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1IN WHICH FIX COMES FACE TO FACE WITH PHILEAS FOGG While these events were passing at the opium-house, Mr. Fogg,
2unconscious of the danger he was in of losing the steamer, was quietly escorting Aouda about the streets of the English
3quarter, making the necessary purchases for the long voyage before them. It was all very well for an Englishman like Mr.
4Fogg to make the tour of the world with a carpet-bag; a lady could not be expected to travel comfortably under such
5conditions. He acquitted his task with characteristic serenity, and invariably replied to the remonstrances of his fair
6companion, who was confused by his patience and generosity: "It is in the interest of my journey--a part of my
7programme." The purchases made, they returned to the hotel, where they dined at a sumptuously served table-d'hôte; after
8which Aouda, shaking hands with her protector after the English fashion, retired to her room for rest. Mr. Fogg absorbed
9himself throughout the evening in the perusal of the Times and Illustrated London News. Had he been capable of being
10astonished at anything, it would have been not to see his servant return at bedtime. But, knowing that the steamer was
11not to leave for Yokohama until the next morning, he did not disturb himself about the matter. When Passepartout did not
12appear the next morning to answer his master's bell, Mr. Fogg, not betraying the least vexation, contented himself with
13taking his carpet-bag, calling Aouda, and sending for a palanquin. It was then eight o'clock; at half-past nine, it
14being then high tide, the "Carnatic" would leave the harbour. Mr. Fogg and Aouda got into the palanquin, their luggage
15being brought after on a wheelbarrow, and half an hour later stepped upon the quay whence they were to embark. Mr. Fogg
16then learned that the "Carnatic" had sailed the evening before. He had expected to find not only the steamer, but his
17domestic, and was forced to give up both; but no sign of disappointment appeared on his face, and he merely remarked to
18Aouda, "It is an accident, madam; nothing more." At this moment a man who had been observing him attentively approached.
19It was Fix, who, bowing, addressed Mr. Fogg: "Were you not, like me, sir, a passenger by the 'Rangoon,' which arrived
20yesterday?" "I was, sir," replied Mr. Fogg coldly. "But I have not the honour--" "Pardon me; I thought I should find
21your servant here." "Do you know where he is, sir?" asked Aouda anxiously. "What!" responded Fix, feigning surprise. "Is
22he not with you?" "No," said Aouda. "He has not made his appearance since yesterday. Could he have gone on board the
23'Carnatic' without us?" "Without you, madam?" answered the detective. "Excuse me, did you intend to sail in the
24'Carnatic'?" "Yes, sir." "So did I, madam, and I am excessively disappointed. The 'Carnatic', its repairs being
25completed, left Hong Kong twelve hours before the stated time, without any notice being given; and we must now wait a
26week for another steamer." As he said "a week" Fix felt his heart leap for joy. Fogg detained at Hong Kong for a week!
27There would be time for the warrant to arrive, and fortune at last favoured the representative of the law. His horror
28may be imagined when he heard Mr. Fogg say, in his placid voice, "But there are other vessels besides the 'Carnatic,' it
29seems to me, in the harbour of Hong Kong." And, offering his arm to Aouda, he directed his steps toward the docks in
30search of some craft about to start. Fix, stupefied, followed; it seemed as if he were attached to Mr. Fogg by an
31invisible thread. Chance, however, appeared really to have abandoned the man it had hitherto served so well. For three
32hours Phileas Fogg wandered about the docks, with the determination, if necessary, to charter a vessel to carry him to
33Yokohama; but he could only find vessels which were loading or unloading, and which could not therefore set sail. Fix
34began to hope again. But Mr. Fogg, far from being discouraged, was continuing his search, resolved not to stop if he had
35to resort to Macao, when he was accosted by a sailor on one of the wharves. "Is your honour looking for a boat?" "Have
36you a boat ready to sail?" "Yes, your honour; a pilot-boat--No. 43--the best in the harbour." "Does she go fast?"
37"Between eight and nine knots the hour. Will you look at her?" "Yes." "Your honour will be satisfied with her. Is it for
38a sea excursion?" "No; for a voyage." "A voyage?" "Yes, will you agree to take me to Yokohama?" The sailor leaned on the
39railing, opened his eyes wide, and said, "Is your honour joking?" "No. I have missed the 'Carnatic,' and I must get to
40Yokohama by the 14th at the latest, to take the boat for San Francisco." "I am sorry," said the sailor; "but it is
41impossible." "I offer you a hundred pounds per day, and an additional reward of two hundred pounds if I reach Yokohama
42in time." "Are you in earnest?" "Very much so." The pilot walked away a little distance, and gazed out to sea, evidently
43struggling between the anxiety to gain a large sum and the fear of venturing so far. Fix was in mortal suspense. Mr.
44Fogg turned to Aouda and asked her, "You would not be afraid, would you, madam?" "Not with you, Mr. Fogg," was her
45answer. The pilot now returned, shuffling his hat in his hands. "Well, pilot?" said Mr. Fogg. "Well, your honour,"
46replied he, "I could not risk myself, my men, or my little boat of scarcely twenty tons on so long a voyage at this time
47of year. Besides, we could not reach Yokohama in time, for it is sixteen hundred and sixty miles from Hong Kong." "Only
48sixteen hundred," said Mr. Fogg. "It's the same thing." Fix breathed more freely. "But," added the pilot, "it might be
49arranged another way." Fix ceased to breathe at all. "How?" asked Mr. Fogg. "By going to Nagasaki, at the extreme south
50of Japan, or even to Shanghai, which is only eight hundred miles from here. In going to Shanghai we should not be forced
51to sail wide of the Chinese coast, which would be a great advantage, as the currents run northward, and would aid us."
52"Pilot," said Mr. Fogg, "I must take the American steamer at Yokohama, and not at Shanghai or Nagasaki." "Why not?"
53returned the pilot. "The San Francisco steamer does not start from Yokohama. It puts in at Yokohama and Nagasaki, but it
54starts from Shanghai." "You are sure of that?" "Perfectly." "And when does the boat leave Shanghai?" "On the 11th, at
55seven in the evening. We have, therefore, four days before us, that is ninety-six hours; and in that time, if we had
56good luck and a south-west wind, and the sea was calm, we could make those eight hundred miles to Shanghai." "And you
57could go--" "In an hour; as soon as provisions could be got aboard and the sails put up." "It is a bargain. Are you the
58master of the boat?" "Yes; John Bunsby, master of the 'Tankadere.'" "Would you like some earnest-money?" "If it would
59not put your honour out--" "Here are two hundred pounds on account sir," added Phileas Fogg, turning to Fix, "if you
60would like to take advantage--" "Thanks, sir; I was about to ask the favour." "Very well. In half an hour we shall go on
61board." "But poor Passepartout?" urged Aouda, who was much disturbed by the servant's disappearance. "I shall do all I
62can to find him," replied Phileas Fogg. While Fix, in a feverish, nervous state, repaired to the pilot-boat, the others
63directed their course to the police-station at Hong Kong. Phileas Fogg there gave Passepartout's description, and left a
64sum of money to be spent in the search for him. The same formalities having been gone through at the French consulate,
65and the palanquin having stopped at the hotel for the luggage, which had been sent back there, they returned to the
66wharf. It was now three o'clock; and pilot-boat No. 43, with its crew on board, and its provisions stored away, was
67ready for departure.
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