Around the World in 80 Days

He was so exact that he was never in a hurry, was always ready, and was economical alike of his steps and his motions. He never took one step too many, and always went to his destination by the shortest cut; he made no superfluous gestures, and was never seen to be moved or agitated. He was the most deliberate person in the world, yet always reached his destination at the exact moment.

The ele­phant, which its owner had reared, not for a beast of bur­den, but for war­like pur­poses, was half do­mest­ic­ated.

an as­tro­nom­ical clock, dir­ec­ted his steps to the pass­port of­fice. As for the won­ders of Bom­bay—its fam­ous city hall, its splen­did lib­rary,

“A true Eng­lish­man doesn’t joke when he is talk­ing about so ser­i­ous a thing as a wager,” replied Phileas Fogg, sol­emnly.

which was al­ways flush.

He shut his eyes for an in­stant, as if to avoid her look. When he opened them again, “I love you!” he said, simply. “Yes, by all that is holi­est, I love you, and I am en­tirely yours!”

The Parsee lit a fire in the bun­ga­low with a few dry branches, and the warmth was very grate­ful, pro­vi­sions pur­chased at Kholby suf­ficed for sup­per, and the trav­el­lers ate raven­ously.

Sir Fran­cis cor­rec­ted Passep­ar­tout’s time, whereupon the lat­ter made the same re­mark that he had done to Fix; and upon the gen­eral in­sist­ing that the watch should be reg­u­lated in each new me­ridian, since he was con­stantly go­ing east­ward, that is in the face of the sun, and there­fore the days were shorter by four minutes for each de­gree gone over, Passep­ar­tout ob­stin­ately re­fused to al­ter his watch, which he kept at Lon­don time.

He began to ask him­self if this bet that Mr. Fogg talked about was not really in good earn­est, and whether his fate was not in truth for­cing him, des­pite his love of re­pose, around the world in eighty days!

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