MD3PAD 82-84

[Toby G Levy]

        Mason and Dixon like to roam the streets of the Malay quarter at
night when all the smells of spices are at their height. Greet Vroom
(the middle child) follows them to report back on what they do. They
mainly do a lot of eating.  Greet sings a little song about all the
different odd foods they eat.  No one realizes that the meals at the
Vroom table are so repulsive to the astronomers that they are driven to
find food elsewhere.

        Mason and Dixon join a queue of diners watching a wildly busy
cook preparing an elaborate meal. His wife serves the food and collects
the money while various children help out. Mason talks to the kids about
how it is necessary to use Dowsers to locate new wells in England and
a kid asks if the Dutch have conquered England yet. Mason says no, but
Dixon reminds him about William of Orange.

        The cook, named Rakhman,  recognizes Dixon and they exchange
comments about Mangoes.

vw#26: satay - Southeast Asian dish consisting of strips of marinated
meat, poultry or seafood on skewers and dipped in peanut sauce.

        Rakhman tells them that tomorrow is the best day to buy Mangoes
and the following morning Mason and Dixon go down to the market and find
Wicks Cherrycoke there picking out Mangoes. Mason, not a morning person,
is angered by Wicks' cheeriness.

Toby