Part 34 (1/2)

Fix was out of breath, and his hair was in disorder He could not speak ”Sir,” he staive me--o--you are free!”

Phileas Fogg was free! He walked to the detective, looked him steadily in the face, and with the only rapid motion he had ever made in his life, or which he ever would make, drew back his arms, and with the precision of a machine knocked Fix down

”Well hit!” cried Passepartout, ”Parbleu! that's what you lish fists!”

Fix, who found himself on the floor, did not utter a word He had only received his deserts Mr Fogg, Aouda, and Passepartout left the Custoot into a cab, and in a fewasked if there was an express train about to leave for London It was forty minutes past two The express train had left thirty-fivethen ordered a special train

There were several rapid locoements did not permit the special train to leave until three o'clock

At that hour Phileas Fogg, having stienerous reward, at last set out towards London with Aouda and his faithful servant

It was necessary to make the journey in five hours and a half; and this would have been easy on a clear road throughout But there were forced delays, and when Mr Fogg stepped from the train at the ter tenmade the tour of the world, he was behind-hand five er!

Chapter xxxV

IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG DOES NOT HAVE TO REPEAT HIS ORDERS TO PassEPARTOUT TWICE

The dwellers in Saville Roould have been surprised the next day, if they had been told that Phileas Fogg had returned home His doors and ere still closed, no appearance of change was visible

After leaving the station, Mr Fogg gave Passepartout instructions to purchase some provisions, and quietly went to his domicile

He bore his misfortune with his habitual tranquillity Ruined! And by the blundering of the detective! After having steadily traversed that long journey, overcoers, and still found tioal by a sudden event which he could not have foreseen, and against which he was unare sum he had carried with him There only remained of his fortune the twenty thousand pounds deposited at Barings, and this areat had been the expense of his tour that, even had he won, it would not have enriched hiht to enrich hiers for honour's sake than for the stake proposed But this wager totally ruined hi's course, however, was fully decided upon; he knehat remained for him to do

A room in the house in Saville Roas set apart for Aouda, as overwhelrief at her protector'sdropped, she saw that he was lishoverned by a fixed idea sometimes resort to the desperate expedient of suicide, Passepartout kept a narroatch upon his h he carefully concealed the appearance of so doing

First of all, the worthy fellow had gone up to his roo for eighty days

He had found in the letter-box a bill froht it more than time to put a stop to this expense, which he had been doo went to bed, but did he sleep? Aouda did not once close her eyes Passepartout watched all night, like a faithful dog, at his , and told hiet Aouda's breakfast, and a cup of tea and a chop for himself He desired Aouda to excuse him from breakfast and dinner, as his tihts In the evening he would ask per lady

Passepartout, having received his orders, had nothing to do but obey them He looked at his i his mind to leave him His heart was full, and his conscience tortured by re the cause of the irretrievable disaster Yes! if he had warned Mr Fogg, and had betrayed Fix's projects to hiiven the detective passage to Liverpool, and then--

Passepartout could hold in no longer