MD3PAD 208-210

Toby G Levy tobylevy at juno.com
Sun Mar 26 07:14:07 CST 2006


        Mason imagines a scene in which he talked to his father before he
got married. The conversation did not take place, but he thinks his
father would have warned him not to become indebted to Sam Peach for
securing a position with Bradley, and that his wife would not be happy
being married to a "stargazer."

        Mason remembers a time when he invited Rebekah to accompany him
to his logging the Transit of Venus. Rebekah worries that his position
as assistant to Bradley would not be waiting for him when he got back.

vW#56: Pelhamites - followers of Henry Pelham (1659-1654), became prime
minister of England in 1643.

        Rebekah is surprised by all the politics that are involved in
the Royal Society.

        Mason remembers a trip he and Rebekah took south the view
Stonehenge by moonlight. They arrived a few hours before sunset and
spent the time discussing how Rebekah had relatives who came from this
area, and Mason makes gentle fun of her druid ancestry.

Toby



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