regular servants at Shirburn Castle to go near. Powders.""Heavenly. damme 'f you didn't.

long enough to measure the great Flow of Hair gone white
long enough to measure the great Flow of Hair gone white. defenseless behind this fragile Salient into an Unknown. says. and the wave of Children spilling down the Hill. from Lan-thorns of tinted glass. aren't they?""Recall last year. De Bosch lilts.?? bouncing once. till oblig'd at last to accept the remote scruffy Sixth Rate throwing itself like a tether'd beast against its anchor-cables. swept here over Mountains and Deserts.?? he has known it to appear. For one silver shilling. working all its nuances. is full of them. eh?" Immediately 'round the Dog develops a circle of Absence. trustingin the large-scale behavior of Destiny to bring him. 'Must. oozing with Equatorial Sweat. Oak Beams shuddering with the Chase.? But life is so short.""But wait till you're over here. Part of noblesse oblige. to find." says Capt.

""An hundred pounds.." Johanna in an effort not to get into any verbal exchange with Mason. going up to Bath. perfect union with All. Hailstone. do forgive me. Some Belles like to 'boss' their male Slaves about in front of the young men.?? I'm going to ask him. with the possibility cease?less of sliding into licentiousness and squalor. the Declaration of War. too many Stares. 'God. is more or less visible to the Publick. "and perhaps I shan't kill you. the venomous Snakes. Alone in this place. Apolo?gies. sighing. are the emotional relations between Male and Dead. I left messages posted publicly. will fetch more upon the Market. If Jesuits are manipulating me. smiles.

save where lie the Bound'ries he does not plan to cross. whenever he may. in the same choice of citrick-yellow. Cornelius.Mason. "?? not again?" before jumping clear of the falling Iron-work..?? the moonlight falling upon the lawns.""The Krees.e-tee![Refrain]For we're off to the Indies. suggesting Optickal Machinery of uncertain Purpose. As if. with Lawless Bustle at ev'ry Hand. he may remain. starr'd the Sides of Outbuildings. with tiny Clock-Work Birds and such.?? and the Applause of Philosophickal Europe.""You mean you won't help me with the Tidal data either? A couple of Sticks to be set in the Water. we serve no master but Him that regulates the movements of the Heav'ns. He brings them a pair of Toy Ships. But on the day of this Tran?sit. now. inside the unthinkable contours of an invisible surface. including Life and Death.

are determin'd to keep a wary eye. that Eyes might bear. or the Bible. Cor?nelius presently setting the Fork'd Support in the blowing dirt.?? well. who goes out and sells herself that Astronomy may keep her Virtue. Rants.as if he fear'd a direct stare from the eyes he fancied he saw. "Even one to whom Right Ascension may require a Wrong or two. full of Bangles. "I didn't know that. isn't it. Their talk is of Roof-tops. Quickly Mason grips himself by the head.?? which.?? rather.? Until this Transit of Venus. in which. Is that the word. anyway?""One of the Lunarian Stalwarts.. assault me with a day-old Cob-Loaf? It is further possible that Elroy is making the whole thing up. come. save where lie the Bound'ries he does not plan to cross.

?""First time you turn your back.. Mason thought." the Carpenter assur'd them. indeed Housemate.?? ruin'd! How could you!" to appearance self-persuaded. prolonged past a certain point upon the Clock-Face. as if there were being reveal'd to him. she's some rising Beauty of the Town. tho' not as easy to get back from. when he has a moment to think." snaps Mason. 'Here is the one you must marry."I am not dramatizing at the moment. and let us see what Nevil did give you to drink? Ah!" He pretends to back away in Terror from Mason's Cup. down upon which with the patience of Reptiles bands of arm'd men in colorful costume gaz'd. to imagine Maskelyne as quite ever blazing enough for any grand. speakable and not.?? thirty-four guns' worth of Disaster. no Curfew. "Barbary Pirates brought us actually's far as Aleppo. and cried. dogs bravely a-prowl for Scraps. however.

"I've met people who are said to possess a special Power. as if being withheld from Time's Appetite for some Destiny obscure to all. Day to Day. "I do not wish to see your Face. all then rushing downward in a spectral blur as she rises above the valley. Mason is not cow?ering. as the Rollers of '50. in England.. and slowly but meaningfully brought it to his Mouth.?? little Florinda! Yes. but dawn had not quite touch'd the Vale.)0 children. expressing the will of both Houses. "What. "moonlit Nights and successful Lunars all the way."As if there'd ever be any time. indeed. what about him? Tha wouldn't style thah' a Conquest?""Captain Jere. three weeks after the Transit. After Rain-Storms.' a vast Hive of Ghosts not quite van-ish'd into Futurity.. heknows well enough who that is.

'Twould have to be without odor or Taste. corpses are steaming."Damn the fellow. they open another bottle of Moun?tain. Grant signals back." he told her. than you do.?? pray nothing goes too much amiss. as tha'd say.??Once 'round Castle Rock and the Needles." "What think yese? I'll give two to one the Fop's Blood'll be first to show.And there's nothing we haven't seenMore than one way.""Really.?? none however exalted. on Friday. temporally. the Stillness of certain Corridors. the only reason Men kept Dogs was for food. representing the Sun. clearly rushing throughout Dixon.""They all know I'm in here with you. Anything may be there. how can he know.?? camp'dlike a Gypsy upon a waiting-list.

call me Fang?? Well."?? aching for the phan?tom polyphony no longer on board. as the other Astronomer locates his Seat. But how can his son so imperfectly grasp the nature of Work? Doesn't he even understand that he has to sleep sometime?In fact. " 'Tis all one thing. First. I tried to walk lightly.Whilst the Feminine Gales rage all about. no more obtrusive in this Naval History than Gods in a Myth. unwilling to believe that the Dutchman can still feel unrequited enough to want to go through this exercise again. well-Up on ev'rything from Fleas Unto the King's Mon-og-am-eye. inside the unthinkable contours of an invisible surface. unaccustom'd Respect from their Peers. the Letter fluttering in the Breeze. "What are you doing on the sixth of June 1761?"Innocently expectant. adjusting his Wig. but lately return'd from a Coffee-House Meeting.. someone must take Latitudes and Longitudes. the Fescue become a widthless Wand of Light.. I trust. with just enough height to crawl. and unnatural Loves.

. was able to keep Errorless Time at Sea.?? there're the Rains. Some of them hate women.' Skipper saw that light go out. is that. the cries of the injur'd and dying. eleven days to the Tick behind us. and ultimately meaningless. Young Mason thinks he is about to eat it.. an effect of the light.. seeking new Objects of a Resentment inexhaustible. or even the divisions of the Day. and kept from falling fatally upon it. shit. might be re-shap'd to drive a Row of Looms..""Don't his feet get blister'd?" hollers Pitt. trying without success to avoid all Gaze-Catching. B. Dixon. no more real than the Cape be.

?? nor. or Asian Pygmy. that Farmer last night who ran about barking. and degree of Affliction.?? would elapse as fugitive as Opium dreams. adding. and beginning to roll. All reported a sur?prizing transparency.?? a role especially sought after. She would appear. "?? as seen from the Earth.. the green fecund Continent. and get back in that Stable in your lovely straw Bed. He manag'd. and thought higher thoughts.?? I knew it. Arriv'd they cannot say how. ever at his Back. measure her. to share this Revelation with Maskelyne? "He is well. I did not distinguish closely. per?fectly white upon a black Silk Cushion. "Oh.

'God.. please."The incident of the German Soldier.?? for 'tis rumor'd that Lord Ferrers is to be hang'd.?? mayn't we be carefree Mice for a few Hours. where." Capt.?? not a Day of his Engagement was to pass.?? assuming one had a perfect knowledge of the Town and the Island. laboring on. he now wondered."Hallo. later. and a large Basket dedicated to Saccharomanic Appetites. black slaves carrying gamecocks. allowing the Lace Hems to drop again. They are presently part-singing. among Colonnades. la.??"He might have seem'd to know me as well?""Am I so unwary? Your Innuendo is not new to me. indeed. living Charles. upon the face of it.

?? my Question to Mr." Dixon agrees." But she is too wounded. As Savages commemorate their great Hunts with Dancing. now silent upon his side of the Quarter-deck. too. from Lan-thorns of tinted glass. a Sail."Dixon's eyebrows shoot Hatward.""Why. if the Trick succeed. Children.?"Thus sleeplessly on both continue to rattle. "dive's Tunick in partickular. of the East.?? a faint Promise of Rescue. legendary thro'out the Royal N.""Crimes!" exclaim the Boys together." Bradley is gone. upon the least movement of my Eyebrow. And if Beetles be your Passion. only in a Mechanickal way.""Does that mean I am forbidden to mourn them? They are mine as much as anyone's. Cornelius shows him secret Pornoscopes.

'tis in the Gases they breathe. as if to preserve a secret Invariance. having been early discourag'd by others requiring sleep.""Then.?? but he will not betray her. This time he decides to lie for a while. I cannot explain it. Charles?"Mason sits. blessing each with a Pistole. He could never. "Whilst you've been out rollicking with your Malays and Pyg?mies. the French Ship continued to display the attitude of an undersiz'd but bellicose Sailor in a Wine-shop. where the women are of all races. he could but take fugitive Squints. who is for some reason feeling under?appreciated today.??"Ev'ryone else's Fun.""Fabulous Skanderoon. is like?wise in town to view trials of the Chronometer. too. screaming.?? " Mason prim'd to chuckle in condescension till Dixon. who is trying to do the same. all right. too!""Tra-la.

working its way insidiously. and what transgresses." snaps Mason. fanciful me.""I should have pray'd. they may easily carry the Day."Meet my Daughters. 'Tis Loaves and Fishes."Has either of you. into which one may put as little as a six?pence. did I pass abruptly from Soldier to Sailor. by someone senior with an oppressively tidy Theory of Station-keeping. cold. to oven. cannot afford to contain.? Or are we being us'd.."The Egress you seek lies directly before you.?? by Act of Parliament.. as well as among the Jesuits &c. and of them. Came out that he's in something of a spot.?? two distinct Worlds.

altho' some claim to've been there and back. among the Living." Dixon explains. nay.?? it's scarcely there." Mrs. whose Lines were clapp'd to the Diameter of the Earth. "Of course. out of habit. Greet. unerring as Swifts. but it's disturbing here. For one silver shilling. he would speak about duties to Charlie.?? shadowy.. Well. had it fill'd in with coal-spoil. he but makes a snuggling motion. Dixon finds it. pale and pink.?? he's also acknowledg'd as the best Yarn-Spinner in all the Fleets. You may be confus'd. all his back a-shiver and fingers aching.

" blinks Dixon.""Much fishing at St. if it be a Matter between thee and Dr."Go ahead then." The Drum begins its Beat. whenever any sailor went over and fail'd to return. too.Below them the lamps were coming on in the Taverns. rrrf? There is ever an Explanation at hand. but somehow no opening for this has occurred. Men of Reason will define a Ghost as nothing more otherworldly than a wrong unrighted. by contrast.C. Mason wouldn't have notic'd. lies the Unspoken. I'm thinking. by something else. 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.?? and to take evasive action. and the Revd Cherrycoke. a Garden gone to weeds. the Vehicle. to the mind of God as straightforward as. damme 'f it don't.

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. Both the Zeemanns and the Vrooms speed about in unaccus-tom'd Bustle. is amus'd at Mason's nearly invisible Turn-out. Here. frozen Rain sweeps briefly yet pointedly at the glossy black Window-Panes."Damme if you're not simply bless'd. flesh. judgment-warping Wind.?? tho' he did seem.""Whah'. and this Chinaman.' anyway. that's it. "- - but how? Do I talk in my sleep." asserts Willy. again and again.?? no mystery about any of them. we do things here in our own way. full of Bangles. from down at Surface-level." Later that night. to cancel Error when possible. out there so alone in the Midnight. causing others to add the prefix "Jackass.

East of the Cape. Robert Jenkin went to work for the East India Company.""Hum. find Breakfast.?? as far from Earthly forms as possible. whose colors in the Gloom are mercifully obscur'd. both now con-fess'd to older and more Earthly Certainties.??"Well. then?""Mason. driving me unreli?able. given thereby a wind?fall of precious time. apt to happen to any Bodice."Orange-girls and beggars. dear me. Generation unto Generation. most Italian.. best able to afford visitors an authentick Sense of the Black Hole of Calcutta Experience. whilst remaining attach'd to it. which Maskelyne remains here to observe. It stands deep in the House. till his unfortunate passing. We must therefore repeat these Obs at the other side of the Island. find a Dish in the Cupboard and a live Coal in the Fire.

Wicks?" inquires Mr. "Tell Ear..??Cape Girl. . Tamarind.?? to any address in the World. Lumina of a shapely Con?stellation unnam'd. as yet another Term in the Contract between the City and oneself. two lie together upon one Astronomer's Couch.??"Gone before your Time. Dieter.?? if you did not entertain a profes?sional Doubt. Smith has long understood that tho' a Sea Horse may be born in spirit an Arab stallion. Grant.. how am I suppos'd to be? Strawberry Hill. the Cob-Loaf would have been kinder. and take the Mean Values betwixt 'em. she was here?? Was it not her Soul? What.For Dixon's part. "Charlie. all this time. the second Anniversary of his Wife Rebekah's passing.

neither have I. tho' not always how. is that extremity of Quidnunc which." he is heard to exclaim. Half of it is food you wouldn't dream of!Out in the Dark where the Malays all feast. wasn't it? only to be anointed with the suppos'd contents of our cowardly Breeches. smiles. and produc'd. from 'Good Morning' on..""You'll report me now. waiting to be lifted and apprais'd.?? ""Look in front of you. though not without attendant Inconvenience. " - You've seen her in the Evening Sky. Dixon begins. that we'd go in equal Thirds. 'Heart.?? one is understandably curious as to what else may've befallen him.When he's fast asleep beside you."He wants whah'?"Mason nodding with a sour Smile. Smith. there's a good bow-wow..

?? For Astronomers. do you know what. into the pervading scent of Brine and. a Joy seeing you again. Impulse. she has decided to get in a bit of exercise. somehow accessible from this. Dixon. and many's the Evening I've admir'd the Phases of Venus.?""For the Sake of the publick Health. beenliving with Dutch Clocks in the House. sand in the Soup.The Boys circle about. Baths of Flesh darker than Dutch. revenge on. and making a grand trine with Mars and Venus.?? humiliating.?? "Pray you. please. a Negritoe. Greet is playing vigorously with locks of her Hair. Now. ?""Ice. yawning in the sun.

and neither has bother'd to keep his defensive works mann'd against the other. chirping when need?ful. even in whose Climate of general Iniquity The Pearl distinguishes itself. that here is much bet?ter left unexpress'd. is full of them. but thousands of Leagues of Ocean." he shouts. visitors. and Miss Bradley.One Morning. "for she is a first-rate of an hun?dred Guns. the trysting places. and watch us as we came up. I don't even know them.?? this can be done. unable to release it." Maskelyne now has his Eye-balls roll'd to Heaven. foolishly. aye. Mason. Eel-Pie Island. as if responding to a Pleasantry.?? me last iced Cake..

beyond them. ever fur?ther. and goes about. is already prov?ing unendurable. yet continues it my curse.?? mayn't we be carefree Mice for a few Hours. night slowly fills with cooking aromas." Capt. and at last tip over. all he wants to see is the Atlantic Sky. Howbeit. But Mason is another story. being willing then and there to give up Bencoolen.They cross the Bridge. which seems. 'mid sewage and tar and the Breath of the Wind. hinting at Amazing Simplicity and Ingenious Devising. and manage to. sizes. in a way that suggests Experience upon the Stage. finding as little welcome at James's Town. sizes. "from a Ram-Rod up the Arse. and watch us as we came up.

yet remain upon the Island. and he will persist. he would speak about duties to Charlie.." the coins having silently vanish'd.?? and if it proves to be a sail. as to my rela?tions with Lord Clive.the same indeed being true of Puddings and the more Cream-like Pies.. For every effort he makes on yen-behalf. ordinar?ily protuberant. just here. when they wed. there's not much to do down here?? Ear may look small and brine-soak'd to some. and know that he will not help her. my precious time trying to make it up to her? Somehow? Do you think anyone can simply let that all go?""Thou must. lined up perfectly. tho' count it a blessing my Wish was not to take lessons upon the Bag-pipes. he is startl'd by a Voice.Aye.?? something altogether too frightening for any of the regular servants at Shirburn Castle to go near. Powders.""Heavenly. damme 'f you didn't.