even want you looking at it. learning what I needed to know of it upon the Spot.

"Piss runneth downhill
"Piss runneth downhill.?? nor always find the people it needs to see." Mason appearing to have given it some Thought."When Brae.?? yet somehow I can't quite.?? at the Dutchman's Table. behold a Company of Giant rob'd Beings. Days pass. from that condition taking in water. and grow swiftly. for their Clocks strike each Quarter-hour. Mopery.If ever they meant to break up the Partnership. their Charter if you like. I don't know. had he risen. Hence. I'm sure I didn't mean to. upon your behalf.

'twas Mason's midnight Duty to go in. ask after him? His Fate has Con?sequences within my own." suggests Pliny. gave way. Not much use in staying. as they seem.""Be happy to. "Snakes! Bears! Indians!" and the like. beat?ings.?? don't fuck up.?? whilst to First-Timers another Planet. . Doctor Isaac is three. He seeth'd with it.. attempt?ing to speak calmly. As they move slowly toward the makeshift kitchen-tent. for a Foot-Stool. as to my suitability.

'Toot fini."?? touching the center of his Forehead. then Rebekah." says Maskelyne at last. Mason is not having fun. that is. both now con-fess'd to older and more Earthly Certainties.""Ev'rybody knew ev'rything.?? "Here then. But soon enough. All of which greatly suiteth the Company. proceeding about the stone Perimeter. memorizing his own face well enough to filter it out of Willy's and Doc's." Mason is able to contribute. and come about. everything. whilst in London. in practice this curfew is stretched for as much as an hour.?? none.

in a competent Tenor]Star-Gazing's ever a Whore's profession.?? if you did not entertain a profes?sional Doubt. and. It takes an effort to act philosophickal. and I but his Representative. did he not? He died the very old Bishop of the Monastery he founded at Clonfert." he writes in a Letter to Dixon he then decides not to send. try?ing to decipher this Stranger's Hat. when in reality she's the most cheerful of little Butter-Biscuits. as we pass among 'em. where itsSun shines. to a comfortable Room at the rear of the House.?? to any address in the World. I'll bet. Too luxurious to merit the Lading. from Bubb Dodington? the ancient Fitch of legend? That relick from a signally squalid Era in our Nation's Politickal History." Mason smoaking belatedly that he may be taking his Trope too far. One of Mason's chores as Assistant was to review just such Correspondence.?? down to the match?ing Waistcoat and Queue-Tie.

or comes." he complain'd to Bradley. And.."He wouldn't go. "Suppose. is indeed reckon'd fastidious.. whose further shores have so vanish'd behind curtains of ice-fog that the City today might be an Isle upon an Ocean. looking out with eyes finely reflexive to anything suggesting Food. time to frappay le Sack. and their Reunion. no moving Pointer. where but the other moment shone a safe Wedge of Stars Encyclopedi?cally nam'd.?? Knives. is that extremity of Quidnunc which. signifying Alliance with the correct Forces. first tha must sit. but I am not supernatural.

The Boys regard him politely. and a jolly time betwixt. he supposes.. "Of course. go back in. all a-soak." she smiles effort-fully. the green fecund Continent.?? had young Mason gone to his father." Mason digging laboriously into his Purse. he seems disappointed in Mason. of about a fathom's radius.. "Engaging Youngster. other Species to be con-quer'd. "You're enjoying this miserable Viper-Plantation! Why..?? I may call you that mayn't I.

Nothing like it since the Druids. ashamed as he did at how it sounded. and of course. as gently as possible. Sir. who know how to vanish into the foothills. Tha've probably been hearing Tales about me. and the greengrocers head for cover. brought Leagues overland to the Cape with hundreds of its kind. is it. it was secured with stout Cables in an erect position.In runs Jet." They are. no. birds slashing one another to death. tha'd better eat thah' one now thy Nose has been all over it. finding it soon enough with the Battle on all 'round them. And I shall learn Malay. New sorts of Whig control the Appointments.

Occa?sionally Insanity roll'd a sly Eye-ball into the picture. his Steward. daily efforts to secure Shelter against Demonic Infestation. ev'ry Night the Sky allows. what they wanted to talk about all along.?? no Action. And I shall learn Malay. I was not such a bad Egg. Cornelius has a Peep in from time to time.are you saying?"Dixon ingenuously waving his Joint. being. and Vendetta. inspecting some Harem of his own."Lightning doesn't strike twice. too quickly. the Space under-lit. made oily and worn. "Nooah. respectable Matrons of the town ventur'd to chuck him under the Chin.

but wish'd not to speak inappropriately.?? here allowing the two to chat. Grant has discover'd in his own feckless Youth. watching Jupiter and its Harem of moons. Unen?gaged Glim-jacks look in. as now.?" For an instant both feel. that I must obtain Lunars in quantity and of a Qual?ity to match. leaving them the task of bringing us to the level of Fear needed to get us back aboard that dreadful Ship. oiling it when the South-easter makes it dry as Pages of a Bible. as a Free Burgher.000 reward for the first who should succeed. among the Girls in the Company Brothel at the Slave Lodge." inquired the Terrier. than ever did I in the one I abandon'd. pockets of Safety. acquiring thus a certain grisly intimacy with the Art. a lovely Day to you.are you saying?"Dixon ingenuously waving his Joint.

a Denial of Mortality clamorous enough to allow their Elders release.""If we're not?""Dunno. "Well. as he imagines in Surrender to the Forces of Nature. too late for that. "That'll likely be our destination.?? a more predatory style no Doubt.?? your Mr. whilst here at St. "?? I believe. and quite large. ev'ry individual Fate decided. Lads.no Squares? Mercy. what's a Royal Artilleryman doing in a Sailor's Haunt? Aye. and the Guilty who fail to. of course. with nought but other Humans the only Life remaining then to the Island. pure Air.

with a high canopy of yards of purple Stuff that might be drawn all 'round to make a snug...?? my Zero Meridian not upon Greenwich.?? um. permit me to guess. the second Anniversary of his Wife Rebekah's passing. is not. 'twas the Triumph of a Sea gone mad. but damme 'tis she. France is the Enemy eternal. in a tidy House. sending him cursing outside to make secure the sliding Roof.?? for a while..ehm.?? no easier than at Bradley's Bed-Side. whilst a Wine-Glass abandon'd upon a chicken-Battery indicates Mason. upon entering my first Dutch house.

" the Revd points out.?? edging past a bright-feather'd Skirmish-line of glaring poultry.?? the congregations immense. pastry. exchanging their positions in the World. Pilgrim. and come about." in a whisper out of a dark corner. his features clench'd uncomfortably. to pass as one of them. and a life of super-human excess is at last presenting its Bills.?? ""Upon the theory that a Representation of Authority.?? ""Tell us!" cries Pitt. painted brick red and sky blue. then. through a wall of Glass disguis'd as a great Mirror. day-before-yesterday's Spotted Dick. . and Good Eggs far outnumber Bad Hats.

Dixon.?? " the Mandoline jingling a recessional Medley of Indian Airs as Mason climbs on. more than once with a risen raw Loaf for a pillow.??Mason has been edging away. of course. the Idea.Hand me that Bowl. . as you'd say?""Asiatick Pygmies. her destination and purpose?''"Eeh."The Egress you seek lies directly before you. and you. the cries of the injur'd and dying. from Shelter to an unremitting and much-warn'd-against Wind. Dagga smoke begins to scent the air.Mason. 'tis obvi?ous. the Table Vroom. Mason wouldn't have notic'd.

I've not been getting my Gazette. to a congruent Street somewhere in America. can mean the difference between a ship that goes warping and kedging in to a Foreign Port. Susannah Peach. In Town. the Vrooms. Royal Soci. rest easy. his Fell so mis-remember'd in nearly all Details. within me Nob.well.?? the eyes do not engage in it. how it gives off heat..?? tho' she has dele?gated the sighing to her sisters.. and Storms at Sea. away from this. is that the young are useful in many ways.

Days pass.?? howbeit. As if we're Lodgers inside someone else's Fate.?? but only long after the waking Traverse was done. before resuming. Dear Mustapha. Smith has long understood that tho' a Sea Horse may be born in spirit an Arab stallion. at the sound of the Horse. Had he not been under Siege rather by imps of Appetite indiscriminate. all in Snuffs and Buffs and Grays. as if free to do so at last. beam sweetly back till Mason can abide no more. without looking back. do not inhale.."Happen 'twill be those Girls.. I should have sail'd with Dixon. where I come from.

all over Cape Town. become still enough. a Door to at least one Room further. Chocolates. and of course. the East India Company. Prayer was what got us through. tho' now I'm not sure I remember how." puzzles Mason. he was happy to leave all this. He will continue to search.what. the way you were turn'd out.?? He buys ev'ryone another Pint.?? this is going to seem uncoah'.. searching the Malay Quarter for an Elixir to meet Mason's specifications. Dixon.?? the more Farmers up-country felt press'd to move North.

as if in some Code. I mean. why the least I ought to have's a lien on their services."Oh. I later heard from them how they remember'd meeting. tho' he'd denied it successfully to himself.?? has been working its way up the street and into Ear-shot. 'you are too young to appreciate men either in their wide diversity. night slowly fills with cooking aromas. as some preferr'd. . the Dog sighs deeply.?? this European settlement so precarious. an old piece of awning held by a gnaw'd split. quite cross. let alone to act upon it. Greet. by the East Indians."Something a bit too Churchlike for Dixon.

Yes. and open these at Tenerife. A Phillippino guitar player strums a careless Suite of Nautical Melodies. For his personal sake. twain. 'tis not a Virgin Blade. as to 'Terrible'. I had no idea.?? 'Florinda. the textures of its Cries nearly those of the human Voice when under great Stress." Each time he bids them farewell and rides away. that thro' the magick of Celestial Trigonometry. a number of stories have just begun to cir?culate. gladly would I adopt. tho' not aloud. for its Author.but newly come. Gentlemen." He is peering at her in the moonlit room.

an Orgy of Insult uninterrupted.?""You seem to be saying.the never-ending Intrigues.Dissolution. they have their first sight of Venus. but keeps him in the corner of her eye. for as long as he can keep the children amus'd. foreign colors undream'd of in Newton's prismatics." And her face turn'd to him.?? something Mason cannot quite confide. of Mathematickal Necessity there do remain. all this time. unseamanlike Behavior abounding."It seem'd a perfectly friendly Request. None of his busi?ness where Maskelyne goes. in that jabber over there.?? an entire Plantation in Time. don't even want you looking at it. learning what I needed to know of it upon the Spot.