Chapter 37 Yes; Phileas Fogg in person.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 his master to engage the services of the Reverend Samuel Wilson in a certain marriage ceremony,

Chapter 36 It is time to relate what a change took place in English public opinion when it transpired that the real bank-robber, a certain James Strand, had been arrested, on the 17th day of December, at Edinburgh. Three days before, Phileas Fogg had been a criminal, who was being desperately followed up by the

Chapter 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 appearance of change was visible.After leaving the station, Mr. Fogg gave Passepartout instructions to purchase some provisions, and quietly went to his

Chapter 34 Phileas Fogg was in prison. He had been shut up in the Custom House, and he was to he transferred to London the next day.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

Chapter 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 Island, passed Fire Island, and directed her course rapidly eastward.At noon the next day, a man mounted the bridge to ascertain the

Chapter 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 Transatlantic Company, whose admirable steamers are equal to any in speed and comfort, did not leave until the 14th; the Hamburg boats did not

Chapter 31 Phileas Fogg found himself twenty hours behind time. Passepartout, the involuntary cause of this delay, was desperate. He had ruined his master!At this moment the detective approached Mr. Fogg, and, looking him intently in the face, said:“Seriously, sir, are you in great haste?”“Quite seriously.”“I have a purpose in asking,” resumed Fix. “Is it

Chapter 30 Three passengers – including Passepartout – had disappeared. Had they been killed in the struggle? Were they taken prisoners by the Sioux? It was impossible to tell.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.

Chapter 29 The train pursued its course, that evening without interruption, passing Fort Saunders, crossing Cheyenne Pass, and reaching Evans Pass. The road here attained the highest elevation of the journey, eight thousand and ninety-one feet above the level of the sea. The travellers had now only to descend to the Atlantic by limitless plains,

Chapter 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 point it took an easterly direction towards the jagged Wahsatch Mountains. It was in the section included between this range and the Rocky