Chapter 14

           Therashexploithadbeenaccomplished;andforanhourPassepartoutlaughedgailyathissuccess. SirFrancispressedtheworthyfellow’shand,andhismastersaid,"Welldone!"which,fromhim,washighcommendation;towhichPassepartoutrepliedthatallthecreditoftheaffairbelongedtoMr.Fogg.Asforhim,hehadonlybeenstruckwitha"queer"idea; andhelaughedtothinkthatforafewmomentshe,Passepartout,theex-gymnast,ex-sergeantfireman,hadbeenthespouseofacharmingwoman,avenerable,embalmedrajah! AsfortheyoungIndianwoman,shehadbeenunconsciousthroughoutofwhatwaspassing,andnow,wrappedupinatravelling-blanket,wasreposinginoneofthehowdahs. 

           Theelephant,thankstotheskilfulguidanceoftheParsee,wasadvancingrapidlythroughthestilldarksomeforest,and,anhourafterleavingthepagoda,hadcrossedavastplain. Theymadeahaltatseveno’clock,theyoungwomanbeingstillinastateofcompleteprostration. Theguidemadeherdrinkalittlebrandyandwater,butthedrowsinesswhichstupefiedhercouldnotyetbeshakenoff. SirFrancis,whowasfamiliarwiththeeffectsoftheintoxicationproducedbythefumesofhemp,reassuredhiscompanionsonheraccount. Buthewasmoredisturbedattheprospectofherfuturefate. HetoldPhileasFoggthat,shouldAoudaremaininIndia,shewouldinevitablyfallagainintothehandsofherexecutioners. Thesefanaticswerescatteredthroughoutthecounty,andwould,despitetheEnglishpolice,recovertheirvictimatMadras,Bombay,orCalcutta. ShewouldonlybesafebyquittingIndiaforever. 

           PhileasFoggrepliedthathewouldreflectuponthematter. 

           ThestationatAllahabadwasreachedaboutteno’clock,and,theinterruptedlineofrailwaybeingresumed,wouldenablethemtoreachCalcuttainlessthantwenty-fourhours. 

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