Passepartout still refuses to betray his master, so Fix slips a pipe full of opium into the servant's hand. Fix threatens to have him arrested as Fogg's accomplice unless he helps to keep Fogg here in Hong Kong so that he can arrest him. Passepartout repeatedly denies this, insisting that his master is an honest man. He tells Passepartout that he is actually a detective, and that Mr. Passepartout says yes, and Fix is confused when he reveals that he thinks he is an agent sent by the reform club to monitor Fogg's progress. They sit down over drinks, and Fix asks Passepartout if he has guessed who he actually is. Passepartout goes to tell his master the good news-however, before he can, Fix makes the decision to tell Passepartout everything, and takes him to a tavern near the harbor, which turns out to be an opium den. During this conversation, the clerk of the steamer Carnatic tells them that since the repairs had not been finished the ship would be leaving for Yokohama that evening instead of the following morning. Fix tells Passepartout that he will be going on to America with them. He runs into Fix, who is extremely upset Passepartout takes this to be because since they are in time for the ship, Fogg may still win the bet after all, which would be bad for the Reform Club. Passepartout wanders around the city he is struck by how very British it is even though it is in China. Fogg insists she continue on to Europe with them. They realize, however, that Aouda's relation in Hong Kong had actually gone to Europe two years before, so Mr. The weather calms, though, and when they reach Hong Kong they discover that the steamer for Yokohama will not be leaving until the following day, since it needed an extra day for repairs. Passepartout is extremely upset about the delay. Fix is pleased, since it seems that Fogg will have to remain some time in Hong Kong, enough to acquire a warrant for his arrest. As usual, Fogg shows no signs of frustration even though this would mean missing his ship to Yokohama, Japan. The captain announces that the steamer will be delayed at least twenty hours in its arrival to Hong Kong. Fix is uneasy, thinking that Passepartout suspects he is a detective chasing Fogg. Seeing Fix around often, Passepartout begins to drop hints about what he thinks Fix is up to. Passepartout begins to wonder why Fix is so concerned with Fogg's affairs, and comes to the conclusion that he must be an agent sent by someone from the Reform Club to make sure Fogg really does go around the world.īetween Singapore and Hong Kong the weather becomes stormy and delays them time, but as usual, Fogg is unaffected. Passepartout tells him the story of how Aouda came to be with them. He decides that, if worst comes to worst, he will tell Passepartout everything, hoping to convince him that his master is really a bad man.Ī few days into the voyage, Fix goes to question Passepartout, who is surprised to see him on the ship. Too much would be required to arrest him in anyone else's territory. He knows he needs to get him in Hong Kong, since it will be the last English-owned place that Fogg will be in on his trip. Little did they know, Detective Fix had gotten on the Rangoon as well, after leaving orders at Calcutta that if the warrant for Fogg's arrest arrives, it should be forwarded to Hong Kong. He does, however, assure her that everything will work out fine, calming her anxieties. She gets to know Fogg better and continuously shows her gratitude for what he did for her, but as usual, Fogg does not display any emotion. His sole pastimes were reading the papers and playing whist.The voyage to Hong Kong begins on the steamer named the Rangoon, and the dynamic is slightly different with Aouda there. Those who were honoured by a better acquaintance with him than the rest, declared that nobody could pretend to have ever seen him anywhere else. It was at least certain that Phileas Fogg had not absented himself from London for many years. He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit. He often corrected, with a few clear words, the thousand conjectures advanced by members of the club as to lost and unheard-of travellers, pointing out the true probabilities, and seeming as if gifted with a sort of second sight, so often did events justify his predictions. Had he travelled? It was likely, for no one seemed to know the world more familiarly there was no spot so secluded that he did not appear to have an intimate acquaintance with it. His daily habits were quite open to observation but whatever he did was so exactly the same thing that he had always done before, that the wits of the curious were fairly puzzled. He talked very little, and seemed all the more mysterious for his taciturn manner.
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