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1SHOWING WHAT HAPPENED ON THE VOYAGE FROM SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG The detective and Passepartout met often on deck after
2this interview, though Fix was reserved, and did not attempt to induce his companion to divulge any more facts
3concerning Mr. Fogg. He caught a glimpse of that mysterious gentleman once or twice; but Mr. Fogg usually confined
4himself to the cabin, where he kept Aouda company, or, according to his inveterate habit, took a hand at whist.
5Passepartout began very seriously to conjecture what strange chance kept Fix still on the route that his master was
6pursuing. It was really worth considering why this certainly very amiable and complacent person, whom he had first met
7at Suez, had then encountered on board the "Mongolia," who disembarked at Bombay, which he announced as his destination,
8and now turned up so unexpectedly on the "Rangoon," was following Mr. Fogg's tracks step by step. What was Fix's object?
9Passepartout was ready to wager his Indian shoes--which he religiously preserved--that Fix would also leave Hong Kong at
10the same time with them, and probably on the same steamer. Passepartout might have cudgelled his brain for a century
11without hitting upon the real object which the detective had in view. He never could have imagined that Phileas Fogg was
12being tracked as a robber around the globe. But, as it is in human nature to attempt the solution of every mystery,
13Passepartout suddenly discovered an explanation of Fix's movements, which was in truth far from unreasonable. Fix, he
14thought, could only be an agent of Mr. Fogg's friends at the Reform Club, sent to follow him up, and to ascertain that
15he really went round the world as had been agreed upon. "It's clear!" repeated the worthy servant to himself, proud of
16his shrewdness. "He's a spy sent to keep us in view! That isn't quite the thing, either, to be spying Mr. Fogg, who is
17so honourable a man! Ah, gentlemen of the Reform, this shall cost you dear!" Passepartout, enchanted with his discovery,
18resolved to say nothing to his master, lest he should be justly offended at this mistrust on the part of his
19adversaries. But he determined to chaff Fix, when he had the chance, with mysterious allusions, which, however, need not
20betray his real suspicions. During the afternoon of Wednesday, 30th October, the "Rangoon" entered the Strait of
21Malacca, which separates the peninsula of that name from Sumatra. The mountainous and craggy islets intercepted the
22beauties of this noble island from the view of the travellers. The "Rangoon" weighed anchor at Singapore the next day at
23four a.m., to receive coal, having gained half a day on the prescribed time of her arrival. Phileas Fogg noted this gain
24in his journal, and then, accompanied by Aouda, who betrayed a desire for a walk on shore, disembarked. Fix, who
25suspected Mr. Fogg's every movement, followed them cautiously, without being himself perceived; while Passepartout,
26laughing in his sleeve at Fix's manœuvres, went about his usual errands. The island of Singapore is not imposing in
27aspect, for there are no mountains; yet its appearance is not without attractions. It is a park checkered by pleasant
28highways and avenues. A handsome carriage, drawn by a sleek pair of New Holland horses, carried Phileas Fogg and Aouda
29into the midst of rows of palms with brilliant foliage, and of clove-trees, whereof the cloves form the heart of a
30half-open flower. Pepper plants replaced the prickly hedges of European fields; sago-bushes, large ferns with gorgeous
31branches, varied the aspect of this tropical clime; while nutmeg-trees in full foliage filled the air with a penetrating
32perfume. Agile and grinning bands of monkeys skipped about in the trees, nor were tigers wanting in the jungles. After a
33drive of two hours through the country, Aouda and Mr. Fogg returned to the town, which is a vast collection of
34heavy-looking, irregular houses, surrounded by charming gardens rich in tropical fruits and plants; and at ten o'clock
35they re-embarked, closely followed by the detective, who had kept them constantly in sight. Passepartout, who had been
36purchasing several dozen mangoes--a fruit as large as good-sized apples, of a dark-brown colour outside and a bright red
37within, and whose white pulp, melting in the mouth, affords gourmands a delicious sensation--was waiting for them on
38deck. He was only too glad to offer some mangoes to Aouda, who thanked him very gracefully for them. At eleven o'clock
39the "Rangoon" rode out of Singapore harbour, and in a few hours the high mountains of Malacca, with their forests,
40inhabited by the most beautifully-furred tigers in the world, were lost to view. Singapore is distant some thirteen
41hundred miles from the island of Hong Kong, which is a little English colony near the Chinese coast. Phileas Fogg hoped
42to accomplish the journey in six days, so as to be in time for the steamer which would leave on the 6th of November for
43Yokohama, the principal Japanese port. The "Rangoon" had a large quota of passengers, many of whom disembarked at
44Singapore, among them a number of Indians, Ceylonese, Chinamen, Malays, and Portuguese, mostly second-class travellers.
45The weather, which had hitherto been fine, changed with the last quarter of the moon. The sea rolled heavily, and the
46wind at intervals rose almost to a storm, but happily blew from the south-west, and thus aided the steamer's progress.
47The captain as often as possible put up his sails, and under the double action of steam and sail the vessel made rapid
48progress along the coasts of Anam and Cochin China. Owing to the defective construction of the "Rangoon," however,
49unusual precautions became necessary in unfavourable weather; but the loss of time which resulted from this cause, while
50it nearly drove Passepartout out of his senses, did not seem to affect his master in the least. Passepartout blamed the
51captain, the engineer, and the crew, and consigned all who were connected with the ship to the land where the pepper
52grows. Perhaps the thought of the gas, which was remorselessly burning at his expense in Saville Row, had something to
53do with his hot impatience. "You are in a great hurry, then," said Fix to him one day, "to reach Hong Kong?" "A very
54great hurry!" "Mr. Fogg, I suppose, is anxious to catch the steamer for Yokohama?" "Terribly anxious." "You believe in
55this journey around the world, then?" "Absolutely. Don't you, Mr. Fix?" "I? I don't believe a word of it." "You're a sly
56dog!" said Passepartout, winking at him. This expression rather disturbed Fix, without his knowing why. Had the
57Frenchman guessed his real purpose? He knew not what to think. But how could Passepartout have discovered that he was a
58detective? Yet, in speaking as he did, the man evidently meant more than he expressed. Passepartout went still further
59the next day; he could not hold his tongue. "Mr. Fix," said he, in a bantering tone, "shall we be so unfortunate as to
60lose you when we get to Hong Kong?" "Why," responded Fix, a little embarrassed, "I don't know; perhaps--" "Ah, if you
61would only go on with us! An agent of the Peninsular Company, you know, can't stop on the way! You were only going to
62Bombay, and here you are in China. America is not far off, and from America to Europe is only a step." Fix looked
63intently at his companion, whose countenance was as serene as possible, and laughed with him. But Passepartout persisted
64in chaffing him by asking him if he made much by his present occupation. "Yes, and no," returned Fix; "there is good and
65bad luck in such things. But you must understand that I don't travel at my own expense." "Oh, I am quite sure of that!"
66cried Passepartout, laughing heartily. Fix, fairly puzzled, descended to his cabin and gave himself up to his
67reflections. He was evidently suspected; somehow or other the Frenchman had found out that he was a detective. But had
68he told his master? What part was he playing in all this: was he an accomplice or not? Was the game, then, up? Fix spent
69several hours turning these things over in his mind, sometimes thinking that all was lost, then persuading himself that
70Fogg was ignorant of his presence, and then undecided what course it was best to take. Nevertheless, he preserved his
71coolness of mind, and at last resolved to deal plainly with Passepartout. If he did not find it practicable to arrest
72Fogg at Hong Kong, and if Fogg made preparations to leave that last foothold of English territory, he, Fix, would tell
73Passepartout all. Either the servant was the accomplice of his master, and in this case the master knew of his
74operations, and he should fail; or else the servant knew nothing about the robbery, and then his interest would be to
75abandon the robber. Such was the situation between Fix and Passepartout. Meanwhile Phileas Fogg moved about above them
76in the most majestic and unconscious indifference. He was passing methodically in his orbit around the world, regardless
77of the lesser stars which gravitated around him. Yet there was near by what the astronomers would call a disturbing
78star, which might have produced an agitation in this gentleman's heart. But no! the charms of Aouda failed to act, to
79Passepartout's great surprise; and the disturbances, if they existed, would have been more difficult to calculate than
80those of Uranus which led to the discovery of Neptune. It was every day an increasing wonder to Passepartout, who read
81in Aouda's eyes the depths of her gratitude to his master. Phileas Fogg, though brave and gallant, must be, he thought,
82quite heartless. As to the sentiment which this journey might have awakened in him, there was clearly no trace of such a
83thing; while poor Passepartout existed in perpetual reveries. One day he was leaning on the railing of the engine-room,
84and was observing the engine, when a sudden pitch of the steamer threw the screw out of the water. The steam came
85hissing out of the valves; and this made Passepartout indignant. "The valves are not sufficiently charged!" he
86exclaimed. "We are not going. Oh, these English! If this was an American craft, we should blow up, perhaps, but we
87should at all events go faster!"
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