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1IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT TALKS RATHER MORE, PERHAPS, THAN IS PRUDENT Fix soon rejoined Passepartout, who was lounging and
2looking about on the quay, as if he did not feel that he, at least, was obliged not to see anything. "Well, my friend,"
3said the detective, coming up with him, "is your passport visaed?" "Ah, it's you, is it, monsieur?" responded
4Passepartout. "Thanks, yes, the passport is all right." "And you are looking about you?" "Yes; but we travel so fast
5that I seem to be journeying in a dream. So this is Suez?" "Yes." "In Egypt?" "Certainly, in Egypt." "And in Africa?"
6"In Africa." "In Africa!" repeated Passepartout. "Just think, monsieur, I had no idea that we should go farther than
7Paris; and all that I saw of Paris was between twenty minutes past seven and twenty minutes before nine in the morning,
8between the Northern and the Lyons stations, through the windows of a car, and in a driving rain! How I regret not
9having seen once more Père la Chaise and the circus in the Champs Elysées!" "You are in a great hurry, then?" "I am not,
10but my master is. By the way, I must buy some shoes and shirts. We came away without trunks, only with a carpet-bag." "I
11will show you an excellent shop for getting what you want." "Really, monsieur, you are very kind." And they walked off
12together, Passepartout chatting volubly as they went along. "Above all," said he; "don't let me lose the steamer." "You
13have plenty of time; it's only twelve o'clock." Passepartout pulled out his big watch. "Twelve!" he exclaimed; "why,
14it's only eight minutes before ten." "Your watch is slow." "My watch? A family watch, monsieur, which has come down from
15my great-grandfather! It doesn't vary five minutes in the year. It's a perfect chronometer, look you." "I see how it
16is," said Fix. "You have kept London time, which is two hours behind that of Suez. You ought to regulate your watch at
17noon in each country." "I regulate my watch? Never!" "Well, then, it will not agree with the sun." "So much the worse
18for the sun, monsieur. The sun will be wrong, then!" And the worthy fellow returned the watch to its fob with a defiant
19gesture. After a few minutes silence, Fix resumed: "You left London hastily, then?" "I rather think so! Last Friday at
20eight o'clock in the evening, Monsieur Fogg came home from his club, and three-quarters of an hour afterwards we were
21off." "But where is your master going?" "Always straight ahead. He is going round the world." "Round the world?" cried
22Fix. "Yes, and in eighty days! He says it is on a wager; but, between us, I don't believe a word of it. That wouldn't be
23common sense. There's something else in the wind." "Ah! Mr. Fogg is a character, is he?" "I should say he was." "Is he
24rich?" "No doubt, for he is carrying an enormous sum in brand new banknotes with him. And he doesn't spare the money on
25the way, either: he has offered a large reward to the engineer of the 'Mongolia' if he gets us to Bombay well in advance
26of time." "And you have known your master a long time?" "Why, no; I entered his service the very day we left London."
27The effect of these replies upon the already suspicious and excited detective may be imagined. The hasty departure from
28London soon after the robbery; the large sum carried by Mr. Fogg; his eagerness to reach distant countries; the pretext
29of an eccentric and foolhardy bet--all confirmed Fix in his theory. He continued to pump poor Passepartout, and learned
30that he really knew little or nothing of his master, who lived a solitary existence in London, was said to be rich,
31though no one knew whence came his riches, and was mysterious and impenetrable in his affairs and habits. Fix felt sure
32that Phileas Fogg would not land at Suez, but was really going on to Bombay. "Is Bombay far from here?" asked
33Passepartout. "Pretty far. It is a ten days' voyage by sea." "And in what country is Bombay?" "India." "In Asia?"
34"Certainly." "The deuce! I was going to tell you there's one thing that worries me--my burner!" "What burner?" "My
35gas-burner, which I forgot to turn off, and which is at this moment burning at my expense. I have calculated, monsieur,
36that I lose two shillings every four and twenty hours, exactly sixpence more than I earn; and you will understand that
37the longer our journey--" Did Fix pay any attention to Passepartout's trouble about the gas? It is not probable. He was
38not listening, but was cogitating a project. Passepartout and he had now reached the shop, where Fix left his companion
39to make his purchases, after recommending him not to miss the steamer, and hurried back to the consulate. Now that he
40was fully convinced, Fix had quite recovered his equanimity. "Consul," said he, "I have no longer any doubt. I have
41spotted my man. He passes himself off as an odd stick who is going round the world in eighty days." "Then he's a sharp
42fellow," returned the consul, "and counts on returning to London after putting the police of the two countries off his
43track." "We'll see about that," replied Fix. "But are you not mistaken?" "I am not mistaken." "Why was this robber so
44anxious to prove, by the visa, that he had passed through Suez?" "Why? I have no idea; but listen to me." He reported in
45a few words the most important parts of his conversation with Passepartout. "In short," said the consul, "appearances
46are wholly against this man. And what are you going to do?" "Send a dispatch to London for a warrant of arrest to be
47dispatched instantly to Bombay, take passage on board the 'Mongolia,' follow my rogue to India, and there, on English
48ground, arrest him politely, with my warrant in my hand, and my hand on his shoulder." Having uttered these words with a
49cool, careless air, the detective took leave of the consul, and repaired to the telegraph office, whence he sent the
50dispatch which we have seen to the London police office. A quarter of an hour later found Fix, with a small bag in his
51hand, proceeding on board the "Mongolia;" and, ere many moments longer, the noble steamer rode out at full steam upon
52the waters of the Red Sea.
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