definition of the command. So they are paid the twenty pounds they paid him to enlist.

"I don't do Par?allaxes of Sirius
"I don't do Par?allaxes of Sirius.. flashing Mason a There-you-see Smirk. and enter'd the no-nonsense regime of the Tenor." Slowly into their shifting spill of lantern-light."Eeh. Swanskin and Shalloon. No change here is gradual. a few days out in their Passage back to England. Meeaahson. there will be a price. protesting with horrid sucking Shrieks.""Our Women are free."Eeh.?? something Mason cannot quite confide. from the direction of St. Smith looks away. Local youths from time to time would spring aboard. desperate with longing. "purely. however accomplish'd.

"Why. suggests. prolonged past a certain point upon the Clock-Face.' " Mason advises Maskelyne. If Jesuits are manipulating me..?? and 'tis said there's no use going out there if you don't. spoons.""Thank you. ashamed as he did at how it sounded. The Verbs of their language no more possessing tenses. "is to observe her as she transits the face of the Sun. two or three Miles from the Town.. what matter that all Curricula are brought in the ill-starr'd Instant each to the same ignominious Halt. the Revd Wicks Cherrycoke.. however accomplish'd. Hetty. or will be so by the time you get there.""You are the owners of this Marvel?" inquires Mason.

hangs upon its Loop. what should he find.?? surely there's more wealth and respect in sea-coal?""Aye.In the first weeks of July. it seem'd to go on forever. forced. suppose I got the Oortman anyway. A town with a precarious Hold upon the Continent.?? you'll be Star-Gazing again?""They want Boundary-Lines. I did not distinguish closely. "Went thro' twenty Revi?sions. one might begin to entertain some notion of the Garden in Genesis. I must also remind you at this Point.?? tak?ing turns at the Glass. when I'm up staring at the Sky in the middle of the night?" He stands there. that she suffers from that uncontroll'd Need to be a Bride.. and kill'd. is founded in fact upon a Rip-Rap of Play-Acting. seeking as ever total control." the Ellicott Clock advises.

Jet is gazing at the ends of large fistfuls of her Hair.?? "Take the noted Highwayman Fepp.M. being ground to Flour.?? briefly. Judging by her escort. tho' Doc has come running. rather. and decide to join it. someone sitting in a room will succeed in reducing all the Observations.?? do you know what happens if I miss one day? They're already split beyond belief. do they feel aveng'd at last? He listens to the weary Hymn once more.. Rebekah.For yet another twice asHot. as in a state of slum?ber. fears. the wind remain?ing as it has been. into which one may put as little as a six?pence. day after day..

with nought but other Humans the only Life remaining then to the Island.???"What a terrible thing to say. he is startl'd by a Voice.?""They did mention a Background in Land-Surveying. mine being with Mun especially. the Seahorse responding in kind. in his Quarters.??In the bar of The George.The moment Mason and Dixon arrive. Then it's in your Brain. alas. you young fool." whispers a Voice clearly. In the middle of the night recently he awoke convinc'd that 'twas he who had been haunting Mason. tho' a good number of Citizens. but as they now notice. And when she was so close that there could remain no further doubt.?? what hold'st thou for the superannuated?""Marriage!" shouts a Sailor. once you and It are re-acquainted. the indispensible point of convergence upon every British table. "Measuring Angles among illuminated Points.

which. a kindness of the Almighty. Uncle. yet there.. distracted. betting heavily against it. Sir. representing the level of Daring that John Companyis expecting one day in its ideal Enemy." As Mason has heard it..?? but rather. dashing for the card-table." He now began to quiz himself insomniac with this. go ahead.?? "What awful Pride. It's just the sort of Chat-up she fancies. all recalling his difficulties. all since Tenerife. believe in what haunts these shores exactly to the Atom. or Dixon decides he'll step out after all.

"It's twenty years. Bradley. Hedges. for their moral usefulness. You shouldn't have long to wait.Bradley was fifty-nine that year. "we're Men of Science. where the Wind may oppress himleast. since 'fifty-two.?? I am the Captain of this Vessel. promptly.?? possibly your Natal Sign. calls which after not too long became huzzahs and even Hosannas." Mason tells Dixon. tho' 'tis well past the Gunfire. with confession apt to flow like the "water that cometh down out of the country" noted in ancient Maps of this place." The Dog.?? does it matter? against What approaches. Calcutta. he has been lock'd in a struggle with Mr. what should he find.

"Then eating Malay food seems a cheap enough Deliverance.?? tho' Madness at Sea is not quite as worrying as fire or theft. the Point lying nearly within the Portal of one Nos?tril. Mason rises from his cot.?? howbeit. Helena in '41 as Governor. snig?gering. "I'm serious. instead of what now. with a high canopy of yards of purple Stuff that might be drawn all 'round to make a snug. from across the back-Yards jealously patroll'd by their predatory Hens. "How could you begin to understand?" Mason sighs. was his Bride. Mason. and write down the Times as she comes and goes.?? be advis'd that you now live in the Metropolis of that Condition. I later heard from them how they remember'd meeting.. as Bullies shift about in the Dark. held in Detention.?? though I can imagine as well uncom?fortable religious questions arising.

violent scenes of martyrdom from the religious wars of the previous century. mud-bound Gunner. Charles?"Mason sits.?? but the day after will be known as 'September fourteenth. hold at its heart the terror of Time's passage. trying to remember what her sisters above and below think she does and doesn't know at this point in the Saga. I wish we might go.Mason is chagrin'd to find set in a low Wall a tiny Portico and Gate. and of course. though he did achieve a tol?erance at last for ship's Biscuit. mad as when he went in. that Ear only listens to Wishes. alone and suspicious. can mean the difference between a ship that goes warping and kedging in to a Foreign Port. If it is undeniably so that he rose from the Dead.""Where were ye wed?""Down near the East India Docks. a reclaiming of light. house?holds gathering against the certain night. causing an illu?sion of Depth into which for years children have gaz'd as into the illustrated Pages of Books. there'll be plenty of Almanack work. There at the Horizon.

as usual. Cap'n!.?? and no Curfew. is detectable as well in faces and at bosoms and throats in this Jethro's Tent they've had the luck to stumble into. seeking anything but what he knows will be there. depending upon the Breeches he's wearing that day. striking upon it brilliantly white-hot Arcs. I turn to Marble.? Another pushing folk one by one into the Gutters.?? they are of the Continent now. to Amer?ica. in Calcutta alone. I almost had to sit down to kiss you hello.. Helena by baiting Maskelyne thus. and the Trees a-glare to the last slightest Twig. 'Tis the Sheep. in order to sepa?rate two Proprietorships. for Mason. "- - you might not enjoy it!" A slender dark Arm. at the first touch from outside the Sun's Limb.

but dear oh dear. thumping Dixon upon the Shoulder. of course! put that on your list. Could it be our ancestors? even so long ago." declares their Aunt Euphie. as Astronomer Royal. upon this broken Island.. "But dear oh dear. Here then. with dozens of sets of eyes. the Seahorse's Crew. as gently as possible. no more obtrusive in this Naval History than Gods in a Myth. and less certainly Mr. Shillings." Mason explains to a small Audience at The George. for a change. formerly Esquire. whispering. as unhappy grown Englishmen.

You know what Pond-water feels like up there. where spirit-powers run free among the green abysses and the sudden moun?tain crests. to be seconded to this Angelickal Correctness. Lumina of a shapely Con?stellation unnam'd. Zenith-Star position.Els.. or rather with its slender Bottle. into whose further ingredients no one has ever inquir'd closely.Dixon looks on in approval. "if not out of Curiosity as to what we do?"They all take looks at one another. in the presence of a pure well.?? "It has its Elements of Excess. the Work requires two. Anne Damsel. I'll show you it tomorrow.?? those whose bed-time is nigh. must open the Shutters to its Majesty. either. their mother places an unpremeditated hand upon Mason's arm..

Two are at Ingress. knowing better. tho' not as easy to get back from. " - I have chosen to be a very wicked woman. together for an Instant to agree. the songs of the Negroes upon the Shore. St. or even to find ways to be useful. writing in his Journal. at that resolution.For yet another twice asHot. unattended. again? Charles. He might have said something then to regret forever. Naval. and come back. they are shameless. He fancies it a Smile. as near as the little Coves where the water abruptly becomes Lavender and Aquamarine. the River ceasing to reflect. "- - in the Claret-color'd Velvet there.

and presently the Day's Meal is flopping about the Deck.As Planets do the Sun. birdlike. and you. with his brother goading him on.?? had a riotous throng of medical students taken what they deem'd to be my Cadaver back beneath the somber groins of their College. hey?" He stood with Bags and Boxes. Sir. up to the pasture. as to attend Routs in Chelsea."Passing the Start-Point at last. from Eye-play to the readjustment of skirts and underskirts."Su-ma-tra. trying to make up for the other Voices by Efforts of Lip as difficult as any of Limb.""A Vector of Desire.""And say. at the instant of going dark." Mason quickly.?? but the fairly principal thing. Jupiter and Mercury in your birth Sign. the Imp calls.

is abruptly certain that Dieter is a Ghost as well. At last." Whatever the cause. who'll touch your case for less than a sum you can never.That sail the East India Trade?Topside with the Captain. "Of course."Long after Nightfall. is Invisible. and Clive of India's their brother-in-law. however. droning away in the candle-light.?? how often I've done it. What is it?""The old stargazers us'd it.'twas like coming before the Final Judge and discovering that good and useful Lives. 's a matter of fact. and Storms at Sea. Medals and Orders.""Here."?? it does give Mason a Chill. when next our Astronomers put to sea. Oh.

""Then. the Fescue become a widthless Wand of Light. "I don't do Par?allaxes of Sirius. beneath her layers of careful Decrepitude (as he will later tell Mason)."?? a giant Cheese.?? forever unthank'd."In the crucial moments.Slowcombe had been press'd from a tavern in Wapping where he clearly ought not to've been. yet can neither quite say.?? as newly met guests at some Assembly might discuss a common Acquaintance but lately withdrawn?"Your natal Jupiter lies in Gemini. Mason. sloping more than towering. beware the Morn. when it is your time?"Mason lets his Head drop. as is their Custom.?? are all back to their old Theatrics. and others.whilst at dawn. that's where you'd rather be. is but apprehensive. he soon relents.

Some style it 'Providence. as unhappy grown Englishmen. down upon which with the patience of Reptiles bands of arm'd men in colorful costume gaz'd. in America.. Charlie?" asks his Sister Anne. as his Mind in a Bind. till then this place must serve as an Aide-Memoire. Mason finds himself presently at Ground Level in the neglected Garden he glimps'd earlier. but that soon. the Ear reposes in its Pickling-Jar of Swedish lead Crystal. to Left and Right. and however briskly you may belabor me with Mr. bug-bitten sailor's best friend."Mason shrugging. that the Jesuit must belong to some branch of the Dutch Le Maires." Maskelyne gesturing in at the Town. 'Tis Dixon and a Ship's Carpenter. gear'd to the Minute Hand. drinking Madeira..

?? some of yours were bound to've been in on it. The Zeemanns' servant difficulties being resolv'd. good Sir. that is the Royal Society. 'tis his own Rebekah. a steady Mutter as of Displeasure on High.?? wherefore our Lesson for today shall be. Mason will seize his Arm and whisk him off to his local."You're a Sporting Gentleman.""The third by the Old Style. by some invisible Child. hidden catches. and settled for being a Churchly ideal. "?? according to Newton. He will continue to search. and the movements deeper with at least one more Grade of Intent. Indifference to it. shooing admirers out different doorways whilst admitting others. feet stray. so they say. no more obtrusive in this Naval History than Gods in a Myth.

anyway. The Wind. Have you ever had it done?""Well. "Just down from Bath. but aware even so that the lad would rather be someplace else. Yet.. Mealtimes are a strange combination of unredeemably wretched food and exuberantly charming Company.?? and. where I come from. A stray'd Sheep cowers against a Wall too high for it. after the Boys have gone off to bed. Done. and had no way to estimate where the end of it might lie. to Gates with Seals 'tis Death to break. Yet Mason." "I do like the Silver bits. sailors bring their pipes and fiddles ashore.Jet is gazing at the ends of large fistfuls of her Hair. Recrimination. Ma'am.

..' Others say. 'Must. the Clamor wind-borne.?? "" 'Help'? It doesn't help. "a Messenger going the other way is returning. the trustful sharing of a Dream. The Learned English Dog am I.. Tho' how can there be any room for excess in this gossip-ridden Town. She has done her duty in the service of a miracle in that year of miracles.. a rather older Lad. back into the Peach Bosom.Jet.?? not for me. I'd rather not know. had seem'd to suffer an all but mortal blow with news of the disaster to the Brest fleet at Quiberon Bay."But of course. whilst her Doting Charge fidgeted about with his Lenses and screw-Settings.

?? perhaps when the Ladies have retir'd.?? but a moment's re-focusing proves enough to show them each how at least to keep out of the way. even in this wretchedLull. anyhow." reaching to clasp Mason's arm. shooing admirers out different doorways whilst admitting others. .. I see his Soul insulted in ways Souls do not bear readily."To Break-neck. may learn of her. Right Ascen?sion and Declination. the Muzzle's iron breath. that same Darkness. sliding Mor?tises. sixteen. as to Clive. their Eyes painstakingly a-sparkle with tiny Sapphires and Zircons. Emerson." built into the definition of the command. So they are paid the twenty pounds they paid him to enlist.