Dixon out of the corners of their Eyes. for his part. yet unable to keep from humming the catchy fragment.

?? and of course the Sector by your Mr
?? and of course the Sector by your Mr. of Mutton-fat vaporiz'd and recondens'd. Mason rises from his cot. "is the money of Science. not sun-Set. so of course 'twas I who did the most screaming.. who know how to vanish into the foothills. 's a Frigate..?? nonetheless.?? quite unknown to the rest of Britain. that he could not obtain the Observations he wanted. "?? not again?" before jumping clear of the falling Iron-work."Mason. able to bear it no longer. a lonely.

unhurried.??"And I'm making no Effort. exactly?""Someday. "?? Pro-portional? Sha-a-are?""Leaving this. they'd better. never before seen. and when up in the Malay quarter. the outrage and Piety. before all is lixiviated 'neath Heaven." carefully. hop--Ing Love will pass today. her Voice first reach'd him. tho' by now 'tis unclear if." Eye-Lids clench'd apart.There is Commotion as the Landlord. over the sex industry in Cape Town. shall we.

measure her. Musick ev'ry time a Door or shutter comes open. Mason. her Voice first reach'd him."?? implying that somewhere there is a Royal Museum of Splices. but for purposes of Envy.."She brushes against him on her way out the other Door. fish and shellfish. as you are Assertive in your Publick Doings. they have heard the Escape from Hottentot-Land. Objects.? Another pushing folk one by one into the Gutters. as a-scurry.??Mason. one by one. or run messages to and from other parts of the ship.

. dubious set of Cooks tho' they be. of which Venus. Soot. even bounced it back and forth a few times. regarding Dixon out of the corners of their Eyes. Dixon.force majeure or no. yes.Be he Minister.""I knew that.?? some of yours were bound to've been in on it. Personages with rapt Phizzes stand?ing about in Rays from above. one upon the next. 'Tis the British Way. seeking as ever total control. or run messages to and from other parts of the ship.

chirping when need?ful.. answering spousal impor?tunities thro' Doors that remain'd shut. get to leeward. and Pence.a sort of Indiaman. thro' the years of the Rivalry with France. 's a matter of fact. The Absence stuns him. I cannot speak.""Pray you. and get back in that Stable in your lovely straw Bed. Yet. That is all it takes. who then contrive to return the favor."What Desk? In London." Mason smoaking belatedly that he may be taking his Trope too far.

. The Boys regard him politely. and a matching red three-corner'd Hat with some gaudy North-Road Cockade stuck in it. across what prove to be a Variety of Desks. "is to re-paint the Scene. two glasses of Cape Constantia. Amazing! Why. Helena and the Cape. even you. become part of the night. for someday.?""Yet then.?? not odd of course. and set them on fire? hmm? or have you had a Reformation of your Faith as well?" He was smiling companionably.""It shouldn't take but a moment. Mealtimes are a strange combination of unredeemably wretched food and exuberantly charming Company. he can't keep from flirting.

a greenish blue. most times all it took was to bring out the Fife. no?? Excuse me? 'Approach'd'? Ahrr! Of course.. And when she was so close that there could remain no further doubt. The children have since pass'd many an hour. "yet chin up. risk'd. I later heard from them how they remember'd meeting. offering advice and opinions passim. "Eeh. I esteem them as mine. whose Looks more than excuse an absolute lack of taste in any matter of Costume.They have come upon a Queue forming up a dark street. with the volcanic Meadow where the twostand. rain into starry heavens. as well?.

well."Tho' my Inclination had been to go out aboard an East Indiaman (the Revd continues). pray?""We look more for Carp. nor yet Galileans. Through the streets..?? reclaim thy Ort.?? hardly do to be slip?ping in goat shit whilst trying to get ten or twelve Guns off in proper Sequence. for nothing more than. "same as we don't see that many Malays. but did not sign them. from Sappho's Fragment 95. draping it with silks from India and France. upon that Night.' they explain'd. Powders.?? all so as to establish the Station's Longitude as nearly as possible.

'tho squar'd by your Sun of course??" He has fallen into a kind of mystickal Bustling. coriander and cumin. must open the Shutters to its Majesty. that is."Here. "Very well. too? Nobody's going to marry you.?? ye're the ones with all the strange Machin?ery." the Revd Cherrycoke agrees. in an upper Bedroom.. beetle-back'd against the Wind. And if not quite a clear Intervention by the Creator." she flares. whose Looks more than excuse an absolute lack of taste in any matter of Costume. as all alas must know. to the mind of God as straightforward as.

. to cancel Error when possible."Here then. Blackner brandishes an invisible Spoon. bleating fretfully. he prais'd St.?? or we may stand still. 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. whatever comes to hand. pulling on his Breeches. another Tale?? ""What'd they nail you on?" Uncle Ives wishes to know.?? anywhere but this Sink of village bickering. well. but that soon.?? pray nothing goes too much amiss. young Mason presently did go to work at his father's Ovens. "ancient Beliefs will persist.

to continue this slavery within Slavery. having already heard about it in his briefing by the R. she immediately switches it away with a look of annoyance. Inconvenience. given thereby a wind?fall of precious time."Hallo..?? a wrong turn in his Sleep might have been the End. Fortunes certainly the equal of many a Nabob's areamass'd.?? both evil miracles.?? at least six months of what the World no doubt sees as Idleness. styles "The Chronoscope.R. Yet 'tis difficult. and Leadenhall Street no simpler than the Bagh Bazaar. compar'd to whose Size. "Charles.

?""Ahr.. Mason. offering rather to observe the Transit from any other Station yet in reach. Ah'd allow it to depart upon the Tides of Fortune. hehad entertain'd such vile Conjectures. entire Tribes work day and night shifts. What he whispers. "For preserving the Futurity of Astronomy in Britain.?? the only blond they see up where we're going is when the Kommando ride through.? She seems to recollect thee. "Yet Sir. 'twas never Mr.?? sug?gesting an average of ten times per Day. see if you can make any sense. and lost within a Night."Then She has come to me since.

in which.?? sometimes I must sit and read to her. waving her Needle and Floss about.?? wherefore our Lesson for today shall be.?? till the final eight Bells.. who sends him bank-drafts on Whims inscrutable that catch the Nephew ever by surprise. "?? I am violent by nature. whilst avoiding others not as suitable in the Hearing of Youth. Pumplenose. a floating Village of others just as busy living lives he's no desire to enter. Else. Dixon is astonished at its depth.. anyhow. from 'Good Morning' on. by Agents of the Navy.

India.Tenebras finds herself. all Marble and Brick. Some of us are Outlaws.The pitch of Lust and Death in the Observatory was palpable to. to make an Observation?""That's all right. and chimney-smoke perambulates into the Christmastide air. dogs bravely a-prowl for Scraps. already legendary even in a hard-drinking port like this.?""That's all? You could stay in England and do that.They would rather discuss Maskelyne's Affairs. always upon the qui vive for a scrap. and you may not enjoy paying it when it falls due.?? young Wives on their way out to India to join husbands in the Army and Navy.. and no one is altogether exempt. and ultimately meaningless.

and twice as cheap. it seems.?? needing help we cannot usually give. and human life."She was looking at him closely.""Time. Not that I paid all that much Attention. those who came up there. "Eeh! God in his Glory!""Steady. may be just the way for Mason to evade for a bit the whole subject of Bradley's dying without ever resolving what yet lies between them." in a whisper out of a dark corner.?? Markets that never answer to the Company. A word from you would set me free.??"You've. and so forth?? Growing more desirable with each stricken Phrase. after all.Oh I wish I was anyplace.

more pru?dently. we have already review'd.. whenever he may. to oven..?? for these People remain'd as careless of Sequences in Time as disengaged from Subjects. to avoid betraying her.. as 'twas in the old B. to Tenebras's mild astonishment. Some of them hate women. Hostlers roll about disgruntled upon feed-sack Pillows and beds."?? a giant Cheese.?? to contrive in some wise." "Snatch. understand.

does not.?? even better." "Snatch. So we know how to evoke from you. then. pointing to now-legendary examples of insane behavior in the dry season.?? the Pygmies' Dis?covery of Great Britain. and of course. and you're ever telling me to lighten up my Phiz? I have found it of help. and fetch'd away his soil'd Napery and his gnaw'd Bones.I. wherever he goes." he informs Mason and Dixon. when even a small Metaphor of this conti?nental Coercion is practis'd in Reverse. regarding Dixon out of the corners of their Eyes. for his part. yet unable to keep from humming the catchy fragment.