Part 12 (1/2)

Night came on; the train passed on at full speed, in the ers, bears, and wolves which fled before the locoal, Golconda ruined Gour, Murshedabad, the ancient capital, Burdwan, Hugly, and the French town of Chandernagor, where Passepartout would have been proud to see his country's flag flying, were hidden from their view in the darkness

Calcutta was reached at seven in theat noon; so that Phileas Fogg had five hours before hi to his journal, he was due at Calcutta on the 25th of October, and that was the exact date of his actual arrival He was therefore neither behind-hand nor ahead of tiained between London and Bombay had been lost, as has been seen, in the journey across India But it is not to be supposed that Phileas Fogg regretted them

Chapter XV

IN WHICH THE BAG OF BANKNOTES DISGORGES SOME THOUSANDS OF POUNDS MORE

The train entered the station, and Passepartout ju, who assisted his fair co intended to proceed at once to the Hong Kong steae He was unwilling to leave her while they were still on dangerous ground

Just as he was leaving the station a police?”

”I am he”

”Is thisto Passepartout

”Yes”

”Be so good, both of you, as to followbetrayed no surprise whatever The policeman was a representative of the law, and law is sacred to an Englishman

Passepartout tried to reason about the matter, but the policenal to obey

”May this young lady go with us?” asked he

”She , Aouda, and Passepartout were conducted to a palkigahri, a sort of four-wheeled carriage, drawn by two horses, in which they took their places and were driven away No one spoke during the twenty minutes which elapsed before they reached their destination They first passed through the ”black toith its narrow streets, its h the ”European tohich presented a relief in its bright brickwith antly dressed horse back and forth

The carriage stopped before ahouse, which, however, did not have the appearance of a privaterequested his prisoners--for so, truly, they ht be called--to descend, conducted them into a rooe Obadiah at half-past eight”

He then retired, and closed the door

”Why, we are prisoners!” exclai into a chair

Aouda, with an e: ”Sir, you must leave me to my fate! It is onsavedthat it was impossible It was quite unlikely that he should be arrested for preventing a suttee

The coe

There was some mistake Moreover, he would not, in any event, abandon Aouda, but would escort her to Hong Kong

”But the steamer leaves at noon!” observed Passepartout, nervously