XXXIX + 

And now for LippiusвАЩs clock! said I, with the air of a man, who had got throвАЩ all his difficultiesвБ†вЄЇвБ†nothing can prevent us seeing that, and the Chinese history, etc., except the time, said Fran√ІoisвБ†вЄЇвБ†for вАЩtis almost elevenвБ†вАФThen we must speed the faster, said I, striding it away to the cathedral. + 

I cannot say, in my heart, that it gave me any concern in being told by one of the minor canons, as I was entering the west door,вБ†вАФThat LippiusвАЩs great clock was all out of joints, and had not gone for some yearsвБ†вЄЇвБ†It will give me the more time, thought I, to peruse the Chinese history; and besides I shall be able to give the world a better account of the clock in its decay, than I could have done in its flourishing conditionвБ†вЄЇвБ† + 

вЄЇвБ†And so away I posted to the college of the Jesuits. + 

Now it is with the project of getting a peep at the history of China in Chinese charactersвБ†вАФas with many others I could mention, which strike the fancy only at a distance; for as I came nearer and nearer to the pointвБ†вАФmy blood coolвАЩdвБ†вАФthe freak gradually went off, till at length I would not have given a cherrystone to have it gratifiedвБ†вЄїThe truth was, my time was short, and my heart was at the Tomb of the LoversвБ†вЄЇвБ†I wish to God, said I, as I got the rapper in my hand, that the key of the library may be but lost; it fell out as wellвБ†вЄї + 

For all the Jesuits had got the cholicвБ†вАФand to that degree, as never was known in the memory of the oldest practitioner. + 