MD3PAD 298-300

[Toby G Levy]

        One of the workers, Clovis, insists that the design for the
observatory covers a door large enough to get the Sector inside.  Mason
and Dixon remain skeptical, but another two workers, Hobab and Elijah
promise to build a door big enough to get the sector in and out.

        Dixon goes to a coffee house noted for being habituated by
people interested in magnetism. It is called The Flower-de-Luce. Dixon
orders some very strong coffee and the proprietor remarks "Planning on
some ELEVATED Discourse tonight?" Dixon thinks he recognizes the
"coffee-draper" but the proprietor says no.

        Dixon sees Franklin's friend Dolly pouring over a map with a
measuring device. She looks up and greets Dixon, telling him that new
"declination figures" have arrived and that Pennsylvania is a bit more
east than previously figured.

vw#70: declination - (astronomy) the angular distance to a point on a
celestial object measured north or south from the celestial equator;
expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on
the celestial sphere [syn: celestial latitude].

        Dolly asks what could be causing the shift and Dixon speculates
"Something underground, moving Westward...?"  Dolly tells Dixon he is
being incautious and pulls him into an alcove. But once there they talk
of a coffee house where the waitresses dress in the costumes of various
nations. Dolly asks Dixon about his relationship with Mason and offers
to fix Mason up with a friend of hers, Molly, who is also of a
melancholy nature. Dolly launches into an explanation of her interest in
science.

Toby