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1IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG, PASSEPARTOUT, AND FIX GO EACH ABOUT HIS BUSINESS The weather was bad during the latter days of
2the voyage. The wind, obstinately remaining in the north-west, blew a gale, and retarded the steamer. The "Rangoon"
3rolled heavily and the passengers became impatient of the long, monstrous waves which the wind raised before their path.
4A sort of tempest arose on the 3rd of November, the squall knocking the vessel about with fury, and the waves running
5high. The "Rangoon" reefed all her sails, and even the rigging proved too much, whistling and shaking amid the squall.
6The steamer was forced to proceed slowly, and the captain estimated that she would reach Hong Kong twenty hours behind
7time, and more if the storm lasted. Phileas Fogg gazed at the tempestuous sea, which seemed to be struggling especially
8to delay him, with his habitual tranquillity. He never changed countenance for an instant, though a delay of twenty
9hours, by making him too late for the Yokohama boat, would almost inevitably cause the loss of the wager. But this man
10of nerve manifested neither impatience nor annoyance; it seemed as if the storm were a part of his programme, and had
11been foreseen. Aouda was amazed to find him as calm as he had been from the first time she saw him. Fix did not look at
12the state of things in the same light. The storm greatly pleased him. His satisfaction would have been complete had the
13"Rangoon" been forced to retreat before the violence of wind and waves. Each delay filled him with hope, for it became
14more and more probable that Fogg would be obliged to remain some days at Hong Kong; and now the heavens themselves
15became his allies, with the gusts and squalls. It mattered not that they made him sea-sick--he made no account of this
16inconvenience; and, whilst his body was writhing under their effects, his spirit bounded with hopeful exultation.
17Passepartout was enraged beyond expression by the unpropitious weather. Everything had gone so well till now! Earth and
18sea had seemed to be at his master's service; steamers and railways obeyed him; wind and steam united to speed his
19journey. Had the hour of adversity come? Passepartout was as much excited as if the twenty thousand pounds were to come
20from his own pocket. The storm exasperated him, the gale made him furious, and he longed to lash the obstinate sea into
21obedience. Poor fellow! Fix carefully concealed from him his own satisfaction, for, had he betrayed it, Passepartout
22could scarcely have restrained himself from personal violence. Passepartout remained on deck as long as the tempest
23lasted, being unable to remain quiet below, and taking it into his head to aid the progress of the ship by lending a
24hand with the crew. He overwhelmed the captain, officers, and sailors, who could not help laughing at his impatience,
25with all sorts of questions. He wanted to know exactly how long the storm was going to last; whereupon he was referred
26to the barometer, which seemed to have no intention of rising. Passepartout shook it, but with no perceptible effect;
27for neither shaking nor maledictions could prevail upon it to change its mind. On the 4th, however, the sea became more
28calm, and the storm lessened its violence; the wind veered southward, and was once more favourable. Passepartout cleared
29up with the weather. Some of the sails were unfurled, and the "Rangoon" resumed its most rapid speed. The time lost
30could not, however, be regained. Land was not signalled until five o'clock on the morning of the 6th; the steamer was
31due on the 5th. Phileas Fogg was twenty-four hours behind-hand, and the Yokohama steamer would, of course, be missed.
32The pilot went on board at six, and took his place on the bridge, to guide the "Rangoon" through the channels to the
33port of Hong Kong. Passepartout longed to ask him if the steamer had left for Yokohama; but he dared not, for he wished
34to preserve the spark of hope, which still remained till the last moment. He had confided his anxiety to Fix who--the
35sly rascal!--tried to console him by saying that Mr. Fogg would be in time if he took the next boat; but this only put
36Passepartout in a passion. Mr. Fogg, bolder than his servant, did not hesitate to approach the pilot, and tranquilly ask
37him if he knew when a steamer would leave Hong Kong for Yokohama. "At high tide to-morrow morning," answered the pilot.
38"Ah!" said Mr. Fogg, without betraying any astonishment. Passepartout, who heard what passed, would willingly have
39embraced the pilot, while Fix would have been glad to twist his neck. "What is the steamer's name?" asked Mr. Fogg. "The
40'Carnatic.'" "Ought she not to have gone yesterday?" "Yes, sir; but they had to repair one of her boilers, and so her
41departure was postponed till to-morrow." "Thank you," returned Mr. Fogg, descending mathematically to the saloon.
42Passepartout clasped the pilot's hand and shook it heartily in his delight, exclaiming, "Pilot, you are the best of good
43fellows!" The pilot probably does not know to this day why his responses won him this enthusiastic greeting. He
44remounted the bridge, and guided the steamer through the flotilla of junks, tankas, and fishing boats which crowd the
45harbour of Hong Kong. At one o'clock the "Rangoon" was at the quay, and the passengers were going ashore. Chance had
46strangely favoured Phileas Fogg, for had not the "Carnatic" been forced to lie over for repairing her boilers, she would
47have left on the 6th of November, and the passengers for Japan would have been obliged to await for a week the sailing
48of the next steamer. Mr. Fogg was, it is true, twenty-four hours behind his time; but this could not seriously imperil
49the remainder of his tour. The steamer which crossed the Pacific from Yokohama to San Francisco made a direct connection
50with that from Hong Kong, and it could not sail until the latter reached Yokohama; and if Mr. Fogg was twenty-four hours
51late on reaching Yokohama, this time would no doubt be easily regained in the voyage of twenty-two days across the
52Pacific. He found himself, then, about twenty-four hours behind-hand, thirty-five days after leaving London. The
53"Carnatic" was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning. Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to
54his business there, which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative. On landing, he conducted her to a
55palanquin, in which they repaired to the Club Hotel. A room was engaged for the young woman, and Mr. Fogg, after seeing
56that she wanted for nothing, set out in search of her cousin Jeejeeh. He instructed Passepartout to remain at the hotel
57until his return, that Aouda might not be left entirely alone. Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not
58doubt, every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee merchant. Meeting a broker, he made
59the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an immense fortune,
60had taken up his residence in Europe--in Holland the broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had
61principally traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment's conversation with Aouda, and without more ado,
62apprised her that Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland. Aouda at first said nothing. She passed
63her hand across her forehead, and reflected a few moments. Then, in her sweet, soft voice, she said: "What ought I to
64do, Mr. Fogg?" "It is very simple," responded the gentleman. "Go on to Europe." "But I cannot intrude--" "You do not
65intrude, nor do you in the least embarrass my project. Passepartout!" "Monsieur." "Go to the 'Carnatic,' and engage
66three cabins." Passepartout, delighted that the young woman, who was very gracious to him, was going to continue the
67journey with them, went off at a brisk gait to obey his master's order.
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