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Chapter 17

           Eithertheservantwastheaccompliceofhismaster,andinthiscasethemasterknewofhisoperations,andheshouldfail;orelsetheservantknewnothingabouttherobbery,andthenhisinterestwouldbetoabandontherobber.

           SuchwasthesituationbetweenFixandPassepartout.MeanwhilePhileasFoggmovedaboutabovetheminthemostmajesticandunconsciousindifference.Hewaspassingmethodicallyinhisorbitaroundtheworld,regardlessofthelesserstarswhichgravitatedaroundhim.Yettherewasnearbywhattheastronomerswouldcalladisturbingstar,whichmighthaveproducedanagitationinthisgentleman’sheart.Butno!thecharmsofAoudafailedtoact,toPassepartout’sgreatsurprise;andthedisturbances,iftheyexisted,wouldhavebeenmoredifficulttocalculatethanthoseofUranuswhichledtothediscoveryofNeptune.

           ItwaseverydayanincreasingwondertoPassepartout,whoreadinAouda’seyesthedepthsofhergratitudetohismaster.PhileasFogg,thoughbraveandgallant,mustbe,hethought,quiteheartless.Astothesentimentwhichthisjourneymighthaveawakenedinhim,therewasclearlynotraceofsuchathing;whilepoorPassepartoutexistedinperpetualreveries.

           Onedayhewasleaningontherailingoftheengine-room,andwasobservingtheengine,whenasuddenpitchofthesteamerthrewthescrewoutofthewater.Thesteamcamehissingoutofthevalves;andthismadePassepartoutindignant.

           "Thevalvesarenotsufficientlycharged!"heexclaimed."Wearenotgoing.Oh,theseEnglish!IfthiswasanAmericancraft,weshouldblowup,perhaps,butweshouldatalleventsgofaster!"

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