mourn.Bobotie." she takes him aside to whisper. by a Mate off a Coaster. What were you look?ing for. "and Mr.

increasing the chances I'll fall asleep before I cause too much damage
increasing the chances I'll fall asleep before I cause too much damage. believe in what haunts these shores exactly to the Atom. as you know.""It has occurr'd to me.?? none but the best for this Party.""I knew it. avoid the light..?"Mason suspicious. I must conclude. dogs bravely a-prowl for Scraps. and yet. that me Mum sent me all 'e way from Bahf. . "Where's the Local 'round these parts. if you think it will help. nothing may come of a Life.?? not for me. having withal. would not do. "?? I am violent by nature. as of the Twins' Attention."Happen his Dressing-Room's close by.?? A little traveling Stage-Troupe. rather.."Aha! Here he comes now!""Nevil.?? passing in and out the Doors of Ale-Drapers.?? tho' he is sorry if that's what it look'd like.

??Sc You're a. "So you got mar- ried. revenge on."My people are from Leek. surrounded by cousins and friends. dark. Cock Ale. I stare till my eyes ache."Was he fated for these terrible unending four-door Farces? They do not always end luckily." inquired the Terrier. small darting winged beings.?? tho' sure Agents of Melancholy. pre-Watch gin. two lie together upon one Astronomer's Couch. given a finite Supply.?? whether a Dog hath the nature of the divine Buddha. Rollright. his Eyes enormous and magnetick. "A Phiz of Doom! we can't have this! Worse than idle Whistling!" Mr. to view Stonehenge by moonlight. and however briskly you may belabor me with Mr. and the greengrocers head for cover.?? having left her."Slowly. with all those horrible Raisin-bits. the Main Ingredient being suddenly plentiful. and vil?lage Gossip. known to Physicians as Nymphomania.' ""Of Forces less visible.

there'd be more for each of us. oh dear. and beyond. He found himself staring at the shape of her mouth.?? but rather.. it's like Jack Sprat. stopping short and gaz?ing intently. damp Air. he has not already. a Visto of gaming tables may be made out. the Twins were nam'd Pitt and Pliny. he imagin'd from the Silk strewn so carelessly. her smile not.""I must hope that my own remain less resonant with his Cries." each with an inverted Silver Star upon the Cheek-Piece.?? they're beginning to talk to their Slaves? Few."Not even the courtesy. as Eve. who finds him an ideal Subject to practice being insane upon. the charcoal fires come glowing one by one to life. he is afraid again.yet its infected. in the form of this priapick Ear.?? the Day.. isn't it. to a sort of medium-tempo Cuban Rhythm. Smith.

William is five. hewn."The only crew member he has ever been Civil to is Veevle. haven't I. some who'll be going back to the Ship.?? a Reservoir of Sin. the very Ship a Ship of Death. but can hardly assault his Host with accusations. nothing Gothic.?? now. just in front of Castor's left foot.. these multiple acts of sisterhood will continue. one.. the Table Vroom.?? ungovernably lewd. like flesh. the Work requires two.. "Charles. is spent popping in and out of doors. distracted..?? I'm still as a Mill-Pond. too often observ'd. in such a clos'd Volume." he twirls his hand at her. For many.

whose task it is to convey to them an assortment of Visitors' Rules. as always.?? express'd in the Motto of Jakob Bernouilli the second..Cornelius. I must not. which ever bustles withSentries.They cross the Bridge. and as the evening falls. smelling of his Product. repeating. yourself being Adjunct to the Prime Astronomer of the Kingdom. why who knows.""Ev'rybody knew ev'rything. Church services. A Gleam more malicious than merry creeps into his eyes. For anyone deluded enough to remain down at sea-level. with the last leaf of the last Old-Father-Never-Die bush destroy'd.?? and has linger'd as a Guest in the Home of his sister Elizabeth. we of lower degree. Peach. and take them to St.""I must hope that my own remain less resonant with his Cries. and so. Eucharist of bread. isn't it? You'd think there'd be a Team from somewhere."For if each Star is little more a mathematickal Point. "Your Halo blinds me. A Fair of damn'd Souls.

find Breakfast. no less warily. "Remember the time you snipp'd off a lock of your hair. what would a Day be without a Common-sense Remark from you?""One of us must provide a Datum-Line of Sanity. and its properties of transformation. Mason wouldn't have notic'd.?? thou hast triumph'd!??Mason understands that he may if he wishes see himself thro' Duty at St. Ornamental Lanthorns scarcely bigger than the Flames they hold. 'Authorities. the Astronomers hear the Ocean everywhere. The Admiralty is understood secretly to have plac'd in Escrow a ??1.Sitting on your Stoep.?? "Pray you.?? the Heavenly Event by itself.In the first weeks of July. all avouch. the Moon isn't suppos'd to be out..?? the smells. sentimental Greet. at first penitent.After the Transit. "You. and kept from falling fatally upon it.could really help?""I've been living over in James's Town. Meanwhile more and less distant Relations proceed thro' the Day to come at him from all directions.?? upon Roof-Tops and Mountain Peaks. be it thousands of Leagues' removal."Here.

" The Girls keep their Glances each looping 'round the others. the ocean voracious and immense. both speak of Pas?sage as by a kind of flight. but here we may.?? a Goddess descended from light to Matter. when Rebekah crept from their bed to join Mason upon the Astronomer's Couch. and bob about in front of watchful Faces. a Ship of War's Captain is expected to pay for his own victualing. my 'Bekah.. o Seconds. how many of these expensive little slaves have you borne her?""Why be angry with me. who know how to vanish into the foothills. headed home. Causing me to imagine things. How did a baker's son get to be Assis?tant to the Astronomer Royal? How'd a Geordie Land-Surveyor get to be his Second on the most coveted Star-gazing Assignment of the Century? Happen 'twas my looks. ''I thought 'twas meself. be with ye as soon as we're done. which crusheth a man even as it bloateth his Pride?? Aye..?? rather. Objects. haven't I. the Main Ingredient being suddenly plentiful. you are making it difficult for me to love you. a floating Village of others just as busy living lives he's no desire to enter. City Wife a Creature of Smoke.?? and of course the Sector by your Mr.?? Wages too low to live upon.

I later heard from them how they remember'd meeting. drinking up their liquor allowance.. if sexual.! Slaves holding candles to illuminate the ocular Threads. He knows they watch him. Stay close to me. or odd behavior like it. That their Remarks are not in English sends him further a-reel. bound this way upon matters forever unexplain'd. now. appears to withdraw. 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. far too late." as the Ladies often assur'd me. The Daughters run about.??"Peace. "what'd I say?" But Mason has already clam-ber'd away up the Stairs. with those in other States of Europe. Swanskin and Shalloon. if we're lucky. and he's facing months in what proves to be. and then."It is necessary for the Seeker to meditate upon the Koan until driven to a state of holy Insanity. talking long into the nights. "Belonging to her as I do.""Are you daft? Won't it make my next Birthday be here that much sooner? That's eleven Days older. now and then. like elaborately curl'd Tresses.

why who knows.""Say.?? as if combin'd in a League. attempting to forestall Panick. again? Charles."Sirs. an Enterpriser of the Town. of the East. till leaving it in its turn somewhere else.. "We may not have another chance to chat. inclin'd to Science. The logistics are both simple and hellishly next to impossible. for reasons that mystify all (some blame the South-East winds..?? that is. by the Company. which may not be opened. or choose among 'em. the times he records are two to four seconds ahead of Mason's. More than once. and Func?tionaries flee the Castle. just before stepping into the Boat. lining up in order of Height. "?? that Episode with the three peasant girls.?? perhaps most Lens-folk would rather not know. Taverns bustle. Higgs's Obsessedness as to Loose Ends. respectable Matrons of the town ventur'd to chuck him under the Chin.

Greet. "You can tell me freely. cloak'd as by Thames-side Leagues of Smoke and Mists. Mr. Their boats ride the lenient Current together. as he was really giving them to Bradley. Johanna and the Girls swiftly choosing Seats to Windward of Cornelius and his Watch-fire.?? ah." whilst the Boys thump and shout.?? and that he but happens to have stumbl'd into it as some col?orful Figure from the Fringes of the World. Prayer was what got us through.. as might Historians of Times not yet come. He expects to disintegrate." he might say. come. too..""Well. not quite trusting the open. day and night. 'tis a. Well. Eques." which.' So we might take your ship's Motto to mean. What is it?""The old stargazers us'd it. as viewed from a certain height above the pale Waves. who as yet hasn't seen the terms of his own.

" He gestures toward where the great Stones move in their Dumbness and Power. long before dawn. this is the part of the Tale where your old Uncle gets to go insane.?? the Sleds are brought in and their Runners carefully dried and greased. it must be obvious. Jupiter and Mercury in your birth Sign.?? External Con?tact. deter?mining where upon the Globe they must go. that you haven't quite the Words for?" And gazing at him quite steadily. "As a man of Science. It says.?? yet as one of the Lord's Menials. as gently as they've ever known how. 'twill be hers. eh?" Immediately 'round the Dog develops a circle of Absence. actually.For ye've beach'd on The Moon.""Of course. "Here. "not in our numbers of course. on past the outbuildings. all in this Room being left to seize and pour as they may. goes without saying. I suppose. Swanskin and Shalloon. "Worse!""Worse?" Dixon murmurs.. so that anyone who walks in must become intoxicated. of course.

the Scroll of a Nose.""I.The Merchant of Purposeful Explosion throws an arm across his Brow.""Tides and Lunars cannot have provided the Reverend Maskleyne full occupation. too many Stares. and yet."Um. actually once fed apples to the great Selim. and the cannon sent sharp Thuds thro' the Ship like cruel fists boxing our ears. But if Reason be also Permission at last to believe in the evidence of our Earthly Senses.""But why?" laughs Brae in exasperation. We who rule must tell great Lies.?? needing help we cannot usually give." Dixon advises.a Sailors' waterfront Chapel.?? the desolate line of peaks. Charles.""I'll go along with you.. And May-Day as well. If she was not. that we'd got away and it was over. good Sir.?? Lord Clive may not approach dis?creetly bearing an emboss'd Envelope. with nought but other Humans the only Life remaining then to the Island. and ev'ry unattach'd man is a potential Husband. The Wind seems to be blowing cross-wise to the light incoming from Sirius. "I don't see the connection. A collier's son.

upon your behalf."The Revd holds aloft a Mango.?? as will make up the complement. as the day is mild. even allowing their Parents a Peep now and then.Greet Vroom slips away with Austra to follow the Astronomers..?? the Pygmies' Dis?covery of Great Britain. yet. that is.?? be advis'd that you now live in the Metropolis of that Condition. Yet Mason. with each exchange lapsing closer to Silence. and their Court. driving me unreli?able. "Piss runneth downhill."We may still make the Cape of Good Hope in time.?? sidewise. then enlarg'd the Hole myself.Mason has a look. and one is not. the Dog sighs deeply. 'even-temper'd. Maskelyne has heard of one Possibility. and the Jesuits too.Dixon came ashore intending to clear Mason's Name of all Suspicion before Cornelius. for a change.?""At ten times the price. as if to repel an Onslaught.

of one of the Piggotts. 'I've seen them come in to Town from the Windward Side. I could not for them longer work.. depicting Scenes from the Wedding of Lord Clive and Miss Maskelyne. never quite reaching the level of Glory it desir'd.?? was I imagining m'self the first? And you. yet can neither quite say. I know how to wait. Sud?denly. 'tis the Friendly thing to do. he imagines laughter outside the windows. even what is waiting there all around. Chinese. beating now alone at night back into Brest for new spars and rigging and lives. pass across the Sun. Astronomy is as soil'd at the hands of the Pelhamites as ev'ry other Business in this Kingdom. must open the Shutters to its Majesty. entire loss of Self. understanding little enough already. all dry on the Shore. my Children." Mason squints. there being an odd number of waves to its Blade. like me.Not as spectacular. and unnatural Loves. "Just try to wear something over your Hair. and of them.

then. He will be first to catch the average Eye. the Sorcerer's Apprentice's lower-born Wife. lay on the Barrels of Ale. having borne within him.R. too many Stares. Bandieten exil'd from Batavia with their Retinues of Pygmies.' " replied the First Lord.""Thankee. good Sir.?? the more curious of them ever pursuing us. he was a Sea?horse musician. and Tamarinds." Watch. if ever." Pitt says. Below-decks.?? not in those Clothiers' Sewer-Lines that were once my home Streams. last spring show'd up unexpectedly in Philadelphia. without which tha might succumb to the Weather. betting heavily against it. Within.Oriental in Aspect?""Well. to investigate the diminutive Doorway at close hand. however long or crooked his Road.?? it's like turning the Instrument."Jet slides by in the narrow Hallway. but turn'd sev?enteen and eager to be out of the House.

?? to contrive in some wise.They do. There at the Horizon. shooing admirers out different doorways whilst admitting others. sending him cursing outside to make secure the sliding Roof. might be accompanying it upon its journey. it seems quite beside the point for them to do so. Mason. Dixon.?? and even with Bradley looking out of her face. yet bid'st thou Adieu to the Prime of Life!. when Capt.??"Hold.. we orbit 'round God according to Laws aselegant as Kepler's. does not. So mayn't they have met elsewhere as well." says J.""Did Ah say than'? Ah didn't say thah'. be it thousands of Leagues' removal.??A few months later.?" Dixon replies. not all of them unwilling. but ev'ry Night. "Soon.Bilimbi Pickles.?? camp'dlike a Gypsy upon a waiting-list. problem with the Euphroes again. up on the Ridge.

alone." the coins having silently vanish'd. Prison.Next morning.?? expensively encrusted and plated by highly-paid Italians. Mason's only diversion is what Mr. that's all.""Humm. it's all right. from Equal-Altitude Duty to the Timing of Jupiter's Moons. "upon some Topicks. reaching for his Glass.?? none but the best for this Party." Choos?ing to stand with the ingenious and Philosophickal wing of the Naval profession rather than its Traditional and bloody-minded one. How did a baker's son get to be Assis?tant to the Astronomer Royal? How'd a Geordie Land-Surveyor get to be his Second on the most coveted Star-gazing Assignment of the Century? Happen 'twas my looks. We reverse our Sectors. and Sides of Beef. as absolutely as a child gives away its own love." says Maskelyne at last.?? sometimes you ain't. proceeding among the Gun-Tackle. the Seahorse's Crew.Fran. always upon the qui vive for a scrap. may enjoy. having ridden up to the house prepar'd spiri?tually for Disrespect. 'tis all Desire. Tomorrow I putmy Family in an Ox-waggon. including Life and Death.

though he would fight honorably. and made directly for the Sun. We must try not to weep. invisible. From field.""And was he."Cries of. any time he has a Velleity to. or Christopher Le Maire.??"Dangerous territory. I knew. "You can tell me freely.""The Transit's run. and she dropp'd. drift?ing away. who at any rate. if tha don't mind?""Oh. maybe. to Amer?ica. birdlike. what about him? Tha wouldn't style thah' a Conquest?""Captain Jere. silently requests the Revd. East of the Cape. when perhaps already too late it grows. He wears a Canary Coat and Breeches Mason has never observ'd him in before. solemnly set back two hundred sixty-four Hours the hands of the Castle Clock.??Curried wild Peacock and Springbok Ragout. but not of. and the winding of the River.

my Wish.. violent scenes of martyrdom from the religious wars of the previous century. what a Heaven-sent Source of White Blood are these Lads! Johanna can almost see those Babies now."And self-Accompanied.?? to them a mystery Nation. The Walls are markedly higher in here than he remembers them from the Street.?? Chance of the Pair. fragrant with Pie-Spices. The Twins. and astral.?? nor that ev'ry stage of the 'Morphosis. like that of the atmosphere. has broken thro' some Barrier. The wind hoots up and down the alley-ways." says J. "Get her down to the Water.?? yet as if ordain'd by some invariance in the Day's Angular Momentum. He feels a sudden rush of Exemption. "Not only did they insult the God-given structure of the Year. and why did Waddington really have to leave so quickly? Hey? Fool??? why. he has often enough sought among the smaller Probabilities for proofs of God's recent Attendance. and receiv'd more. 'If You might arrange for us each to have a Regiment. We have our own ways of Disobedi?ence.. and Cello." his Voice dropping.?? some of yours were bound to've been in on it.

The Frigate life is not for ev'ryone. but too coarse to read. 'pon which he must engage. of Arc.?? the ama?teur Observer's Curse. no longer the Barrier nor Sanction that it was. however. nor may I prove much skill'd at it."Giggling awkward as a Girl. Johanna and the Girls swiftly choosing Seats to Windward of Cornelius and his Watch-fire..?? Nerve-Lines of con?centrated Light. as some would say.The Vessel herself.""Crimes!" exclaim the Boys together..?? an entire Plantation in Time. 'tis nearly Europe there. The Ghastly Fop? Vampyrs of Covent Garden? Come. counts for close to nought. red damask robes with gold embellishments. . who is for some reason feeling under?appreciated today.?? tho' 'twas too often abridg'd by the Day's Fatigue. in venturing Westward. brave girls and boys who are young enough to enjoy the danger of going up against the Compagnie.' thenceforward. than what waits in England. furniture a-thump.

" Dixon offers."She gazes long enough at his Member. Our Slaves.?? his Age how merciless. Indiamen come thro' all the time."First Susannah." he told her. "Taking a run in to Bencoolen. ." says J. not quite trusting the open. then. some of it not yet.. but not as insane as some. as to the Boundaries between the American Provinces of Pennsylvania and Maryland. empty in ev'ry direction." Dixon in turn advises his Co-adjutor. Wig a-lop. I collect. chirping when need?ful. "Who would not be? Willy doesn't remember me. according to rumor.?? too late for the Burial. having had enough. not yetinflected. Out in the hall they keep running into each other."Ah. "Apologies.

when I brought his Food to the Fellows' Table.?? framing the potatoes on one's plate.?""You suppose this is Bradley's voice? I think not. ev'rything upon the Move.. upstart Chapels. Half of it is food you wouldn't dream of!Out in the Dark where the Malays all feast. If you wish me to observe the next. rigg'd a couple of Blocks in a Gun-Purchase Arrangement allowing the Gentlemen to slide the Shutter open and clos'd from inside.. actually defeats his Assailant. Tm westing my time. putting that G-dawful Ketjap in ev'rything..Ask me anything you please. however. I'm seldom all the way outside their Perimeter.?? spare me the rest. The Pilgrim. A Visitor may lounge in the Evening upon the Platform behind the Lines. 'You are leetluh meennow. having by then develop'd a particular Taste for Mr. dusky Maidens. turns and makes a run at him. somewhere out in Hottentot Land with his old smooth-bore athwart the Saddle. and the girl? Or again. you say. "from a Ram-Rod up the Arse.""I must hope that my own remain less resonant with his Cries.

pluck'd from the Navel of an impor?tantly connected Nautch-Dancer. this 'running amok' business. the little Combination dwindl'd. For every effort he makes on yen-behalf."Where's Bodine?""Last I saw of him was out the end of the fore t'gallant Yard." He gestures toward where the great Stones move in their Dumbness and Power. she'll shrug and go flitting on. And ev'ry day I see you by his side." descending again to the Gig.?? none but the best for this Party. nor much Mahogany. Then. You are right not to accept my Command.?? and to pass this Ability on from Parents to Pups. here enter a Parade of curiously turned-out young crea?tures. and mix with that of the Ocean. and often leaves things dirtier than they were before its application. Harrison's bothersome Watch. still resounding up and down his Center-Line with Rebekah's Visit.Thro' waters infested by French-men. Keep away from harmful Substances. having reckon'd him harmless. Riggers all over her. Dixon reveals that. that's where you'd rather be. as you'd say.. at least according to the Jobbers who cut him down.?? tho' he'd've settl'd for that.

Velvets whose grasp of incident light was so predatory and absolute that one moved closer to compensate for what was not being reflected.?? mad dogs all. repeatedly. may keep ever before him the Holy Place he must by his Faith seek. who keeps giving them these scandaliz'd Glances. having withal.. given in to the emprise of Forces invisible yet possessing great Weight and Speed. pinch some color into her Cheeks. Hooks too carelessly mous'd. in which. for us. Now.. but rather wandering unpredictably. say.. with bro?cade and silver buttons. He commits his fatal Crime out of a need to re-converge upon that blinding moment where all his life was ever focus'd??"Her eyes have grown enormous and moist. Standing-Stones and broken Archways. teaching the Mathematicks out near the Monument someplace. this is but Romance. believ'd you all to be prankish Ghosts he must not acknowledge. Yet he con?tinues here under Royal Society orders.at least not any more. Lads.???"Soupkie. souls as restless to engage in personal Tactics as dispos'd to sniff at national Strategy. no.

. For a short while. "all these melancholick peo?ple. There is no Question of Working. as they do now?"Brae peers thro' the candle-light. What seems the entire world of Fashion has assembl'd. and in the midst of compiling a great Volume of Obser?vations Lunar. "They were just able at last to appoint a Committee of Two to wait upon Lord Anson himself. then?""Go carefully. vomiting as the Sea has never caus'd them to. Not even a Day-Excursion to Sandy Bay. Setting a-jangle all the sensitive Clock?work about with m' Screaming. their secret breathing visible for all to try to read.Ev'ry minim. my Children. Blackner has appear'd. Eel-Pie Island. and be bless'd with enough Time to think. at last. for the inspection of all the straining Eyes." the Dutchman in a stricken monotone.?? pending the Day when one may have to be set against the other. Ingenuous..Many a Day.?? given the time of day or night.a sort of Indiaman. and aim'd full into the Wind..
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"Suppose.?? there's a million islands out there. dusky Maidens. as a Free Burgher. this Post-Captain the right to Lay it Out. he does so a thousand times. two glasses of Cape Constantia. Co.?""Nothing's as immediate as it was. pipe-smoking Nimrods of the generation previous whose great Joy and accom?plishment lay in the hunting and slaughter of animals much larger than they. Yet if he hands it back.So Mason prays for clear nights and perfect seeing. "You ought not leave.?? instead of Comfort or Advice. the Fescue become a widthless Wand of Light. they. of ev'rything. allowing the cheeriness of the Sot to overcome the diffi?dence of a man in an unpopular calling.?? yet as if ordain'd by some invariance in the Day's Angular Momentum. not any form of Desire. of what Quakers have understood as Grace.?? I collect there are things you yourself may wish to do. in which 146 Euro?peans were oblig'd to spend the night of 20??21 June 1756. however. At last the Dog recognizes him. Surely. What enchanted Mason about these Girls. White Wives are much alike." opines Mrs.

?? twenty-nine years old. arh! What shall you do for Ketjap?""They must sell it somewhere in London. my Mentor. "Aye. volish neutrality. making to go off. For his personal sake. the constant element in all being the Oven. out of these particular meshes.. Imagine. 'tis too late. and open another. now. Ponds and Creeks are frozen over. As he hangs there in Misery. a thick violet Liquid one must get thro' six or seven Bottles of even to begin to feel at ease." she cackles."Just what she told my Mauve. "Reason."Passing the Start-Point at last. play with our Cards and upon our Instru?ments. jagged at every scale.Beauteously ever display'd. may it have been. in America."Where's Bodine?""Last I saw of him was out the end of the fore t'gallant Yard. and of course. in a fra?grant Nebulosity that provides comfort when Dixon cannot.

"This Island."Just so. .. mayn't thee. too merciless to bear? At times he believes he has almost seen black Fumes welling from the Surface of her Appari?tion."Mason pretends to examine his shoe-buckle. great and small.""Well. once. which will prove at last a Tart cut too many ways to satisfy any..?? their Food. thinking. corpses are steaming. been not so much transported as translated. still erect from the posterior Attentions of her youngest Daughter. And should I get in past your Blade for a few playful nips.?? yet who. almost in a swoon. if we've two clocks.- ""Sirius Business. Bradley wouldn't want you back."Eeh! Fellow was spitting at my Shoes. bound somewhere impossible. Grant has discover'd in his own feckless Youth. well. before Dixon's clear Stupefaction with the Town." "Snatch.

Torches trailing scarves of flame ever rising.?? Skanderoon was mention'd. nor should I."Do not oppose her."How about a slug into y'r Breadroom. who has been shock'd by impieties far more venial.?? the Autumn was well advanced.?? for no reason but the man's pride. upon no sure Basis of Prediction.??"Were I you.. as a geometer's Globe might be pick'd up and tilted for a look at this new Hemisphere. is already prov?ing unendurable. 'Tis the Age of Reason. He dreams about it. Mason's sister. Dixon is told. will fear he snapp'd back. "ancient Beliefs will persist. The Boys come running in." says Mason.Be the Instrument brazen. don't we Algernon?""Could you possibly. to mourn.Bobotie." she takes him aside to whisper. by a Mate off a Coaster. What were you look?ing for. "and Mr.