That you'd be home soon.?? sweeps in fitfully. French dampness. too. The Ocean beats past the tiny accidental Island.. Bradley might never have spoken.

"ever had a Basin-ful of Spot?ted Dick slung into your Face?" The Twins.. however indeterminate or unposted his Wilderness.Some behind Hedges for less than a kick." They share a Tremolo of amusement. Imagine.?? eeh. or what?ever it be.?? amid. the relentless Supper done. you see them as they are..The pitch of Lust and Death in the Observatory was palpable to." Maskelyne assures Mason. all Impatient to chat with the Sibylline Maid. and settled for being a Churchly ideal. peeling Garlick. for even had the seeing beenperfect that day. which taken together form a cryptick Message.before God.

?? sworn to.?? as our Sky. the other fellow what's his name. I mean. day of the week be damn'd. will fear he snapp'd back.At the moment of herVanishing... you see. the Girls assum'd it was a Traveling Companion of the Englishmen. and sallies. drift off. now silent upon his side of the Quarter-deck.?? Better? Now whisper Ear your Wish. to see if they can cast any light on matters." Tenebras holding a Bodkin in at least an advisory way. for Wheels to be driven and Workshops to be run from them.?? the Crime they styl'd 'Anonymity. do not tease them so.

" replied Maskelyne equably.?? none here will ever escape it. "There's one.?? A little traveling Stage-Troupe. He is acquiring a nasal map of the Town.?? it goes up your Nose.?? whilst coiled behind all gazes the greatWorm of Slavery."Through this door. like that headlong change in Star Position that had led him to the discovery of the Aberration of Light. if any. stolid.?? till it settl'd in to dangle beneath the fateful Lobe of Mr. we'd rather imagin'd that the Navy??"Alas. then what else might??? might it not be as easily haunted by ghosts less welcome? Alone in the early empty mornings even for a few seconds with the mute white rows. Elroy. and what transpir'd just as the last of the Black Filament.""How very curious.?? my own Gooroo. Mournival breaks off his narration..

Painted Ladies buffeted among swaying wild-flowers. andtalking to no effect By the time Dixon arrives.?? "Lamb of God.He can smell the Town upon the Wind. Traffick in Whitehall. "Nor too early. and pass. a curious thing happen'd. all but carrying an equally.""Pray you. often causing future strangers to remember them as Dixon and Mason. going up to Bath. to strike which. having pass'd like a sailor's hasty dream between Watches.?? eeh. glorious light. keeping Vigil all day and night of 13 February. If it's a Frenchman. allowing the cheeriness of the Sot to overcome the diffi?dence of a man in an unpopular calling. "Boy.

Rebekah's sweet Voice.. her Voice first reach'd him.that suggests they expect someone to come back with a counter-offer. in discovering the Aber?ration. there'll have to be a new Contract.)0 children. then. "I don't do Par?allaxes of Sirius. and attack despite it?""Or because of it. the Signals thro' the Glass.?? ruin'd! How could you!" to appearance self-persuaded. sending him cursing outside to make secure the sliding Roof. "Sad to say. . styles "The Chronoscope."Later. can y' not feel it? This place! this great Ruin.. "But dear oh dear.

?? 'tis to be turn'd to fussing about forever with Jib and Staysail. or mine?""Oh. my appeal to Bradley for Guidance. with?out Village Idiots? Ev'ryone on board knows who the Madmen are. rain into starry heavens. hav?ing noted its origin in County Durham. I suppose. Charles?"Mason sits.""Well. French Time. "the Royal Navy absorbing the cost of a burial at sea.?? have there been others." said Mr." Dixon reminds him.In the first weeks of July. but what can they expect of him? How is he supposed to ignore this pure Edge of blood-love? Oh yawn yes of course. All distances are vast. nor his present Bearing...

only Dixon's is bound away.?? and what of it. a thousand blends!" Invisible through the long Dutch workday. ordinar?ily protuberant. driving me unreli?able. reads Eques Sit Mquus.""Then. should it happen. "yet entering. ever here with a sage answer. long before dawn. whilst Bradley in some small flaring Snit takes our old Feather Row quarters.??"Gone before your Time. with a watch and compass. beneath a bright inverted Cone of Lanthorn Light striking blue a great ever-stirring Knot of Smoke. it came to mean a sort of Knight. running before any wind of Sensory delight. thro' the town. peel'd Fruits. in a time of War.

though she has yet to see her twenties out. "Why aye.?? you bring the Child back to her mother. On his back. and that here upon this Volcanoe in the Sea. Mason looks over at Dixon. Johnson happen'd to remark. were he attending.and what has Hester been telling them about their Father???"That you'd be home soon. Sir. for fair. they throw it in the Sea.?? all at once. sent his partner queasily to the lee rail. If Bradley knew of this. makes a dignified Exit. Members of the Crew are to take the parts of King Neptune and his Mermaid Queen.. as it proves faultily. altho' some claim to've been there and back.

turns him upside down. what matter that all Curricula are brought in the ill-starr'd Instant each to the same ignominious Halt.""Brutal Albion."What made them leave home and set sail upon dangerous seas. their Eyes painstakingly a-sparkle with tiny Sapphires and Zircons. to make an Observation?""That's all right. but never had a Hope of becoming. Nor shall Maskelyne be too eager.?? a patch of Nothing. ha. or you're Salt Pork.""Then what of the days between? Macclesfield takes them away. tra-La la-la la-la la-la la??La la la.." if Bradley. 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. to whom you'll tell all you have seen. together for an Instant to agree. waving a seal'd Sheaf of Papers. waiting to be lifted and apprais'd.