Part 5 (1/2)
”You are Mr Phileas Fogg?” said the consul, after reading the passport
”I am”
”And this man is your servant?”
”He is: a Frenchman, named Passepartout”
”You are fro--”
”To Boood, sir You know that a visa is useless, and that no passport is required?”
”I know it, sir,” replied Phileas Fogg; ”but I wish to prove, by your visa, that I came by Suez”
”Very well, sir”
The consul proceeded to sign and date the passport, after which he added his official seal Mr Fogg paid the customary fee, coldly bowed, and went out, followed by his servant
”Well?” queried the detective
”Well, he looks and acts like a perfectly honest man,” replied the consul
”Possibly; but that is not the question Do you think, consul, that this phlegentleman resembles, feature by feature, the robber whose description I have received?”
”I concede that; but then, you know, all descriptions--”
”I'll make certain of it,” interrupted Fix ”The servant seems to me less mysterious than theExcuse me for a little while, consul”
Fix started off in search of Passepartout
Meanwhile Mr Fogg, after leaving the consulate, repaired to the quay, gave soolia in a boat, and descended to his cabin He took up his note-book, which contained the following memoranda:
”Left London, Wednesday, October 2nd, at 845 pm ”Reached Paris, Thursday, October 3rd, at 720 am ”Left Paris, Thursday, at 840 am ”Reached Turin by Mont Cenis, Friday, October 4th, at 635 am
”Left Turin, Friday, at 720 am ”Arrived at Brindisi, Saturday, October 5th, at 4 polia, Saturday, at 5 pm
”Reached Suez, Wednesday, October 9th, at 11 am ”Total of hours spent, 158+; or, in days, six days and a half”
These dates were inscribed in an itinerary divided into colu the month, the day of the month, and the day for the stipulated and actual arrivals at each principal point Paris, Brindisi, Suez, Bo, Yokohama, San Francisco, New York, and London--fro a space for setting down the gain made or the loss suffered on arrival at each locality Thisneeded, and Mr Fogg always knehether he was behind-hand or in advance of his time On this Friday, October 9th, he noted his arrival at Suez, and observed that he had as yet neither gained nor lost He sat down quietly to breakfast in his cabin, never once thinking of inspecting the town, being one of those Englishh the eyes of their domestics
Chapter VIII