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One: Latitudes and Departures

Chapters 1-25

1. Snow-Balls have flown their Arcs, starr'd the Sides of Outbuildings, as of Cousins, carried Hats away into the brisk Wind off Delaware 6  
1.2. Tho' my Inclination had been to go out aboard an East Indiaman (the Revd continues)   10
2. To Mr. Mason, Assistant to the Astronomer Royal, At Greenwich 12  
3. I was not there when they met —or, not in the usual Way. 14  
4. Had it proved of any help that the Revd had tried to follow the advise of Epictetus 30  
4.2. "He wants whah'?"   31
4.3. As they proceed down the Channel   34
4.4. "'Twas small work to come up with us, get to leeward   37
4.5. Altho' Dixon is heading off to Sumatra with a member of the Church of England,— that is, the Ancestor of Troubles,—   38
5. If ever they meant to break up the Partnership, this would've been the time. 42  
6. "The Interdiction at Sea, it seems to the Revd, "was patently a warning to the Astronomers, from Beyond. 47  
6.2. So off we sail again (the Revd continues), this time in convoy with another, larger Frigate   48
6.3. "Cheerly. Cheerly, then, Lads..."   54
6.4. "Why?" the Twins wish to know.   56
6.5. On Southward the Seahorse gallops   57
7. Trying to remember how they ever came to this place, both speak of Passage as by a kind of Flight 58  
7.2. Although rooming at the Zeemann's, the Astronomers are soon eating at the house behind   60
7.3. "Even by then," the Revd declares, "upon some Topicks, the Astronomers remain'd innocent.   75
8. As the Days here slip by, whilst the Transit yet lies to distant for him quite to believe in, Dixon 77  
9. Despite all wish to avoid it, here they are, Vrou Vroom and Mason, in an upper Bedroom, 87  
10. As Planets do the Sun, we orbit 'round God according to Laws as elegant as Kepler's. 94  
10.2. Somebody, somewhere in the World, watching the Planet go dark against the Sun,— dark, mad, mortal,   96
10.3. When they leave the Cape, no one is there at the Quay to say good-bye but Bonk   102
10.4. "What made them leave home and set sail upon dangerous seas,   102
11. "The St. Helena of old had been a Paradise," avers Euphrenia. 105  
11.2. The idea, in making Port at St. Helena, is to keep to windward,   106
11.3. The year after Rebekah's dead was treacherous ground for Mason,   110
11.4. 'Twas then that Mason began his Practice, each Friday, of going out to the hangings at Tyburn   110
11.5. "You did have me going, Florinda."   114
12. Mason, Dixon, and Maskelyne are in a punch house on Cock Hill called "The Moon" 116  
13. Intent upon picking his way back over the wet Rocks to the Sea-Steps, 125  
14. Mason, up on the Ridge, finds himself wondering about Dixon 146  
15. Mason, convinc'd that he has been set upon a Pelgrimage by Forces beyond his ability at present to reach,— 158  
15.2. And here it is, upon the Windward Side, where no ship ever comes willingly, that her visits begin.   163
16. Here is what Mason tells Dixon of how Rebekah and he first met. 167  
17. Once 'round Castle Rock and the Needles, 175  
18. Void of Course, back with Senses Boggl'd from War, Slavery, Succesful Obs, the wind at St. Helena 183  
18.2. However content Rebekah may be, Mason's Sisters are unusually harsh in their treatment with him.   184
19. In the bar of The George, what should he find, as the Topick of vehement Conversation, but Bradley again. 190  
20. The Boys circle about, not sure of him, tho 'Doc has come running, 199  
20.2. In fact, far from the Ogre or Troll his son makes him out to be, Charles Sr. is a wistful and spiritual person.   204
21. The towns around the Golden Valley didn't think much of one another 207  
21.2. They found a Hill-Top and pick-nick'd.   208
21.3. London is chang'd.   212
22. Fr. Christopoher Maire, far from pallid, wearing no black beyond his Queue-Tie, 215  
22.2. "In Paris," comments Cousin DePugh,   216
22.3. Most of Hurworth (the Revd has meanwhile continu'd) believe William Emerson a practicing Magician.   218
23. Indeed, one look at the place is enough to reconcile Fr. Maire to the possibility of having to leave it. 228  
24. The most metaphysickal thing Mason will ever remember Dixon saying is, "I owe my existence to a pair of Shoes." 238  
24.2. His father died when Jeremiah was twenty-two,   241
25. Miss Tenebrae, perplex'd, puts down her Embroidery. 246  
25.2. The days before their Departure are Humid, splash'd into repeatedly by Rain.   246