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[Toby G Levy]

        Mason is only offered 750 pounds for his work on the nautical
almanac. He turns it down because he feels he is underpaid and his
wife is dismayed.

        Maskelyne is delighted with Herschel's discovery of Uranus. But
Mason looks upon it with the feeling that death is approaching him.

        Maskelyne finds he is not on the membership list of Royal
Society Council in 1783. While he is most vulnerable, Mason has dinner
with Maskelyne and his brother, and launches his attack on Maskelyne for
what he believes to be Maskelyne's hatred of Mason over the years.
Maskleyne turned his back on Mason and never saw him again. The next
year Maskelyne was back on the Council and stayed there for the rest of
his life.

vw#142: petroglyph - a drawing or carving on rock, made by a member of a
prehistoric people.

        Mason dreams of finding himself in an ancient city. Mary looks
in on him and sees he is waking up. She allows Benjamin Franklin to come
into the room. Mason looks much older to Franklin.

Toby