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Chapter 15

           "Silence!"shoutedtheconstable.

           "Andinasmuch,"continuedthejudge,"asitisnotprovedthattheactwasnotdonebytheconnivanceofthemasterwiththeservant,andasthemasterinanycasemustbeheldresponsiblefortheactsofhispaidservant,IcondemnPhileasFoggtoaweek’simprisonmentandafineofonehundredandfiftypounds."

           Fixrubbedhishandssoftlywithsatisfaction;ifPhileasFoggcouldbedetainedinCalcuttaaweek,itwouldbemorethantimeforthewarranttoarrive.Passepartoutwasstupefied.Thissentenceruinedhismaster.Awageroftwentythousandpoundslost,becausehe,likeapreciousfool,hadgoneintothatabominablepagoda!

           PhileasFogg,asself-composedasifthejudgmentdidnotintheleastconcernhim,didnotevenlifthiseyebrowswhileitwasbeingpronounced.Justastheclerkwascallingthenextcase,herose,andsaid,"Iofferbail."

           "Youhavethatright,"returnedthejudge.

           Fix’sbloodrancold,butheresumedhiscomposurewhenheheardthejudgeannouncethatthebailrequiredforeachprisonerwouldbeonethousandpounds.

           "Iwillpayitatonce,"saidMr.Fogg,takingarollofbank-billsfromthecarpet-bag,whichPassepartouthadbyhim,andplacingthemontheclerk’sdesk.

           "Thissumwillberestoredtoyouuponyourreleasefromprison,"saidthejudge."Meanwhile,youareliberatedonbail."

           "Come!"saidPhileasFoggtohisservant.

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