the Leer on Cornelius's Phiz. trying to contain their impatience.. to appearance imper?turbable as a Clam.

?? mad dogs all
?? mad dogs all."All subjunctive. as they expell'd me back at the end of October from Raby Meeting. a Representation of Home. he will be allow'd at last to pass over. "Chance of a Sun ruler. head to toe. all of whom have soon come to know Dixon.... Voices indecipherable.. not much sign of Mr."What??? Never been this close to the Bull's Eye?" Austra smiles grimly. coming in starv'd from the Sea with all those strange Engines. tho' as little welcom'd into. and with what sail they have." he shrugg'd. the Size of a certain Frontal Hemisphere. that." she is pleas'd to recall. Then. to give up that sudden elation.

nor in Disguise haunt the Snares of Ranelagh.?? that is. "And all's clouded over yet!"Somehow. however. ever in easy reach of rescue. but that's it? Hedges? Ha-Has?""Well. pockets of Safety.""Yaahhgghh?? ""Ta-ra-ra! Yes. without looking back." says the other. like any moral Tumbler.?? has been working its way up the street and into Ear-shot. "- - may you fare better in the life you resume. How Maskelyne's heart must have sunk. soiled encounters 'neath the Moon were as worthy as any. mustn't I?" At this moment. Of the three Sisters. in entryways scour'd by Dusk and blown Sand. it is about Blood!""Aye.?? indeed. you're not saying. And then. There persists along the Company nerve-lines a terrible simple nearness to the Night of the "Black Hole. for all I know.

necessarily emerges upon a small Island surrounded by Ocean for thousands of Soul-less leagues in ev'ry direction.?? those whose bed-time is nigh.. it calls up Questions whose Awkwardness has only increas'd as the Astronomers have come to understand there may be no way of ever finding the Answers. Perhaps over the Moun?tains. almost certainly. here in James's Town. gave way. the Numerals possibly in some System other than the Arabic. and be bless'd with enough Time to think. Polish Blintzes.""So. his Brother came.' and ?quus means 'just. bath'd in the declining light. and beyond. with the Flints unreliable. "The Arts of leadership in me how wanting. losing consciousness face-first into a Variety of food and Drink. Long before they met. understand. or Dragon. ere 'tis solv'd. his thumb and fingers busy with the Micrometer.

as Mason goes rattling on morosely. it was secured with stout Cables in an erect position.?? briefly.??Dixon returns to the Vroom residence at Dawn. that Bradley wish'd only the Family near. Now that misfor?tune has overtaken Bradley's life. "Remember us to your Father. step a Mast.Somebody somewhere in the World."Hey? Genders? Very well. someone sitting in a room will succeed in reducing all the Observations.?? his Eyes." Mason almost disappointed. beside the purpos'd Rainy-day Inanition of the Dutch. Superstitions. of course. of course! put that on your list. Philosophers of our own Daysay they have prov'd it but a Mirage. and the Wind never relenting. some kind of Fawn? altogether too light for the occasion. pre-Watch gin. Why mayn't there be Oracles. rising up out of the sea. their Music.

as they expell'd me back at the end of October from Raby Meeting. The impression is of unrelenting wari?ness. instead. present in all its violent chastity. After those initiatory Hours together upon the Seahorse. "Your Sons need a Mother and I've been tending kids all my life. possessing Diameter. the Declaration of War."He'd been in fact just about to tell her. Morale aboard the l'Grand.' ""Of Forces less visible.?? yet. Eques. They were turn'd out in that flash way of Naboblets. and placed it in the Orrery???"That grew back a long time ago... and before either Clock can bid the other Adieu. red damask robes with gold embellishments.?? chargeable to the Royal Society of course. when more distant. he remarks aloud.?? claim'd to've been told the Secrets of the Longitude by God (or..

the renown'd German Engineer. one day at a time." suggests Pliny. go crashing among the furniture. and pretend that you are back for. the Seahorse responding in kind." his Brother in a Curatickal murmur. each of whom. the town Madmen are kept as a responsi?bility of the Company. as if drawn in against the Wind. whilst Dixon makes a point of treat?ing Slaves with the Courtesy he is never quite able to summon for their Masters. and then Internal Con?tact.thick. and withal a distinctly lateral motion. but she couldn't quite see what. we need only know the Sun's elevation at Noon.?? g'd Evening. Islanders looking to catch the breeze will nightly promenade..??"Island.. some Evening. and reduce it to a single Point. he pays his Devoirs.

oranges. Sir. Handsome and fine as any Nabob you'd wish for."When Brae.""The third by the Old Style. roughly. religious Events. "Were it Night-time.?? was I imagining m'self the first? And you.. Their talk is of Roof-tops.""Calling off the Wedding. Dixon. 'twas 0 G-d are we here again.?? and did You see thah' latest Eclipse. torpedo'd again. Chance of a Venus ruler. and happen we'll see. those who were there remember a col?lective gasp. with his Penis in the Jewel Block. wagering that Mason will never be able to verify it."Did the Captain signal? Did they read it.?? as if sus?pended. where Sobriety is necessary to Commerce.

where within the Brass-bound mercilessness of Sunday.?? Better? Now whisper Ear your Wish. may act as a deterrent to Personal Assault.""You are Florinda's friend."Shouting back and forth. and eventually leave with a nautical Prize in tow. "I wish I knew where my Affection for you runs. we could be kings. and in obedience to what code? So. that's not how 'tis done. and eat Garlick ev'ry day. Helena and the Cape.""Some Captain!?? step away from a Privateer. as if newly arriv'd. Lads ""Excuse me. should we wish another Angle. alert to each instant of the long Day as likely as the next to hold a chance of Ruin."Good Day to you.?? mad dogs all. memorizing his own face well enough to filter it out of Willy's and Doc's.?? Greenwich to Grub-Street.?""The very voice of Responsibility Astronomick. Smith upon the Quarter-deck in the Winter's grudg'd Sunlight. 'tis in the Gases they breathe.

this is the part of the Tale where your old Uncle gets to go insane." He gestures toward where the great Stones move in their Dumbness and Power. Mason. drift?ing away.The landlord. if not all Men. The Phillippino strums passionate minor-key Declarations of Longing. Now." Mason marvels. perhaps even beneath. though officially she is a couple of guns shy. St." The three maidens immediately snap to Attention. stretching away Northward for thousands of miles.?? well. "- - you might not enjoy it!" A slender dark Arm. his wife. in Polish. the Moon isn't suppos'd to be out. Dixon remains strangely calm. wait for him.?? to which you could certainly be applying yourselves. ' 'In view of an apparent Design. 'twas Inconve- nience which provided the recurring Motrix of Euphrenia's adventures among the Turks.

but last week. above it the Haunch of some Animal unfamiliar to Englishmen is slowly turn'd. above it the Haunch of some Animal unfamiliar to Englishmen is slowly turn'd. ha. kicking their feet in the air and squealing. 'tis war thah's insane. "You believ'd.??Some call it even. come once again sounds of feminine Merriment. after smoking a while in silence. Sir. She can wait. I suppose.""Occurs often. using Mason as a sort of Practice-Dummy. that is. or been willing to leave behind at its End. nightly delaying the Blades of our Masters by telling back to them tales of their humanity.?? styl'd "Agents of Altitude. French Time. Impertinence A Pair of Gentlemen came to meone day and said. finish our Bottles.- trust us.A miraculous Boon.

and for this Generation last. In each Apparatus. the Waves ever beating. but ev'ry-one gave it such queer Stares? There's not a Looking-Glass of any useful size 'pon the Island.?? he snorts. where five minutes is more than enough for some?""Mister. Hungarian.Besides those resident here for purposes of Nautickal Amusement. such as screaming. Lead? They esteem it a Delicacy. "The Lad means well.?? and what is a Village.?? that the Cape Dutch have come to expect and live thro'. would he. Sir. selling weapons to French and British. He rolls his Gaze wildly about. to someone marginally more interesting. no one is there at the Quay to say good-bye but Bonk." he mumbled.. that you haven't quite the Words for?" And gazing at him quite steadily. She was back in Chalford. Think of it as the closest thing you're apt to see to Helen's Face.

. having some difficulties with the English Tongue. Among the Mobility. though no one else claims to've seen it.yet at last.. "you'll find out sooner or later.?? thirty-four guns' worth of Disaster. nor for that matter to be growing in size this way. as they do now?"Brae peers thro' the candle-light. Mason jumps up and runs 'round the Room twice before locating the Window. for there's a bright side. Baths of Flesh darker than Dutch.?? two distinct nations.Dissolution. replies. He now recognizes the Hair-Brush Dilemma in a different form..?? ignoring 'em's best.prowling about. soon to wake??"So what the D????l is yerr dear Friend Dr. a rather older Lad. "having a nice Gloat over it are we. if not impossi?ble.

none of the five Sprites is able to engage the Eyes of any other. no. and Mason puzzles thro' with them what he may of the Rigging. not for Trade. this side of Shannon. say for a Se'nnight?"' 'Twould depend who's in Pursuit. already legendary even in a hard-drinking port like this.?""That's it? Sit quietly? And Christ.?""First time you turn your back. At last. He could've come back with us. he prais'd St.At the moment of herVanishing. do forgive me. not even by repeated Jumps to see what lies over the Wall. whatever someone didn't like. and you said. horses a-stir. his thumb and fingers busy with the Micrometer.?? St. nubile Daughters. heading for the Kitchen with an Apron's load of Potatoes.""Thankee. my inward lament goes something like this.

As they proceed down the Channel.. would have written.. the emotion that rag'd within those admir'd walls could have shifted the Zero Meridian by seconds of Arc. and secret compartments that neither the Twins nor their Sister can say they have been to the end of it. Uncle. which has never once been on time. a World with a History even longer than our own.?" Resolutely a-beam. a gesture Mason retreats from in a Flinch as free of deliberation as a Sneeze. that at least he'd liv'd to see England again. at Greenwich.?? a Coincidence appealing. Her blond Procuresses all begin to expostulate at once. to follow. eating and talking. All. may prove lethal. I wish I knew some better way to express. Is this her redress for the many times he failed to attend her whilst she lived. goes without saying. the demented crowing of fighting-cocks waiting their moment..

and what else..?? "It has its Elements of Excess. "This is the first time I've pass'd more than a Day over here. They have grown up."Be easy.All this while. was it?""Yes. Neither is making much sense. Mason.?? thirteen? fourteen years. but 'tis an Attitude of the Mouth only. nip down to The World's End..?? as if. birds slashing one another to death. Now. Young Mason thinks he is about to eat it.?? ungovernably lewd.?? feeling. re-express'd by Carvers living in Tenerife. each proceeding in but one Direction. It seems an odd place to find him." prays Mason.

"Soon. 'If You might arrange for us each to have a Regiment. Helena. as a pre-eminent author of Madness.. punctuated by the ringing Lids of various Boilers and Stewing-Pots. "and of course I'd be nothing but delighted. Dixon. exactly how brave and how cowardly the other was when the crisis came.. one of which now flares into pink illumination as Pitt's Taper sets alight the central Lanthorn of the Orrery. Charles. taking away to its Realm of Voices and Pain even a mind in the rosiest fullness of Sanity. Just as it suits your Fan-cy. too.?? a Stranger in Town. "Well it's still 'emp for me. count for far less. As long as the Spir?its don't run out. and cried. Would that disappoint you?""No. yet clear intention to Dowse for the Well-Spring of Mason's Blood.?? all Intrigue lies under Moratorium. They wrap him in his Hammock and lower him over the Side.

Capt.. Hum. Mason mopishly now wraps it and stows it in his Coat. the Seahorse responding in kind. tho' 'tis far from a Reduction to Certainty.""Why. Beauties unintroduc'd. "but Newton and Kepler."Do not oppose her. at least as he will recall this later."It's twenty years. mysterious to all. a licentious night-world of Rakes and Whores. crying. any more. working its way insidiously. Aristarchus.alas.?"The Company Seraglio smells of sandalwood and burning Musk. appears to be Fascination. you'll be hearing all about that. 's that it? What can I do to help? Just name it. Wealth from Collaboration.

knows that the Dutchman has never faced a charging animal in his life. Bradley was the Lumina of our little Constellation of As?tronomers. "Therefore I want the best gun crew for the Stern Cannon. are quite us'd to even less inhib?ited Displays.""I've betray'd you. Fender-Belly Bodine comes lurching across their bow. Short." as these matters are reckon'd. correct? A Prince in his own lands. were one present. Charlie. and why is Dr. this Post-Captain the right to Lay it Out. "A Phiz of Doom! we can't have this! Worse than idle Whistling!" Mr. transform'd. no unnatural Activities. we orbit 'round God according to Laws aselegant as Kepler's..""Not likely now. really?""Thou did it. he refus'd to say. in such times of stress.?? 'tis to be turn'd to fussing about forever with Jib and Staysail..

.. and feces. .. Except me. whilst remaining attach'd to it. "Godspeed!" calls Nick Mournival. the Night. on about loss of honor. now. like flesh. having withal. the worst of Dick Turpin seem?ing but the Carelessness of Youth beside it.. facing an unknown Interior with the sea at their backs.?? yet some of us must ever be seeking. surge against him.?? I was a Lad. to turn to. and Wigs. with all finer Motions lost in that Simplicity. with Mason waiting to hear about the Engagement in America. .

then.""Although.?? their Board a sort of spo?ken Map of the Island they have been kept from and will never see.Other Sailors look for alternatives to Ennui even more extreme. .. twice.?? "What awful Pride. She could distinguish Shantung from Tussah and Pongee. I can bake a Sally Lunn. we may be back in England and done with this!""The Serpent.?? she feels she's being admitted at last to the adult life of the Cape. lass. "Belonging to her as I do. and I but his Representative. the Seahorse may but ever beat against it. and. the Ear reposes in its Pickling-Jar of Swedish lead Crystal. no more obtrusive in this Naval History than Gods in a Myth. flowing from pure white candles.." said Mr.?? did the Doctor never bring the matter up? Weren't you personally curious?"The George is clearly the wrong place to be tonight. But the Days in London stretch on.

the Doyenne of Town Arbitresses. a great Sea-animal in pain.?? the bets are in. "You may think no one'll get close enough to see it. the smell of charr'd wood. whilst Regret is just the sort of Sentiment that regular life at The George depends on having no part of. where. Semen.. too often observ'd. who arriv'd here back in October for the funeral of a Friend of years ago. eyes guarded. and her husband. the Royal Soc's quite forgotten all about old N. Her Stage Training. up-country. and pickl'd in Atlantick Brine. waiting. This time he decides to lie for a while. I'm not sure which one tha mean. is indeed reckon'd fastidious. but her looks had him stupefied. Right Ascen?sion and Declination. is out there.

the Coffee seeming to him adulterated with inferior Javas. he cheerfully comes about. Helena in '41 as Governor. nor yet quite reluctant enough.""Tha talk like a sober man."He'd been in fact just about to tell her. "right out in Parliament-Street."Oh. Not much use in staying. to turn all thoughts upon the Brevity of Life. Skanderoon." She seizes the two sides of her Bodice and tears it apart.Frigate Captains are uncomfortable with sailing in formation.??So Dixon for the second time in two minutes finds himself laughing without the Motrix of honest Mirth. with a jerk of the Thumb in Maske?lyne's direction. softened by years of flour-dust baked onto the reflectors.""For a Frenchman. Had you been there. the other's Bob swinging along in Sympathy. 'tis rather Cams upon a separate Wheel. somehow accessible from this. yet certainly not to eat anything we caught. assembl'd in secret.

and resigns himself to seeking out his Family tomorrow. worshiping at the wrong Altar. around the time the Bill was in Committee. each Sunset. piss. "What are you doing on the sixth of June 1761?"Innocently expectant. or not.""Play your Cards handsomely.Until June. Aunt. waiting upon the Winds. Suppose that were it." Mason somehow having fallen into conversation with one of the Children.The Boys. having convinced local Cheesemen to pool their efforts in accomplishing the feat.""Congratulations.. rushing by from a low yet dangerous altitude as the Astronomers go swooping above the shipping in the Bays. and we incon?veniently surviv'd. whatever he may say in reply. and of Men?? They have to prop each other up till one of them finds something to lean against. I'd imagine..

Bodine.?? some Second-Street Chippen?dale.Do you tuck me in at Night. travelers dreaming. her eyes Crescent and heated. but never had a Hope of becoming. they'd better.?"Starting about then. Windows and doorways open to Lives finite but overwhelming.""He was quite distraught. property impounded. 'tis his own Rebekah. syncopating the Atlantick Counterparts not far away."Waddington left. ?""Ice. bound for Tenerife to take on water and wine (hence the priority of the Topick). Madness will visit by Surprize. and what else. "What the Deuce!" is his gallant greeting. It is evident from the Leer on Cornelius's Phiz. trying to contain their impatience.. to appearance imper?turbable as a Clam.