Вокруг света за 80 дней

Chapter 37

           Injourneyingeastwardhehadgonetowardsthesun,andthedaysthereforediminishedforhimasmanytimesfourminutesashecrosseddegreesinthisdirection.Therearethreehundredandsixtydegreesonthecircumferenceoftheearth;andthesethreehundredandsixtydegrees,multipliedbyfourminutes,givespreciselytwenty-fourhoursthatis,thedayunconsciouslygained.Inotherwords,whilePhileasFogg,goingeastward,sawthesunpassthemeridianeightytimes,hisfriendsinLondononlysawitpassthemeridianseventy-ninetimes.ThisiswhytheyawaitedhimattheReformClubonSaturday,andnotSunday,asMr.Foggthought.

           AndPassepartout’sfamousfamilywatch,whichhadalwayskeptLondontime,wouldhavebetrayedthisfact,ifithadmarkedthedaysaswellasthehoursandtheminutes!

           PhileasFogg,then,hadwonthetwentythousandpounds;but,ashehadspentnearlynineteenthousandontheway,thepecuniarygainwassmall.Hisobjectwas,however,tobevictorious,andnottowinmoney.HedividedtheonethousandpoundsthatremainedbetweenPassepartoutandtheunfortunateFix,againstwhomhecherishednogrudge.Hededucted,however,fromPassepartout’ssharethecostofthegaswhichhadburnedinhisroomfornineteenhundredandtwentyhours,forthesakeofregularity.

           Thatevening,Mr.Fogg,astranquilandphlegmaticasever,saidtoAouda:"Isourmarriagestillagreeabletoyou?"

           "Mr.Fogg,"repliedshe,"itisformetoaskthatquestion.Youwereruined,butnowyouarerichagain."

           "Pardonme,madam;myfortunebelongstoyou.Ifyouhadnotsuggestedourmarriage,myservantwouldnothavegonetotheReverendSamuelWilson’s,Ishouldnothavebeenapprisedofmyerror,and"

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