MD3PAD 157-159

[Toby G Levy]

        Due to his possible connection with Isaac Le Maire, the leaders
of Capetown therefore note that Dixon may have "dangerous connections"
and allow him to roam unrestricted in Capetown.

        Chapter 15 begins on page 158, shifting the focus back to Mason.
Maskelyne has decided that he and Mason must move to the windy side of
the island to take measurements in order to determine if the mass of the
mountains affects the operation of his plumb line which he obsessively
believes is faulty.

        Mason considered his experience on Capetown to be a "Parable
about Slavery and Free Will" (why?) but he cannot figure out what this
experience on St Helena will be about.

        Maskelyne's former assistant, Waddington refused to even set
foot on the windy side of the island. In the fort the Company maintains
on the windward side of the island, residents enter suicide banks and
madness pools so that they may profit from the inevitable craziness
engendered by living in a constant windstorm.

        Mason doesn't like the idea of staying on the windy side but
feels obligated to help Maskelyne with his work.

Toby