Reading Help Around the world in eighty days Ch.I-VI
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` "Where could he go, then?" `
` `
` "Oh, I don't know that. The world is big enough." `
` `
` "It was once," said Phileas Fogg, in a low tone. "Cut, sir," `
` he added, handing the cards to Thomas Flanagan. `
` `
` The discussion fell during the rubber, after which Stuart took up its thread. `
` `
` "What do you mean by `once'? Has the world grown smaller?" `
` `
` "Certainly," returned Ralph. "I agree with Mr. Fogg. The world `
` has grown smaller, since a man can now go round it ten times more quickly `
` than a hundred years ago. And that is why the search for this thief `
` will be more likely to succeed." `
` `
` "And also why the thief can get away more easily." `
` `
` "Be so good as to play, Mr. Stuart," said Phileas Fogg. `
` `
` But the incredulous Stuart was not convinced, and when the `
` hand was finished, said eagerly: "You have a strange way, Ralph, `
` of proving that the world has grown smaller. So, because you `
` can go round it in three months--" `
` `
` "In eighty days," interrupted Phileas Fogg. `
` `
` "That is true, gentlemen," added John Sullivan. "Only eighty days, `
` now that the section between Rothal and Allahabad, on the `
` Great Indian Peninsula Railway, has been opened. `
` Here is the estimate made by the Daily Telegraph: `
` `
` From London to Suez via Mont Cenis and `
` Brindisi, by rail and steamboats ................. 7 days `
` From Suez to Bombay, by steamer .................... 13 " `
` From Bombay to Calcutta, by rail ................... 3 " `
` From Calcutta to Hong Kong, by steamer ............. 13 " `
` From Hong Kong to Yokohama (Japan), by steamer ..... 6 " `
` From Yokohama to San Francisco, by steamer ......... 22 " `
` From San Francisco to New York, by rail ............. 7 " `
` From New York to London, by steamer and rail ........ 9 " `
` ---- `
` Total ............................................ 80 days." `
` `
` "Yes, in eighty days!" exclaimed Stuart, who in his excitement `
` made a false deal. "But that doesn't take into account bad weather, `
` contrary winds, shipwrecks, railway accidents, and so on." `
` `
` "All included," returned Phileas Fogg, continuing to play `
` despite the discussion. `
` `
` "But suppose the Hindoos or Indians pull up the rails," `
` replied Stuart; "suppose they stop the trains, pillage `
` the luggage-vans, and scalp the passengers!" `
` `
` `
` "All included," calmly retorted Fogg; adding, as he threw down the cards, `
` "Two trumps." `
` `
` Stuart, whose turn it was to deal, gathered them up, and went on: `
` "You are right, theoretically, Mr. Fogg, but practically--" `
` `
` "Practically also, Mr. Stuart." `
` `
` "I'd like to see you do it in eighty days." `
` `
` "It depends on you. Shall we go?" `
` `
` "Heaven preserve me! But I would wager four thousand pounds `
` that such a journey, made under these conditions, is impossible." `
` `
` "Quite possible, on the contrary," returned Mr. Fogg. `
` `
` "Well, make it, then!" `
` `
` "The journey round the world in eighty days?" `
` `
` "Yes." `
` `
` "I should like nothing better." `
` `
` "When?" `
` `
` "At once. Only I warn you that I shall do it at your expense." `
` `
` "It's absurd!" cried Stuart, who was beginning to be annoyed at `
` the persistency of his friend. "Come, let's go on with the game." `
` `
` "Deal over again, then," said Phileas Fogg. "There's a false deal." `
` `
` Stuart took up the pack with a feverish hand; then suddenly `
` put them down again. `
` `
` "Well, Mr. Fogg," said he, "it shall be so: I will wager `
` the four thousand on it." `
` `
` "Calm yourself, my dear Stuart," said Fallentin. "It's only a joke." `
` `
` "When I say I'll wager," returned Stuart, "I mean it." "All right," `
` said Mr. Fogg; and, turning to the others, he continued: `
` "I have a deposit of twenty thousand at Baring's which `
` I will willingly risk upon it." `
` `
` "Twenty thousand pounds!" cried Sullivan. "Twenty thousand pounds, `
` which you would lose by a single accidental delay!" `
` `
` "The unforeseen does not exist," quietly replied Phileas Fogg. `
` `
` "But, Mr. Fogg, eighty days are only the estimate of the least possible `
` time in which the journey can be made." `
` `
` "A well-used minimum suffices for everything." `
` `
` "But, in order not to exceed it, you must jump mathematically `
` from the trains upon the steamers, and from the steamers upon `
` the trains again." `
` `
` "I will jump--mathematically." `
` `
` "You are joking." `
` `
` "A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so `
` serious a thing as a wager," replied Phileas Fogg, solemnly. `
` "I will bet twenty thousand pounds against anyone who wishes `
` that I will make the tour of the world in eighty days or less; `
` in nineteen hundred and twenty hours, or a hundred and fifteen `
` thousand two hundred minutes. Do you accept?" `
` `
` "We accept," replied Messrs. Stuart, Fallentin, Sullivan, `
` Flanagan, and Ralph, after consulting each other. `
` `
` "Good," said Mr. Fogg. "The train leaves for Dover at a `
` quarter before nine. I will take it." `
` `
` "This very evening?" asked Stuart. `
` `
` "This very evening," returned Phileas Fogg. He took out and `
` consulted a pocket almanac, and added, "As today is Wednesday, `
` the 2nd of October, I shall be due in London in this very room of `
` the Reform Club, on Saturday, the 21st of December, at a quarter `
` before nine p.m.; or else the twenty thousand pounds, `
` now deposited in my name at Baring's, will belong to you, `
` in fact and in right, gentlemen. Here is a cheque for the amount." `
` `
` A memorandum of the wager was at once drawn up and signed by `
` the six parties, during which Phileas Fogg preserved a stoical `
` composure. He certainly did not bet to win, and had only staked `
` the twenty thousand pounds, half of his fortune, because he `
` foresaw that he might have to expend the other half to carry out `
` this difficult, not to say unattainable, project. As for his `
` antagonists, they seemed much agitated; not so much by the value `
` of their stake, as because they had some scruples about betting `
` under conditions so difficult to their friend. `
` `
` The clock struck seven, and the party offered to suspend the `
` game so that Mr. Fogg might make his preparations for departure. `
` `
` "I am quite ready now," was his tranquil response. "Diamonds are trumps: `
` be so good as to play, gentlemen." `
` `
` `
` `
` `
` `
` Chapter IV `
` `
` IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ASTOUNDS PASSEPARTOUT, HIS SERVANT `
` `
` `
` Having won twenty guineas at whist, and taken leave of his friends, `
` Phileas Fogg, at twenty-five minutes past seven, left the Reform Club. `
` `
` Passepartout, who had conscientiously studied the programme of his duties, `
` was more than surprised to see his master guilty of the inexactness `
` of appearing at this unaccustomed hour; for, according to rule, `
` he was not due in Saville Row until precisely midnight. `
` `
` Mr. Fogg repaired to his bedroom, and called out, "Passepartout!" `
` `
` Passepartout did not reply. It could not be he who was called; `
` it was not the right hour. `
` `
` "Passepartout!" repeated Mr. Fogg, without raising his voice. `
` `
` Passepartout made his appearance. `
` `
` "I've called you twice," observed his master. `
` `
` "But it is not midnight," responded the other, showing his watch. `
` `
` "I know it; I don't blame you. We start for Dover and Calais `
` in ten minutes." `
` `
` A puzzled grin overspread Passepartout's round face; `
` clearly he had not comprehended his master. `
` `
` "Monsieur is going to leave home?" `
` `
` "Yes," returned Phileas Fogg. "We are going round the world." `
` `
`
` "Where could he go, then?" `
` `
` "Oh, I don't know that. The world is big enough." `
` `
` "It was once," said Phileas Fogg, in a low tone. "Cut, sir," `
` he added, handing the cards to Thomas Flanagan. `
` `
` The discussion fell during the rubber, after which Stuart took up its thread. `
` `
` "What do you mean by `once'? Has the world grown smaller?" `
` `
` "Certainly," returned Ralph. "I agree with Mr. Fogg. The world `
` has grown smaller, since a man can now go round it ten times more quickly `
` than a hundred years ago. And that is why the search for this thief `
` will be more likely to succeed." `
` `
` "And also why the thief can get away more easily." `
` `
` "Be so good as to play, Mr. Stuart," said Phileas Fogg. `
` `
` But the incredulous Stuart was not convinced, and when the `
` hand was finished, said eagerly: "You have a strange way, Ralph, `
` of proving that the world has grown smaller. So, because you `
` can go round it in three months--" `
` `
` "In eighty days," interrupted Phileas Fogg. `
` `
` "That is true, gentlemen," added John Sullivan. "Only eighty days, `
` now that the section between Rothal and Allahabad, on the `
` Great Indian Peninsula Railway, has been opened. `
` Here is the estimate made by the Daily Telegraph: `
` `
` From London to Suez via Mont Cenis and `
` Brindisi, by rail and steamboats ................. 7 days `
` From Suez to Bombay, by steamer .................... 13 " `
` From Bombay to Calcutta, by rail ................... 3 " `
` From Calcutta to Hong Kong, by steamer ............. 13 " `
` From Hong Kong to Yokohama (Japan), by steamer ..... 6 " `
` From Yokohama to San Francisco, by steamer ......... 22 " `
` From San Francisco to New York, by rail ............. 7 " `
` From New York to London, by steamer and rail ........ 9 " `
` ---- `
` Total ............................................ 80 days." `
` `
` "Yes, in eighty days!" exclaimed Stuart, who in his excitement `
` made a false deal. "But that doesn't take into account bad weather, `
` contrary winds, shipwrecks, railway accidents, and so on." `
` `
` "All included," returned Phileas Fogg, continuing to play `
` despite the discussion. `
` `
` "But suppose the Hindoos or Indians pull up the rails," `
` replied Stuart; "suppose they stop the trains, pillage `
` the luggage-vans, and scalp the passengers!" `
` `
` `
` "All included," calmly retorted Fogg; adding, as he threw down the cards, `
` "Two trumps." `
` `
` Stuart, whose turn it was to deal, gathered them up, and went on: `
` "You are right, theoretically, Mr. Fogg, but practically--" `
` `
` "Practically also, Mr. Stuart." `
` `
` "I'd like to see you do it in eighty days." `
` `
` "It depends on you. Shall we go?" `
` `
` "Heaven preserve me! But I would wager four thousand pounds `
` that such a journey, made under these conditions, is impossible." `
` `
` "Quite possible, on the contrary," returned Mr. Fogg. `
` `
` "Well, make it, then!" `
` `
` "The journey round the world in eighty days?" `
` `
` "Yes." `
` `
` "I should like nothing better." `
` `
` "When?" `
` `
` "At once. Only I warn you that I shall do it at your expense." `
` `
` "It's absurd!" cried Stuart, who was beginning to be annoyed at `
` the persistency of his friend. "Come, let's go on with the game." `
` `
` "Deal over again, then," said Phileas Fogg. "There's a false deal." `
` `
` Stuart took up the pack with a feverish hand; then suddenly `
` put them down again. `
` `
` "Well, Mr. Fogg," said he, "it shall be so: I will wager `
` the four thousand on it." `
` `
` "Calm yourself, my dear Stuart," said Fallentin. "It's only a joke." `
` `
` "When I say I'll wager," returned Stuart, "I mean it." "All right," `
` said Mr. Fogg; and, turning to the others, he continued: `
` "I have a deposit of twenty thousand at Baring's which `
` I will willingly risk upon it." `
` `
` "Twenty thousand pounds!" cried Sullivan. "Twenty thousand pounds, `
` which you would lose by a single accidental delay!" `
` `
` "The unforeseen does not exist," quietly replied Phileas Fogg. `
` `
` "But, Mr. Fogg, eighty days are only the estimate of the least possible `
` time in which the journey can be made." `
` `
` "A well-used minimum suffices for everything." `
` `
` "But, in order not to exceed it, you must jump mathematically `
` from the trains upon the steamers, and from the steamers upon `
` the trains again." `
` `
` "I will jump--mathematically." `
` `
` "You are joking." `
` `
` "A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so `
` serious a thing as a wager," replied Phileas Fogg, solemnly. `
` "I will bet twenty thousand pounds against anyone who wishes `
` that I will make the tour of the world in eighty days or less; `
` in nineteen hundred and twenty hours, or a hundred and fifteen `
` thousand two hundred minutes. Do you accept?" `
` `
` "We accept," replied Messrs. Stuart, Fallentin, Sullivan, `
` Flanagan, and Ralph, after consulting each other. `
` `
` "Good," said Mr. Fogg. "The train leaves for Dover at a `
` quarter before nine. I will take it." `
` `
` "This very evening?" asked Stuart. `
` `
` "This very evening," returned Phileas Fogg. He took out and `
` consulted a pocket almanac, and added, "As today is Wednesday, `
` the 2nd of October, I shall be due in London in this very room of `
` the Reform Club, on Saturday, the 21st of December, at a quarter `
` before nine p.m.; or else the twenty thousand pounds, `
` now deposited in my name at Baring's, will belong to you, `
` in fact and in right, gentlemen. Here is a cheque for the amount." `
` `
` A memorandum of the wager was at once drawn up and signed by `
` the six parties, during which Phileas Fogg preserved a stoical `
` composure. He certainly did not bet to win, and had only staked `
` the twenty thousand pounds, half of his fortune, because he `
` foresaw that he might have to expend the other half to carry out `
` this difficult, not to say unattainable, project. As for his `
` antagonists, they seemed much agitated; not so much by the value `
` of their stake, as because they had some scruples about betting `
` under conditions so difficult to their friend. `
` `
` The clock struck seven, and the party offered to suspend the `
` game so that Mr. Fogg might make his preparations for departure. `
` `
` "I am quite ready now," was his tranquil response. "Diamonds are trumps: `
` be so good as to play, gentlemen." `
` `
` `
` `
` `
` `
` Chapter IV `
` `
` IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ASTOUNDS PASSEPARTOUT, HIS SERVANT `
` `
` `
` Having won twenty guineas at whist, and taken leave of his friends, `
` Phileas Fogg, at twenty-five minutes past seven, left the Reform Club. `
` `
` Passepartout, who had conscientiously studied the programme of his duties, `
` was more than surprised to see his master guilty of the inexactness `
` of appearing at this unaccustomed hour; for, according to rule, `
` he was not due in Saville Row until precisely midnight. `
` `
` Mr. Fogg repaired to his bedroom, and called out, "Passepartout!" `
` `
` Passepartout did not reply. It could not be he who was called; `
` it was not the right hour. `
` `
` "Passepartout!" repeated Mr. Fogg, without raising his voice. `
` `
` Passepartout made his appearance. `
` `
` "I've called you twice," observed his master. `
` `
` "But it is not midnight," responded the other, showing his watch. `
` `
` "I know it; I don't blame you. We start for Dover and Calais `
` in ten minutes." `
` `
` A puzzled grin overspread Passepartout's round face; `
` clearly he had not comprehended his master. `
` `
` "Monsieur is going to leave home?" `
` `
` "Yes," returned Phileas Fogg. "We are going round the world." `
` `
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