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1IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT DOES NOT SUCCEED IN MAKING ANYBODY LISTEN TO REASON The train, on leaving Great Salt Lake at
2Ogden, passed northward for an hour as far as Weber River, having completed nearly nine hundred miles from San
3Francisco. From this point it took an easterly direction towards the jagged Wahsatch Mountains. It was in the section
4included between this range and the Rocky Mountains that the American engineers found the most formidable difficulties
5in laying the road, and that the government granted a subsidy of forty-eight thousand dollars per mile, instead of
6sixteen thousand allowed for the work done on the plains. But the engineers, instead of violating nature, avoided its
7difficulties by winding around, instead of penetrating the rocks. One tunnel only, fourteen thousand feet in length, was
8pierced in order to arrive at the great basin. The track up to this time had reached its highest elevation at the Great
9Salt Lake. From this point it described a long curve, descending towards Bitter Creek Valley, to rise again to the
10dividing ridge of the waters between the Atlantic and the Pacific. There were many creeks in this mountainous region,
11and it was necessary to cross Muddy Creek, Green Creek, and others, upon culverts. Passepartout grew more and more
12impatient as they went on, while Fix longed to get out of this difficult region, and was more anxious than Phileas Fogg
13himself to be beyond the danger of delays and accidents, and set foot on English soil. At ten o'clock at night the train
14stopped at Fort Bridger station, and twenty minutes later entered Wyoming Territory, following the valley of Bitter
15Creek throughout. The next day, 7th December, they stopped for a quarter of an hour at Green River station. Snow had
16fallen abundantly during the night, but, being mixed with rain, it had half melted, and did not interrupt their
17progress. The bad weather, however, annoyed Passepartout; for the accumulation of snow, by blocking the wheels of the
18cars, would certainly have been fatal to Mr. Fogg's tour. "What an idea!" he said to himself. "Why did my master make
19this journey in winter? Couldn't he have waited for the good season to increase his chances?" While the worthy Frenchman
20was absorbed in the state of the sky and the depression of the temperature, Aouda was experiencing fears from a totally
21different cause. Several passengers had got off at Green River, and were walking up and down the platforms; and among
22these Aouda recognised Colonel Stamp Proctor, the same who had so grossly insulted Phileas Fogg at the San Francisco
23meeting. Not wishing to be recognised, the young woman drew back from the window, feeling much alarm at her discovery.
24She was attached to the man who, however coldly, gave her daily evidences of the most absolute devotion. She did not
25comprehend, perhaps, the depth of the sentiment with which her protector inspired her, which she called gratitude, but
26which, though she was unconscious of it, was really more than that. Her heart sank within her when she recognised the
27man whom Mr. Fogg desired, sooner or later, to call to account for his conduct. Chance alone, it was clear, had brought
28Colonel Proctor on this train; but there he was, and it was necessary, at all hazards, that Phileas Fogg should not
29perceive his adversary. Aouda seized a moment when Mr. Fogg was asleep to tell Fix and Passepartout whom she had seen.
30"That Proctor on this train!" cried Fix. "Well, reassure yourself, madam; before he settles with Mr. Fogg; he has got to
31deal with me! It seems to me that I was the more insulted of the two." "And, besides," added Passepartout, "I'll take
32charge of him, colonel as he is." "Mr. Fix," resumed Aouda, "Mr. Fogg will allow no one to avenge him. He said that he
33would come back to America to find this man. Should he perceive Colonel Proctor, we could not prevent a collision which
34might have terrible results. He must not see him." "You are right, madam," replied Fix; "a meeting between them might
35ruin all. Whether he were victorious or beaten, Mr. Fogg would be delayed, and--" "And," added Passepartout, "that would
36play the game of the gentlemen of the Reform Club. In four days we shall be in New York. Well, if my master does not
37leave this car during those four days, we may hope that chance will not bring him face to face with this confounded
38American. We must, if possible, prevent his stirring out of it." The conversation dropped. Mr. Fogg had just woke up,
39and was looking out of the window. Soon after Passepartout, without being heard by his master or Aouda, whispered to the
40detective, "Would you really fight for him?" "I would do anything," replied Fix, in a tone which betrayed determined
41will, "to get him back living to Europe!" Passepartout felt something like a shudder shoot through his frame, but his
42confidence in his master remained unbroken. Was there any means of detaining Mr. Fogg in the car, to avoid a meeting
43between him and the colonel? It ought not to be a difficult task, since that gentleman was naturally sedentary and
44little curious. The detective, at least, seemed to have found a way; for, after a few moments, he said to Mr. Fogg,
45"These are long and slow hours, sir, that we are passing on the railway." "Yes," replied Mr. Fogg; "but they pass." "You
46were in the habit of playing whist," resumed Fix, "on the steamers." "Yes; but it would be difficult to do so here. I
47have neither cards nor partners." "Oh, but we can easily buy some cards, for they are sold on all the American trains.
48And as for partners, if madam plays--" "Certainly, sir," Aouda quickly replied; "I understand whist. It is part of an
49English education." "I myself have some pretensions to playing a good game. Well, here are three of us, and a dummy--"
50"As you please, sir," replied Phileas Fogg, heartily glad to resume his favourite pastime even on the railway.
51Passepartout was dispatched in search of the steward, and soon returned with two packs of cards, some pins, counters,
52and a shelf covered with cloth. The game commenced. Aouda understood whist sufficiently well, and even received some
53compliments on her playing from Mr. Fogg. As for the detective, he was simply an adept, and worthy of being matched
54against his present opponent. "Now," thought Passepartout, "we've got him. He won't budge." At eleven in the morning the
55train had reached the dividing ridge of the waters at Bridger Pass, seven thousand five hundred and twenty-four feet
56above the level of the sea, one of the highest points attained by the track in crossing the Rocky Mountains. After going
57about two hundred miles, the travellers at last found themselves on one of those vast plains which extend to the
58Atlantic, and which nature has made so propitious for laying the iron road. On the declivity of the Atlantic basin the
59first streams, branches of the North Platte River, already appeared. The whole northern and eastern horizon was bounded
60by the immense semi-circular curtain which is formed by the southern portion of the Rocky Mountains, the highest being
61Laramie Peak. Between this and the railway extended vast plains, plentifully irrigated. On the right rose the lower
62spurs of the mountainous mass which extends southward to the sources of the Arkansas River, one of the great tributaries
63of the Missouri. At half-past twelve the travellers caught sight for an instant of Fort Halleck, which commands that
64section; and in a few more hours the Rocky Mountains were crossed. There was reason to hope, then, that no accident
65would mark the journey through this difficult country. The snow had ceased falling, and the air became crisp and cold.
66Large birds, frightened by the locomotive, rose and flew off in the distance. No wild beast appeared on the plain. It
67was a desert in its vast nakedness. After a comfortable breakfast, served in the car, Mr. Fogg and his partners had just
68resumed whist, when a violent whistling was heard, and the train stopped. Passepartout put his head out of the door, but
69saw nothing to cause the delay; no station was in view. Aouda and Fix feared that Mr. Fogg might take it into his head
70to get out; but that gentleman contented himself with saying to his servant, "See what is the matter." Passepartout
71rushed out of the car. Thirty or forty passengers had already descended, amongst them Colonel Stamp Proctor. The train
72had stopped before a red signal which blocked the way. The engineer and conductor were talking excitedly with a
73signal-man, whom the station-master at Medicine Bow, the next stopping place, had sent on before. The passengers drew
74around and took part in the discussion, in which Colonel Proctor, with his insolent manner, was conspicuous.
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