Part 30 (1/2)
All elco distributed the reward he had promised to the soldiers, while Passepartout, not without reason, muttered to himself, ”It must certainly be confessed that I costa word, looked at Mr Fogg, and it would have been difficult to analyze the thoughts which struggled within him As for Aouda, she took her protector's hand and pressed it in her own, too muchabout for the train He thought he should find it there, ready to start for Oained
”The train! The train!” cried he
”Gone,” replied Fix
”And when does the next train pass here?” said Phileas Fogg
”Not till this evening”
”Ah!” returned the ientleman quietly
Chapter 31
Fix the Detective Considerably Furthers the Interests of Phileas Fogg
Phileas Fogg found himself twenty hours behind time
Passepartout, the involuntary cause of this delay, was desperate
He had ruined his , and, looking hireat haste?”
”Quite seriously”
”I have a purpose in asking,” resumed Fix ”Is it absolutely necessary that you should be in New York on the 11th, before nine o'clock in the evening, the time that the steamer leaves for Liverpool?”
”It is absolutely necessary”
”And, if your journey had not been interrupted by these Indians, you would have reached New York on theof the 11th?”
”Yes, with eleven hours to spare before the steamer left”
”Good! You are therefore twenty hours behind Twelve froht hours Do you wish to try to do so?”
”On foot?” asked Mr Fogg
”No; on a sledge,” replied Fix ”On a sledge with sails A man has proposed such a method to ht, and whose offer he had refused
Phileas Fogg did not reply at once, but Fix, having pointed out theup and down in front of the station, Mr
Fogg went up to hi and the Ae, entered a hut built just below the fort