https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/ Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom littl... en https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/21/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/21/ This voyage of eight hundred miles was a perilous venture on a craft of twenty tons, and at that season of the year. The Chinese seas are usually boisterous, subject to terrible... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/11/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/11/ The train had started punctually. Among the passengers were a number of officers, Government officials, and opium and indigo merchants, whose business called them to the eastern... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/33/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/33/ An hour after, the “Henrietta” passed the lighthouse which marks the entrance of the Hudson, turned the point of Sandy Hook, and put to sea. During the day she skirted Long Isla... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/28/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/28/ The train, on leaving Great Salt Lake at Ogden, passed northward for an hour as far as Weber River, having completed nearly nine hundred miles from San Francisco. From this poin... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/30/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/30/ There were many wounded, but none mortally. Colonel Proctor was one of the most seriously hurt; he had fought bravely, and a ball had entered his groin. He was carried into the... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/29/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/29/ The train pursued its course, that evening, without interruption, passing Fort Saunders, crossing Cheyne Pass, and reaching Evans Pass. The road here attained the highest elevat... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/12/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/12/ In order to shorten the journey, the guide passed to the left of the line where the railway was still in process of being built. This line, owing to the capricious turnings of t... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/22/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/22/ The “Carnatic,” setting sail from Hong Kong at half-past six on the 7th of November, directed her course at full steam towards Japan. She carried a large cargo and a well-filled... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/19/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/19/ Hong Kong is an island which came into the possession of the English by the Treaty of Nankin, after the war of 1842; and the colonising genius of the English has created upon it... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/13/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/13/ The project was a bold one, full of difficulty, perhaps impracticable. Mr. Fogg was going to risk life, or at least liberty, and therefore the success of his tour. But he did no... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/25/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/25/ It was seven in the morning when Mr. Fogg, Aouda, and Passepartout set foot upon the American continent, if this name can be given to the floating quay upon which they disembark... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/3/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/3/ Phileas Fogg, having shut the door of his house at half-past eleven, and having put his right foot before his left five hundred and seventy-five times, and his left foot before... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/27/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/27/ During the night of the 5th of December, the train ran south-easterly for about fifty miles; then rose an equal distance in a north-easterly direction, towards the Great Salt Lake. https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/24/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/24/ What happened when the pilot-boat came in sight of Shanghai will be easily guessed. The signals made by the “Tankadere” had been seen by the captain of the Yokohama steamer, who... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/23/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/23/ The next morning poor, jaded, famished Passepartout said to himself that he must get something to eat at all hazards, and the sooner he did so the better. He might, indeed, sell... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/14/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/14/ The rash exploit had been accomplished; and for an hour Passepartout laughed gaily at his success. Sir Francis pressed the worthy fellow’s hand, and his master said, “Well done!... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/31/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/31/ “I have a purpose in asking,” resumed Fix. “Is it absolutely necessary that you should be in New York on the 11th, before nine o’clock in the evening, the time that the steamer... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/15/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/15/ The train entered the station, and Passepartout jumping out first, was followed by Mr. Fogg, who assisted his fair companion to descend. Phileas Fogg intended to proceed at once... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/20/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/20/ While these events were passing at the opium-house, Mr. Fogg, unconscious of the danger he was in of losing the steamer, was quietly escorting Aouda about the streets of the Eng... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/17/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/17/ The detective and Passepartout met often on deck after this interview, though Fix was reserved, and did not attempt to induce his companion to divulge any more facts concerning... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/16/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/16/ The “Rangoon”—one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s boats plying in the Chinese and Japanese seas—was a screw steamer, built of iron, weighing about seventeen hundred and... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/26/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/26/ “From ocean to ocean”—so say the Americans; and these four words compose the general designation of the “great trunk line” which crosses the entire width of the United States. T... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/35/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/35/ The dwellers in Saville Row would have been surprised the next day, if they had been told that Phileas Fogg had returned home. His doors and windows were still closed, no appear... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/10/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/10/ Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces fourteen hundred thousand square... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/9/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/9/ The distance between Suez and Aden is precisely thirteen hundred and ten miles, and the regulations of the company allow the steamers one hundred and thirty-eight hours in which... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/1/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/1/ Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Clu... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/18/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/18/ The weather was bad during the latter days of the voyage. The wind, obstinately remaining in the north-west, blew a gale, and retarded the steamer. The “Rangoon” rolled heavily... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/6/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/6/ The steamer “Mongolia,” belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, built of iron, of two thousand eight hundred tons burden, and five hundred horse-power, was due at elev... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/2/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/2/ During his brief interview with Mr. Fogg, Passepartout had been carefully observing him. He appeared to be a man about forty years of age, with fine, handsome features, and a ta... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/8/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/8/ “In Africa!” repeated Passepartout. “Just think, monsieur, I had no idea that we should go farther than Paris; and all that I saw of Paris was between twenty minutes past seven... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/36/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/36/ It is time to relate what a change took place in English public opinion when it transpired that the real bankrobber, a certain James Strand, had been arrested, on the 17th day o... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/32/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/32/ The “China,” in leaving, seemed to have carried off Phileas Fogg’s last hope. None of the other steamers were able to serve his projects. The “Pereire,” of the French Transatlan... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/34/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/34/ Passepartout, when he saw his master arrested, would have fallen upon Fix had he not been held back by some policemen. Aouda was thunderstruck at the suddenness of an event whic... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/37/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/37/ The reader will remember that at five minutes past eight in the evening—about five and twenty hours after the arrival of the travellers in London—Passepartout had been sent by h... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/4/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/4/ 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... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/5/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/5/ Phileas Fogg rightly suspected that his departure from London would create a lively sensation at the West End. The news of the bet spread through the Reform Club, and afforded a... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/7/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-103/chapters/7/ “Consul,” said he, without preamble, “I have strong reasons for believing that my man is a passenger on the ‘Mongolia.’” And he narrated what had just passed concerning the pass...