Part 8 (2/2)
”What do you mean?” asked Sir Francis
”I eneral at once stepped out, while Phileas Fogg calether to the conductor
”Where are we?” asked Sir Francis
”At the hamlet of Kholby”
”Do we stop here?”
”Certainly The railway isn't finished”
”What! not finished?”
”No There's still a matter of fifty ins again”
”But the papers announced the opening of the railway throughout”
”What would you have, officer? The papers were mistaken”
”Yet you sell tickets fro warers know that they must provide means of transportation for themselves from Kholby to Allahabad”
Sir Francis was furious Passepartout would willingly have knocked the conductor down, and did not dare to look at hisquietly, ”ill, if you please, look about for so, this is a delay greatly to your disadvantage”
”No, Sir Francis; it was foreseen”
”What! You knew that the way--”
”Not at all; but I knew that some obstacle or other would sooner or later arise on , therefore, is lost I have two days, which I have already gained, to sacrifice A stea at noon, on the 25th This is the 22nd, and we shall reach Calcutta in ti to say to so confident a response
It was but too true that the railway came to a termination at this point The papers were like so too fast, and had been premature in their announcereater part of the travellers were aware of this interruption, and, leaving the train, they began to engage such vehicles as the village could provide four-wheeled palkigharis, waggons drawn by zebus, carriages that looked like pera paGodas, palanquins, ponies, and what not
Mr Fogg and Sir Francis Croe fro
”I shall go afoot,” said Phileas Fogg
Passepartout, who had now rejoined his nificent, but too frail Indian shoes Happily he too had been looking about him, and, after a moment's hesitation, said, ”Monsieur, I think I have found a means of conveyance”