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Chapter 24

           Nothingofmomenthappenedonthevoyage;thesteamer,sustainedonitslargepaddles,rolledbutlittle,andthePacificalmostjustifieditsname.Mr.Foggwasascalmandtaciturnasever.Hisyoungcompanionfeltherselfmoreandmoreattachedtohimbyothertiesthangratitude;hissilentbutgenerousnatureimpressedhermorethanshethought;anditwasalmostunconsciouslythatsheyieldedtoemotionswhichdidnotseemtohavetheleasteffectuponherprotector.Aoudatookthekeenestinterestinhisplans,andbecameimpatientatanyincidentwhichseemedlikelytoretardhisjourney.

           SheoftenchattedwithPassepartout,whodidnotfailtoperceivethestateofthelady’sheart;and,beingthemostfaithfulofdomestics,heneverexhaustedhiseulogiesofPhileasFogg’shonesty,generosity,anddevotion.HetookpainstocalmAouda’sdoubtsofasuccessfulterminationofthejourney,tellingherthatthemostdifficultpartofithadpassed,thatnowtheywerebeyondthefantasticcountriesofJapanandChina,andwerefairlyontheirwaytocivilisedplacesagain.ArailwaytrainfromSanFranciscotoNewYork,andatransatlanticsteamerfromNewYorktoLiverpool,woulddoubtlessbringthemtotheendofthisimpossiblejourneyroundtheworldwithintheperiodagreedupon.

           OntheninthdayafterleavingYokohama,PhileasFogghadtraversedexactlyonehalfoftheterrestrialglobe.TheGeneralGrantpassed,onthe23rdofNovember,theonehundredandeightiethmeridian,andwasattheveryantipodesofLondon.Mr.Fogghad,itistrue,exhaustedfifty-twooftheeightydaysinwhichhewastocompletethetour,andtherewereonlytwenty-eightleft.But,thoughhewasonlyhalf-waybythedifferenceofmeridians,hehadreallygoneovertwo-thirdsofthewholejourney;forhehadbeenobligedtomakelongcircuitsfromLondontoAden,fromAdentoBombay,fromCalcuttatoSingapore,andfromSingaporetoYokohama.

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