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Chapter 12

           Nextcamethemusiciansandarearguardofcaperingfakirs,whosecriessometimesdrownedthenoiseoftheinstruments;theseclosedtheprocession. 

           SirFranciswatchedtheprocessionwithasadcountenance,and,turningtotheguide,said, "Asuttee." 

           TheParseenodded,andputhisfingertohislips. Theprocessionslowlywoundunderthetrees,andsoonitslastranksdisappearedinthedepthsofthewood. Thesongsgraduallydiedaway;occasionallycrieswereheardinthedistance,untilatlastallwassilenceagain. 

           PhileasFogghadheardwhatSirFrancissaid,and,assoonastheprocessionhaddisappeared,asked: "Whatisasuttee?" 

           "Asuttee,"returnedthegeneral,"isahumansacrifice,butavoluntaryone.Thewomanyouhavejustseenwillbeburnedto-morrowatthedawnofday." 

           "Oh,thescoundrels!"criedPassepartout,whocouldnotrepresshisindignation. 

           "Andthecorpse?"askedMr.Fogg. 

           "Isthatoftheprince,herhusband,"saidtheguide;"anindependentrajahofBundelcund." 

           "Isitpossible,"resumedPhileasFogg,hisvoicebetrayingnottheleastemotion,"thatthesebarbarouscustomsstillexistinIndia,andthattheEnglishhavebeenunabletoputastoptothem?" 

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