Chapter 36

           ItistimetorelatewhatachangetookplaceinEnglishpublicopinionwhenittranspiredthattherealbankrobber,acertainJamesStrand,hadbeenarrested,onthe17thdayofDecember,atEdinburgh.Threedaysbefore,PhileasFogghadbeenacriminal,whowasbeingdesperatelyfollowedupbythepolice;nowhewasanhonourablegentleman,mathematicallypursuinghiseccentricjourneyroundtheworld.

           Thepapersresumedtheirdiscussionaboutthewager;allthosewhohadlaidbets,fororagainsthim,revivedtheirinterest,asifbymagic;the"PhileasFoggbonds"againbecamenegotiable,andmanynewwagersweremade.PhileasFogg’snamewasoncemoreatapremiumon‘Change.

           HisfivefriendsoftheReformClubpassedthesethreedaysinastateoffeverishsuspense.WouldPhileasFogg,whomtheyhadforgotten,reappearbeforetheireyes!Wherewasheatthismoment?The17thofDecember,thedayofJamesStrand’sarrest,wastheseventy-sixthsincePhileasFogg’sdeparture,andnonewsofhimhadbeenreceived.Washedead?Hadheabandonedtheeffort,orwashecontinuinghisjourneyalongtherouteagreedupon?AndwouldheappearonSaturday,the21stofDecember,ataquarterbeforenineintheevening,onthethresholdoftheReformClubsaloon?

           Theanxietyinwhich,forthreedays,Londonsocietyexisted,cannotbedescribed.TelegramsweresenttoAmericaandAsiafornewsofPhileasFogg.MessengersweredispatchedtothehouseinSavilleRowmorningandevening.Nonews.Thepolicewereignorantwhathadbecomeofthedetective,Fix,whohadsounfortunatelyfollowedupafalsescent.Betsincreased,nevertheless,innumberandvalue.PhileasFogg,likearacehorse,wasdrawingnearhislastturning-point.

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