MD3PAD 124-126

[Toby G Levy]

        Dixon tells the clock not to be afraid of him because he yells
when he is surprised by the chiming of the quarter hour.

        Mason sees Dixon off and Dixon tells Mason to be careful of
catching social diseases on the island. Dixon sets off telling Mason he
will see him again at Christmas time.

        Chapter 13 starts on page 125 with Mason walking alone on wet
rocks near the sea just after Dixon's departure.  Maskelyne notices
Mason and approaches him, saying that it his habit to take walks at
night. It is nearly daybreak and Mason marvels at the activity all
around them, since he recently came from a place that enforced a
curfew.

vw#29: Passado - A fencing maneuver in which the foil is thrust forward
and one foot advanced at the same time.

        Maskelyne tells Mason that the main town on the island, James's
Town, can be as intricate as any European city.  Mason wonders if it
would be possible to  "Disappear" for a week or so on the island.
Maskelyne say it would be difficult but not impossible.  He then says
how happy he has such a good Astronomer as Mason to "share in my
simpler, meaner, Duties."

Toby