Chapter 35

           ThedwellersinSavilleRowwouldhavebeensurprisedthenextday,iftheyhadbeentoldthatPhileasFogghadreturnedhome.Hisdoorsandwindowswerestillclosed,noappearanceofchangewasvisible.

           Afterleavingthestation,Mr.FogggavePassepartoutinstructionstopurchasesomeprovisions,andquietlywenttohisdomicile.

           Heborehismisfortunewithhishabitualtranquillity.Ruined!Andbytheblunderingofthedetective!Afterhavingsteadilytraversedthatlongjourney,overcomeahundredobstacles,bravedmanydangers,andstillfoundtimetodosomegoodonhisway,tofailnearthegoalbyasuddeneventwhichhecouldnothaveforeseen,andagainstwhichhewasunarmed;itwasterrible!Butafewpoundswereleftofthelargesumhehadcarriedwithhim.ThereonlyremainedofhisfortunethetwentythousandpoundsdepositedatBarings,andthisamountheowedtohisfriendsoftheReformClub.Sogreathadbeentheexpenseofhistourthat,evenhadhewon,itwouldnothaveenrichedhim;anditisprobablethathehadnotsoughttoenrichhimself,beingamanwhoratherlaidwagersforhonour’ssakethanforthestakeproposed.Butthiswagertotallyruinedhim.

           Mr.Fogg’scourse,however,wasfullydecidedupon;heknewwhatremainedforhimtodo.

           AroominthehouseinSavilleRowwassetapartforAouda,whowasoverwhelmedwithgriefatherprotector’smisfortune.FromthewordswhichMr.Foggdropped,shesawthathewasmeditatingsomeseriousproject.

           KnowingthatEnglishmengovernedbyafixedideasometimesresorttothedesperateexpedientofsuicide,Passepartoutkeptanarrowwatchuponhismaster,thoughhecarefullyconcealedtheappearanceofsodoing.

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