Chapter 33

           Anhourafter,theHenriettapassedthelighthousewhichmarkstheentranceoftheHudson,turnedthepointofSandyHook,andputtosea.DuringthedaysheskirtedLongIsland,passedFireIsland,anddirectedhercourserapidlyeastward.

           Atnoonthenextday,amanmountedthebridgetoascertainthevessel’sposition.ItmightbethoughtthatthiswasCaptainSpeedy.Nottheleastintheworld.ItwasPhileasFogg,Esquire.AsforCaptainSpeedy,hewasshutupinhiscabinunderlockandkey,andwasutteringloudcries,whichsignifiedanangeratoncepardonableandexcessive.

           Whathadhappenedwasverysimple.PhileasFoggwishedtogotoLiverpool,butthecaptainwouldnotcarryhimthere.ThenPhileasFogghadtakenpassageforBordeaux,and,duringthethirtyhourshehadbeenonboard,hadsoshrewdlymanagedwithhisbanknotesthatthesailorsandstokers,whowereonlyanoccasionalcrew,andwerenotonthebesttermswiththecaptain,wentovertohiminabody.ThiswaswhyPhileasFoggwasincommandinsteadofCaptainSpeedy;whythecaptainwasaprisonerinhiscabin;andwhy,inshort,theHenriettawasdirectinghercoursetowardsLiverpool.Itwasveryclear,toseeMr.Foggmanagethecraft,thathehadbeenasailor.

           Howtheadventureendedwillbeseenanon.Aoudawasanxious,thoughshesaidnothing.AsforPassepartout,hethoughtMr.Fogg’smanoeuvresimplyglorious.Thecaptainhadsaid"betweenelevenandtwelveknots,"andtheHenriettaconfirmedhisprediction.

           If,thenfortherewere"ifs"stilltheseadidnotbecometooboisterous,ifthewinddidnotveerroundtotheeast,ifnoaccidenthappenedtotheboatoritsmachinery,theHenriettamightcrossthethreethousandmilesfromNewYorktoLiverpoolintheninedays,betweenthe12thandthe21stofDecember.

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