Fr. Christopher Maire, far from pallid1, wearing no black beyond his Queue-Tie, neither wiry nor unnaturally2 fit, in Manner as free of the suave3 as of the pinguid, seems scarcely any Englishman's idea of a Jesuit. Yet he will confess, that earlier in life, during his Adventures in Italy with Fr. Boscovich in fact, he took time better us'd in spiritual Work to cultivate a more Loyolan Image,— proving quite unsuccessful at it, however,— remaining fair and spindle-shap'd as when he stepp'd off the boat, failing to rid his speech of Geordie coloration, nor ever achieving that opaque7 Effect of a Stiletto-Waver stuff'd into a Churchly Frock, which distinguishes El Auténtico.
Maire awaits Dixon in Emerson's front parlor8,— outside, the traffic in and out of Hurworth creaks, and whistles, and clops. Those bound from Teeside across the Fells take a last opportunity to hark human Speech, before the long miles and unspoken-of but too well known Visits toward the end of the Day, when the cool'd light above the spoil-heaps favors them. And if any hint of the sinister9 were to accompany this Priest, 'twould be well in that Northern, bones-and-blood tradition, of beings like Hob Headless, said to haunt the road between Hurworth and Neasham, all of whose former Neighbors were agreed upon what a whole?some individual he once seem'd.
Emerson, bustling10 into the room bearing the remains11 of the Bloat Her?ring from Breakfast, directly adjoining upon the Plate an Ox-Tail from several Meals ago, and something that may once have been a Haggis, cries, "Now clap yersel's down," in an unnaturally vivacious12 tone.
Tis no great leap for most to imagine William Emerson a Wizard. Interest in the Dark Arts is ever miasmatick in Durham, as if rising from the coal-beds,— old as Draconick Incursion, the scaly13 Visitors drawn14 by the familiar odors of Sulfur15 and Burning,— not to mention Ghosts in ev'ry Tavern16, and Cannibals, impossible to Defeat, ranging the Fells— Seekers come in from all 'round to Hurworth, where Emerson is ever available to cast a Horoscope, mix up a Philtre, find a stolen Purse. Not all his feats17 are benevolent18,— once, out of Annoyance19, he kept a neigh?bor Lad in a Tree for most of the Day, unable to stir, let alone descend20...using a form of the very Technique which has found its late Exponent21 in Dr. Mesmer.
"In Paris," comments Cousin DePugh, his father happening for a Moment to be out of the Room, " 'tis all the Rage— indeed, / have been Mesmeriz'd."
"What,— " Ethelmer needling in among a general murmur22 of Dubi?ety, "by Mesmer himself, I suppose."
"Yes and Dr. M. was also kind enough to instruct some of us in what he knew,—
"Mesmer charges an hundred Louis, 'tis well known," cries Euphie, "That's eighty-five pounds Brit, where's your poor Father getting money like that?"
"Oh, Franz gave us a Price, as there were so many of us, who wish'd to learn. By forgoing23 one Pint24 per Evening, for a Stretch somewhat longer than Lent, I soon had replenish'd my Funds. In fact, I don't ever recall telling Pa about it, and would be oblig'd, dear Cousin, um, that is..."
"Peach Not is ever my Policy, DePugh."
"I've become quite good at the Mesmerick Arts,— indeed I'm think?ing of setting up a practice in America."
"New-York's the Place," advises Brae, "they've ev'rything there. But stay out of this Town, Coz, if you're looking to turn any Profit.”
"Brae!" cries her father in a mock-offended Tone. "Anyone with the necessary Drive can make a go of it here. As Mr. Tox says in his Penn-sylvaniad,— twenty-first or -second Book,
'A young man seeking to advance himself,
Will get him to the nearest Source of Pelf25.—
And few of these are more distinctly Pelfier,
Than,— Long Life, Queen of Schuylkill!— Philadelphia.'''
"I was thinking more of the West," says DePugh. "Little or no Med?ical equipment to weigh down one's Progress...the necessary Herbs, in those Wilds,— so 'tis said,— ev'rywhere to be found...and the Powers being already long known to Indian medicine-men, Business opportunities await the alert Practitioner26, among Red, even as White, customers."
"More likely," his Uncle suggests, "any Doctors who're already there will run you out of town, if they don't kill you first, because they don't want the Competition."
"But it's America, Sir! Competition is of her Essence!"
"Nobody here wants Competition," Ives LeSpark re-entering, shaking his head gravely. "All wish but to name their Price, and maintain it, without the extra work and worry all these damn'd Up-starts require."
"More work for you, Nunk," supposes Ethelmer.
"We are like Physicians, there is always enough Work for us, as we treat the Moral Diseases," replies the Attorney, "nor are we any more dispos'd than our Brother Doctors to meeting other folks' Prices,— hence our zeal28 in defending Monopoly."
"A form of Sloth," notes the Revd, "that only Brutality29 can maintain for long, soon destroy'd if 'tis not abandon'd first."
"Rubbish," several Voices pronounce at once.
"Looks as if I'll need Fire-Arms," reckons DePugh.
"You know the Uncle to see, then," advises Aunt Euph.
"Already your Load increases," Brae puts in. "A Man oughtn't to be too weigh'd down."
"Franz told us we need bring but the proper Gaze."
"Hmm. Let us see.”
"Be warn'd, Cousin...."
"He's Magnetick," says Thelmer.
Most of Hurworth (the Revd has meanwhile continu'd) believe William Emerson a practicing Magician. Sheep-tenders have reported flights, usually at dusk, Passages of shadows aloft that can only have been one of Emerson's classes out upon a Field-Trip, for he is teaching them to fly. Toward Sunset, when ev'ry least Ruffle30 in the Nap of the Terrain31 is mag?nified as Shadow, they'll be out looking for traces of Roman and earlier ruins. In the Twilight32 they ascend33, one by one, dutiful Pupils, Caps tied firmly down, Rust34 Light upon the Wrinkles in their Clothing, to flock above the Village, before moving out across the Fells, following south?westerly the Ley-Lines he shows them, sighting upon the Palatine Resi?dence at Bishop35 Auckland, whilst Chapel-Spires, roadside Crosses, pre-historic standing36 Stones, holy Spring-heads, one by one in perfect Line, go passing directly beneath,— until just at the river, over ancient Vinovium, the Flock will pause to re-group. He is teaching them to sense rather than see this Line, to learn exactly what it feels like to yaw too much to its port or starboard. The Ley seems to generate, along its length, an Influence,— palpable as that of Earth's Magnetism37 upon a Needle,— "That is," Dixon will avow38 years later to Mason, with every appearance of sincerity39, "I knew I could feel those Lines."
"Bisley Church," recalls Mason, "with a history of unending village Meannesses,— false Surveys, 'cursed Wells, vicious Hoaxes40, ruin'd cer?emonies, switch'd Corpses41...and on into Stultification42 unending, tradi?tional accounts of its construction suggesting, if not the intervention43,
then at least the cooperative presence of the D——l,— was meant for a
field near Chalford,— but each night the stones were removed and trans?ported in a right line, through the air, at brisk speed, to the church's present site. You can take a Map, draw a straight line from the Barrow near Great Badminton we call the Giant's Caves, to the Long Barrow near The Camp, and you'll observe it passes directly over Bisley, and might have been the church stones' route of transport, the ancient Barrows being known sources of, and foci for, the Tellurick Energies.”
"Oh,— well our Leys were nowhere near as evil as thah'...? Flying them was indeed quite pleasant, yes quite pleasant indeed,—
Over Wearside, here at Nightfall, exactly upon this Edge between sunlight too bright to see much by and moonlight providing another reading in coal-blue or luminous44 bone,— when spirits also are said in these parts to come out,— so beneath them now do the Dark-Age Maps, the long, dogged Roman Palimpsest, the earlier contours of Brigantum itself, emerge at a certain combination of low Sun-angle and Scholarly Altitude above the Fell,— coming up through the Spoil-heaps and the grazing, in colors of evening, in Map-makers' ink-washes, green Walnut45, Weld, Brazil-wood, Lake, Terra-Sienna, Cullens-Earth, and Burnt Umber,— as Emerson meanwhile points out to his Flock the lines of the Roman baths and barracks and the temples to Mithras, the crypts in which the mysteries were pass'd on to novices46, once long ago invisibly nested at the Camp's secret core, now open to anyone's curiosity. "The moral lesson in this," declares Emerson, "being,— Don't Die."
"The Romans," he continues, in class the next day, "were preoccu?pied with conveying Force, be it hydraulic47, or military, or architec?tural,— along straight Lines. The Leys are at least that old,— perhaps Druidic, tho' others say Mithraic, in origin. Whichever Cult5 shall gain the honor, Right Lines beyond a certain Magnitude become of less use or instruction to those who must dwell among them, than intelligible48, by their immense regularity49, to more distant Onlookers50, as giving a clear sign of Human Presence upon the Planet.
"The Argument for a Mithraic Origin is encourag'd by the Cult's known preference for underground Temples, either natural or man-made. They would have found a home in Durham, here among Pit-men and young Plutonians like yourselves,— indeed, let us suppose the ear?liest Coal-Pits were discover'd by Mithraist Sappers...? from the Camp up at Vinovia, poking51 about for a suitable Grotto,— who, seeking Ormazd, God of Light, found rather a condens'd Blackness which hides Light within, till set aflame.. .mystickal Stuff, Coal. Don't imagine any of you notice that, too busy getting it all over yerselves, or resenting it for being so heavy, or counting Chaldrons. Pretending it solid, when like light and Heat, it indeed flows. Eppur' si muove, if yese like."
Flow is his passion. He stands waist-deep in the Tees, fishing, con4?
templating its currents, believing, as Dixon will one day come to believe
of the Wear, that 'twill draw out the Gout from his leg. Emerson has no
patience with analysis. He loves Vortices, may stare at 'em for hours, if
he's the Time, so far as they remain in the River,— yet, once upon Paper,
he hates them, hates the misuse,— and therefore hates Euler, for exam?
ple, at least as much as he reveres52 Newton. The first book he publish'd
was upon Fluxions. He is much shorter than Dixon. He has devis'd a
sailing-Scheme, whereby Winds are imagin'd to be forms of Gravity act?
ing not vertically53 but laterally54, along the Globe's Surface,— a Ship to
him is the Paradigm55 of the Universe. "All the possible forces in play
are represented each by its representative sheets, stays, braces56, and
shrouds57 and such,— a set of lines in space, each at its particular angle.
Easy to see why sea-captains go crazy,— godlike power over realities so
simplified "
The Telescope, the Fluxions, the invention of Logarithms and the frenzy58 of multiplication59, often for its own sake, that follow'd have for Emerson all been steps of an unarguable approach to God, a growing clarity,— Gravity, the Pulse of Time, the finite speed of Light present themselves to him as aspects of God's character. It's like becoming friendly with an erratic60, powerful, potentially dangerous member of the Aristocracy. He holds no quarrel with the Creator's sovereignty, but is repeatedly appall'd at the lapses61 in Attention, the flaws in Design, the squand'rings of life and energy, the failures to be reasonable, or to exer?cise common sense,— first appall'd, then angry. We are taught,— we believe,— that it is love of the Creation which drives the Philosopher in his Studies. Emerson is driven, rather, by a passionate62 Resentment63.
Upon concluding their Course of Study, Dixon's Class are brought in for a Valedictory64 Chat with Emerson.
"Your turn, Jeremiah. What's your aim in life?"
"Surveyor."
"What, Fool!— Staring yourself Blind...? Chaining through the Glaur...? Another damn'd Lamentation's added to the List,— 'Oink, oink.' "
A head-Shake, a Deferential65 Grin, yet, "These are busy times in Durham, Sir, the Demand for Enclosure having made Nabobs already of
more than one plain Dodman. It may happen overnight, upon the Pro6?ceeds of but one Commission,— for, prudently66 invested,—
"Assuming you know what 'prudently' is, even so,— there are only so many of these big spenders. What happens when you run out of 'Squireocracy ? "
"Business can but increase,— between enclosure and sub?division...? why there's work enough in Durham, the very day, for an hundred Surveyors."
Emerson gazes at nothing anyone can make out, for a long time. "You and your Class-mates all know," he murmurs67 at last, "of my confidence in Astrology,— yet here, facing thee, Plutonian Counter-example, must my Faith halt, and tremble. Regard th'self,— born under the Sign of the Lion, destin'd thereby68 for optimism, ambition, power in the larger World,— yet what do I behold69 instead, but a tepid70, slothful Mope, with the Passions of a Pit-prop, whose dreams extend no further than siting Gazebos for jump'd-up Mustard-Farmers from Tow Law? whose naked Aim is but to accumulate Money, ever more Money, with as little work as possible? Tell me,— what natal71 Sign does that, I would have to say, exclusively, suggest to you?"
"The Bull," mumbles72 Dixon, aware this is also Emerson's natal Sign, but not wishing to seem too pleas'd with it. "Don't think I haven't had the same thought, Sir, but I looked for it in the Parish records, and there I am, end of July."
"Happen you've somewhat in the region of Pisces I don't know about? For there's the Sign of Enclosure... Leonian Fire kept ever within... ? art?fully73 hidden... ? Aye, of course,— that must be it."
"Why then advise me, as tha did from the outset, that my Destiny was to inscribe74 the Earth...? Why show any of us the Leys as tha did, and the great Roman streets,— direct as Shafts75 of Light's what tha call'd them...."
"To weed out you who are too content with Spectacle," Emerson replies.
"Of the Pupils thou've declined to teach further, there are enough of us to form a Club," complains Dixon.
"You wanted only the flying, Jeremiah. 'Twas never about Flying."
"What else could it've been...?”
"Fret76 not, you will execute Maps of breath-taking beauty, which is a form of Flight not at all dishonorable."
"Not what Ah have in mind, tho' Ah do thank thee, may I say Friend Emerson, now we're no longer master and—
"Tha may not...? I am still Sir to you. Chain-carrier, go,— some fool's stately Ditches await thee."
Not that many years later, here is Dixon in his Teacher's Parlor, trying not to look at, much less eat, the Refreshments77, observing instead the wordless messages between Emerson and Maire, and speculating as to who might have ow'd whom what, in arranging this Conference, in which Dixon seems to be some sort of desirable Package, if not Prize.
"I am off to St. Omer," the Priest says, "the merciless Environment of children, the company of most of whom I would not willingly have sought."
"Is it your Oath of Obedience78?" The Geordie 0, as if a Comment upon Maire's failure to seem Jesuit enough, prolonged only just short of giving offense79.
Maire sighs. "You have never met one of us before?"
"Aye, mind yourself, Dixon, you've studied De Litteraria Expeditions et Soforthia,— show some respect."
Dixon, whose hat until now has been upon his head Quaker style, sweeps it off smartly enough, blurting80, "Pray thee Sir, my admiration81 for thah' great Traverse, is match'd only by some of my feelings about Newton...?"
It gets him a wan27 smile. "I can imagine how you taught them that, William,— the march from Rome to Rimini, across plains and over mountains, with galloping82 Horses, Telescopes,— perhaps, knowing your ways, a few Brigands83 as well. How could it fail to appeal to boys' imagi?nations? I should be taking down Memoranda84."
"I've tried to scribble85 an Angle or two whilst upon horseback," says Dixon, "— I stand 'maz'd to hear of Father Boscovich's long poem of the Tale at first Hand, that he wrote, as you went...?"
"Indeed, and in Scribe as fair as that produc'd upon an oak desk in a solid house far from the sea. 'Twill soon, I'm told, be printed in London. He did also alight now and then to attend to less literary Tasks, such as measuring two degrees of Latitude86, for the first time in History, but,— let
me draw back from the brink87 of Conjugate88 Capital Sin, and only add, that I commend and celebrate mio cam Ruggiero, as much as will satisfy you,— and may God be with him, in his present sojourn89 in London." His (as many suppos'd) secret Arrival the year before last, having been intended to reassure90 the British as to the continu'd Neutrality, in the present War, of the strategic Dalmatian Port of Ragusa,— Fr. Boscovich's birth-place, as it happen'd.
"What need of Deity," growls91 Emerson, "in London, among the Nabobs and philosophers? Stirring speeches to Diplomats92...Glass of Madeira and a pipe at the jolly old Goose and Gridiron. Election to the hallow'd Society itself... Wonderful stuff, why aye,— yet what's his game, now, Kit93?"
Nodding submissively, as if it had been coerc'd from him,— a silent "Very Well,"- "Brother Ruggiero wishes to measure a Degree, in America."
"How forthright94, look at this."
"Latitude or Longitude95?" inquires Dixon.
"Latitude. No further inland than necessary."
Emerson snorts. "No Rome to Rimini this time...?"
"He'd settle for a fraction of a Degree."
"He'll get none, Sir. This King will never allow Jesuit philosophers into British North America...? along either co-ordinate, be their motives96 unblemish'd as candle-wax,— and as to that,— what are your motives, why does the Society of Jesus after thirteen years suddenly want to start measuring Degrees again? How does it help you thump97 any more Protes?tants than you already do, basically?"
"Mayn't we be allow'd some curiosity as to the shape and size of the planet we're living on?" replies Maire, unblinking, just short of ques?tioning the civility of his host.
"Why aye, so may we all...? But what your line-running Mate Boscovich also wants, indeed openly enough for word of it to've reach'd even the tilth-stopp'd Ears of this country Philosopher, is a great number of Jesuit Observatories98, flung as a Web, all over the World it seems,— modeled somewhat, I'm told, upon the provisions made for observing the Transits99 of Venus. An obvious Question arises,— how often will Emplacements like that ever be needed? Any Celestial100 Event close
enough for it to matter which part of the Earth 'tis observ'd from, being surely too rare to merit that sizable an investment...? Therefore,— Emerson's notorious "therefore,"— intended, Dixon has at length dis-cover'd, to bully101 his students into believing there must have been some train of logic102 they fail'd to see,— "the inner purpose, rather, can only be,— to penetrate103 China. The rest being but Diversion."
Maire, face forbearing, shrugs104, "This is the Epoch105 of our Exile, William. Day upon Day, Jesuits are being expell'd from the kingdoms of Europe. Maria Theresa, God save her, is all but our last Protector. Our time here in the West may be more limited than any of us wishes to think about. Even within our Faith we are as itinerant106 Strangers. We must consider possible places of refuge—" He crosses his hands upon his Breast. "China...?"
Emerson sputters107 into his tea. "Eehh!— what makes you think the Chinese'll like you Jezzies any better than the Bourbons do?"
"They might. They're not Catholic."
"Nor would yese have to worry about Expulsion or Suppression, Chi?nese much preferring to,— " Emerson makes a playful Head-chopping gesture. "What charms as it frightens us plain folk," he goes on, "is how Jesuits observe Devotions so transcendent, whilst practicing Crimes so terrestrial,— their Inventions as wondrously108 advanced as their use of them is remorselessly ancient. They seem to us at once, benevolent Vis?itors, from a Place quite beyond our reach, and corrupted109 Assassins, best kept beyond the reach of."
"Fair enough," says the priest, "yet, Jeremiah, here you've a Choice at last, between staying at home, and venturing abroad...? For tho' your Faith teaches equality and peace, I've yet to meet one of you Quaker Lads who hasn't the inward desire to be led into some fight. (Lo, William, he blushes.) Why, if Authority and Battle be your Meat, lad, our Out-Fit can supply as much as you like. The Wine ration's home-made but all for free,— the Uniform's not to everyone's taste, yet it does attract the Atten?tion of the ladies, and you'll learn to work all the Machines,—
So — Have,—
A-
'Nother look,— at the Army that
Wrote the Book,— take the Path that you
Should've took— and you'll be
On your way!
Get, up, and, wipe-off-that-chin,
You can begin, to have a
Whole new oth-er life,—
Soldj'ring for Christ,
Reas'nably priced,—
And nobody's missing
The Kids or th' Wife! So,
Here's the Drill,
Take the Quill110,
Sign upon the Line or any-
Where you will,
There's Heretics a-plenty and a
License111 to kill, if you're a
Brother in the S. of J.!"
At the close of which the Priest unhelpfully blurts112, "(Celibacy of course being ever strictly113 enjoin'd.— ) / If you're a Brother in the—
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