Chapter 31

           PhileasFoggfoundhimselftwentyhoursbehindtime.Passepartout,theinvoluntarycauseofthisdelay,wasdesperate.Hehadruinedhismaster!

           AtthismomentthedetectiveapproachedMr.Fogg,and,lookinghimintentlyintheface,said:

           "Seriously,sir,areyouingreathaste?"

           "Quiteseriously."

           "Ihaveapurposeinasking,"resumedFix."IsitabsolutelynecessarythatyoushouldbeinNewYorkonthe11th,beforenineo’clockintheevening,thetimethatthesteamerleavesforLiverpool?"

           "Itisabsolutelynecessary."

           "And,ifyourjourneyhadnotbeeninterruptedbytheseIndians,youwouldhavereachedNewYorkonthemorningofthe11th?"

           "Yes;withelevenhourstosparebeforethesteamerleft."

           "Good!youarethereforetwentyhoursbehind.Twelvefromtwentyleaveseight.Youmustregaineighthours.Doyouwishtotrytodoso?"

           "Onfoot?"askedMr.Fogg.

           "No;onasledge,"repliedFix."Onasledgewithsails.Amanhasproposedsuchamethodtome."

           ItwasthemanwhohadspokentoFixduringthenight,andwhoseofferhehadrefused.

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