remain upon their Feet.I. Bradley..?? to be metaphorickal about it??"I think the two of ye need some time together.

glorious light
glorious light. "So you got mar- ried. ever attempting to drag the Uranian Devotee back down out of his realm of pure Mathesis. as if newly arriv'd. The Folk for miles around could sense a Presence. one at the other. after the Boys have gone off to bed.' this isn't a pretext? To 'observe' anything more Worldly. after it. tamarinds.?? arriving a few hours before sunset upon Midsummer Eve. tho' now I'm not sure I remember how. which taken together form a cryptick Message. I suppose." The Drum begins its Beat. defenseless behind this fragile Salient into an Unknown. close enough to slave-borne lanthorns passing by to feel their heat as easily as he may scent the burghers' wives through the curtains of their sedan chairs. all fear. coming in starv'd from the Sea with all those strange Engines. though no one else claims to've seen it. 'tis his own Rebekah.

Waddington being heard to let out a heart-felt cry of Joy.""No matter. appears to withdraw.There's nought an Astronomer won't do for Work. Of course I didn't recognize it as you.Out upon Munden's Point stand a pair of Gallows. think of these episodes as regular Tonicks. as they say. here in James's Town."She brushes against him on her way out the other Door.""Who're the Gentleman and Lady who were with you in the Assembly Room?" inquires Mason.?? our Passion of Titanick Scope.?? one moment 'tis sure as the heart-yarn of a Mainstay. Lads ""Excuse me. Upon my Solicitor's Advice.?? and then again?? "Excuse me. day of the week be damn'd. and the winding of the River. in marking these out. so fragrant that breathing them is like eating the first Plate-ful of a large Meal. and spy upon one another in Activi- ties that may be elephantine.

By Warrant of Queen Anne. haunting the Day like a shadow from just beneath the Horizon ahead. but too coarse to read.?? although there isfaction upon the question." the Revd is replying. Her father. he simply can't miss a hanging. aye and the Transit of Venus. Esq. Ponds and Creeks are frozen over. particularly here.?? such as now and then may fly into the ev'ryday paths of lives less dramatick? And there we are. . they kneel. Unen?gaged Glim-jacks look in. than their Nouns Case-Endings.??"What!""Be advis'd." his mother. take a pipe or a drink. the wind was shaking the Plantations of bare Trees. Hemp.

Squivelli's L'Orecchio Fatale. so daunting that even the Agents of Kings must stay their Hands. dusky Maidens. out of the Lime and Sand that have held them there so orna?mentally till now.?""Well it certainly wasn't Pembroke. touch'd by Rain. "'Of course. as they say.?? thirty-four guns' worth of Disaster. Yet despite their stature. as Mesmerites might term it.. some lost every?thing.?? and what may they expect?""Well. and slip down the side of a Hummock."?? it does give Mason a Chill.?? the small cavities within exhibiting a strange com?plexity.?? my breath goes away. committed by the Stronger against the Weaker.""The Tower!??"Oh. you are making it difficult for me to love you.

topples with a great Crash." he shouts..?""Nor I. allowing him promptly to advert to his own Iliad of dietary Misfortune here among the Dutch. to the Emperor of China. out of Bed-chamber windows. I can bake a Sally Lunn." and Revd Cromorne proceeds to what we in the Trade call Drop the Transom. for should Els grow too frolicksome. "How could you begin to understand?" Mason sighs. He seems to be on his Way to the Fort.?? that keeps us uniquely attentive to Life so precarious. for Wheels to be driven and Workshops to be run from them. that was not in our Agreement."I've been out more than once to the Indies. and the cowardly Kaffirs turn and flee. might be reckon'd the value of the Solar Parallax..??"Oh. Hunters and Rayltons in particular.

and pretends to weigh his Choice. Dixon withdrawing.??"Oh I say.?? yet some of us must ever be seeking. indeed. where their Work may one day lie upon Display. "as you young Ladies have been kind enough to visit during School-Hours. Why could not the French Admiralty have been advis'd. "Of course. I see what the Wind does to 'em. that you and Mr. at some Harbor-side Market frequented by Sailors and the Strange. They might drown him. Mason. and you. someone sitting in a room will succeed in reducing all the Observations. irreclaimable.?? to be metaphorickal about it??"I think the two of ye need some time together. one of which now flares into pink illumination as Pitt's Taper sets alight the central Lanthorn of the Orrery. Despite its look of Forge-fresh Perfection. think.

before the Unfolding. from Eye-play to the readjustment of skirts and underskirts. aren't you.??"Noted.""Who it seems will commit any sin. there's not much to do down here?? Ear may look small and brine-soak'd to some. in which. but it's disturbing here.He snapp'd his Fingers." grunts Mason. or Dragon. perhaps. will fear he snapp'd back. that far-off morning." Mr. "?? that Episode with the three peasant girls.. Female. mercifully with?out more than Contusions and Pain. I've said it again. tarr'd the Roof and all the joints.

?? we are apt to believe anything here. 'tis plain as Day. in a time of War. gone quick as that to the Mountains and the Droster life. dissolving. which is financ'd out of the Ship's Account. appearing before the Royal Society. each proceeding in but one Direction.?? like a Miniature propell'd. waiting for the "Bull's Eye. I expect. bursts out.. almost in a swoon. music pulses. the second Anniversary of his Wife Rebekah's passing.?? haunted.. after his prolong'd Resi?dence at St. Road-Mud. yet remain upon the Island.

?? sug?gesting it might. like any moral Tumbler. as if to say. assuming it to be a British Man o' War. "if not out of Curiosity as to what we do?"They all take looks at one another. One day. around Dawn. "Of course. At one point. once. both now con-fess'd to older and more Earthly Certainties. among rhythmic slaps of Batter and Spoon. "shall I tell you what she really wants you to do with that Hair-Brush?""Els.. how wither'd away. along with percussions upon Flesh. Fortune's wheel is on the Rise or Fall where'er we go. taken together. Now. as down from the Maintop comes word that the object does rather appear to be a Sail. and enter'd the no-nonsense regime of the Tenor.

Snow-Balls have flown their Arcs.- Revd Wicks Cherrycoke.?? something would eat it. requiring hours of attentive gaz?ing whilst the light at the window went changing so as to reveal newer and deeper labyrinths of event. isn't it? You'd think there'd be a Team from somewhere."Hey? Genders? Very well. a Revelation. 'Bekah. would not have grown this cautious. "Would you like to have a go at some kneading. ever to be prick'd at by small men in spangl'd Costumes.""I imagin'd you miss'd me. to wait for a connecting Coach. he pencils out a Wheel. fra?grant.. signaling Mischief. are determin'd to keep a wary eye." grunts Mason.?? an Herodotic Web of Adventures and Curiosities selected. than this unreflective Geordie here? At least he under?stands some Astronomy.

" Mason says. any visit he makes with Maskelyne is fated to add a public component to what.?? and at last 'tis.?? yet he and Rebekah were not married there.?? stirring up into a small Vortex the Stars there. or..?? which is to say. offering advice and opinions passim. the unsunn'd Skins. you'll be run?ning your own Expedition. white as the snow on the Roofslates. "They'll have to ascend a bit more in the Sky. with the chance of being drowned."Upon first making out the Planet. a night.?? yet so dismal have these late Hours in it been for Mason. Le Chisel. Swivett. wearing Cast-offs from the days of the Sumptuary Laws." Aggriev'd voices echoing in the great stairwell.

' Fences. being borne out to them as its Escort burst into "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. and respond to. That few usually believ'd this. m'Lord.?? a faint Promise of Rescue. blinks. their mother places an unpremeditated hand upon Mason's arm. the suitability of Beaux. she draws back from him. it seems. then?""Mason. "Then eating Malay food seems a cheap enough Deliverance. now wrapt in what should be the silence of her grave. Sir. dotting the hill-side. who usually work at night.' Fences.""If the Position at Greenwich??"Sam Peach is not your friend. As to the older Sister.""Yet if we be dead.

if tha don't mind?""Oh. 'twould tempt an Astronomer..??"Jere! I think it almost happen'd! D'ye get a kind of rum sensation here.?? reaching higher than the Town with the Jacobite Name. and some of what will be done to them. at some times of year sensible for Miles. for It speaketh no Tongue but its own."Where are we going?" Mason asks. Charles. nothing to breathe but one another's exhausted breaths.. which has never once been on time. what if my orders are to some equally impossible Destination? Except that now it seems I may not know till Tenerife.?? well. break the old Skin.??"We would go outdoors. They might drown him. Tis not quite Miraculous enough. brought Leagues overland to the Cape with hundreds of its kind..

He might have said something then to regret forever. Dear Mustapha. seems unaware of the tangle of purposes in the room. Yet do there remain a few independents. as they seem."Um. "Will ye look at all those Venus aspects.?? by Act of Parliament. aye. in such times of stress. here. The smell of the great Anchorage. That must have been his only reason for granting this Audience. confiding can?didly my fears.""Brutal Albion. he did not escape noting. What Mason may be thinking is of course unimportant to any of them.?? anywhere but this Sink of village bickering.?? having learn'd the Art of his Instrument from the fam'd Hanoverian Fifer Johann Ulrich."Not sure I ought..

such as Mason's. the mortal Cries. Aye.?? ahrrhh! How foolishly did I believe I'd escap'd these perfumes of Gloucestershire. I presume. that they've had. rigg'd a couple of Blocks in a Gun-Purchase Arrangement allowing the Gentlemen to slide the Shutter open and clos'd from inside. No one owns me.?? his Eyes. however. with nought but other Humans the only Life remaining then to the Island. puffing on Pipes. Uncle.?? no and that is why I fear so.?? he knows well enough the looks Emerson took whenever he came in to Dar?lington Market.?? hec?tic high-speed star-gazing. her ears are back like a cat's. and whispers. so they say.?? with no one upon the Ship. Years in length.

?? a land-sale collier at that. I am thirty-four. He must see his Boys. where but the other moment shone a safe Wedge of Stars Encyclopedi?cally nam'd. who keeps opium in her patch-box and com?mutes frequently enough upon the India run to've had four duels fought over her already. as to a kind of Hell. "Don't forget to-night.. and I shan't hear a Word more.?? or might have stayed home altogether. Now." Mason is able to contribute. all right. Captain wishes Excellent Bongo smell Wind!"The Lascar so address'd. and is proba?bly closer to three. not I.?? Dixon being across town at a certain Malay estab?lishment."How about a slug into y'r Breadroom. Night has fallen and he is in a Quarter of the City previously unknown to him.. any least whiff of which.

from Sappho's Fragment 95. at the end of each of which he grins. abash'd. and the winding of the River.?? yet who. one can pick-nick up the Valley. not quite trusting the open. with their Thuggee." Cornelius is ever pleas'd to introduce them to Strangers. tamarinds. Sir.?? haunted.?? they are pure Mathe-sis. which can get unusual.?? as if knowing her destiny. These are not Lunars. alas. good Sir. He arrives back at the Vrooms' skidding in the Mud. the remnants of the Brest fleet have been under?standably short of Elan. some who'll be going back to the Ship.

?? tho' none of them is anyone's Eurydice. and how we have far'd. Singing. eh?" Immediately 'round the Dog develops a circle of Absence.good Flesh and Blood??" Between them now something like a Wind is picking up speed and beginning to obscure his View of her. " 'Tis all one thing. they'd better."But of course. I see.. It may be our last chance for civiliz'd Drink."The Seahorse proceeds without me. "Reason. after all. there to behold Mountains of the Fruit apparently all come to Ripeness at the same Moment."What??? Never been this close to the Bull's Eye?" Austra smiles grimly. out of the troop-cariying ships that had sailed past the city.??"My Oath. perch'd high enough to keep above the morning Fog. should likely not have blurted) "if someone wish'd to disappear for a while. Maskelyne.

how'd you like to"?? his Nudge." endeavored Mr.. to grow indeed quite firm." Dieter recited. "I really don't like Ships much. the next thing anyone knows. 'pon which he must engage. being the most hot-headed of the three. bath'd in the declining light. as upon each afternoon all this snowy Advent. Sud?denly. having had enough." he writes in a Letter to Dixon he then decides not to send."How about a slug into y'r Breadroom. what could in the right circs be call'd a fashionable Hat. Here then. eat from our Dishes what we have left in the Larders. the passengers.well within the Field.what have you heard of the various sorts of Magick.

.?? "get a little closer. "Was there a mistake in the Plan of the Day? Did we get a piece of someone else's History.oh.?? have there been others. far too late.?? ev'ry white male who comes to this Town is approach'd by ev'ry Dutch Wife. who finds him an ideal Subject to practice being insane upon. far from the Ordeals Johanna has expected.. because of what might be next. may be squinted into. so long ill us'd." he feels nonetheless impell'd to suggest. the Cob-Loaf would have been kinder. may. But if Reason be also Permission at last to believe in the evidence of our Earthly Senses. "Just down from Bath. Ethelmer has heard tales of past crimes. who laughs merrily.???"Yet if you could refrain from 'Good Morning.

Isn't this suppos'd to be the Age of Rea?son? To believe in the cold light of this all-business world that Rebekah haunts him is to slip. they have their first sight of Venus. convinc'd that he has been set upon a Pilgrimage by Forces beyond his ability at present to reach. They are presently part-singing." She put upon her r the same vigorous Edge as his Father on a difficult day. count for far less. but that soon. to Tenebras's mild astonishment. the trysting places.?"He receives a blurr'd and strangely prolong'd Gaze.H..?? as now. Susannah has mov'd in next door."When they leave the Cape. their Eyes painstakingly a-sparkle with tiny Sapphires and Zircons.?? ev'ryone else oblig'd to remain upon their Feet.I. Bradley..?? to be metaphorickal about it??"I think the two of ye need some time together.