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[Toby G Levy]

        Mason finds a mountain for Maskelyne to test out his new
equipment but then refuses to return there with the equipment. Maskelyne
goes himself, wearing an outrageous outfit he designed himself, and
becomes famous for his work there. Mason returns to Sapperton and
scrapes by on odd jobs.

        Chapter 77, the penultimate chapter, begins on page 749.
Another year has gone by and Mason and Dixon meet in the town of Bishop.
Dixon has begun to limp and Mason is more than ever deep into
melancholy.  Mason tells of a recurring dream in which he is in a
strange city walking among ruins that resemble Stonehenge.

        They fish silently together and stay up nights talking.

        On another visit Mason finds Dixon suffering greatly from gout.

Toby