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07 - Around The World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne · Daily Classic Science Fiction Books

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  Speaker 1: Chapter seven, which once more demonstrates the uselessness of passports
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  Speaker 1: as aids to detectives. The detective passed down the key
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  Speaker 1: and rapidly made his way to the Consul's office, where
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  Speaker 1: he was at once admitted to the presence of that official.
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  Speaker 1: Conseil said he, without preamble, I have strong reasons for
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  Speaker 1: believing that my man is a passenger on the Mongolia,
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  Speaker 1: and he narrated what had just passed concerning the passport. Well,
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  Speaker 1: mister Vicks replied the consul. I shall not be sorry
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  Speaker 1: to see the rascal's face, but perhaps he won't come here.
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  Speaker 1: That is, if he is the person you suppose him
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  Speaker 1: to be. A robber doesn't quite like to leave traces
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  Speaker 1: of his flight behind him. And besides, he is not
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  Speaker 1: obliged to have his passport countersigned. If he is as
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  Speaker 1: shrewd as I think he is, consel he will come
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  Speaker 1: to have his passport visaed. Yes, passports are only good
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  Speaker 1: for annoying honest folks and aiding in the flight of rogues.
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  Speaker 1: I assure you it will be quite the thing for
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  Speaker 1: him to do. But I hope you will not visa
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  Speaker 1: the passport. Why not if the passport is genuine. I
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  Speaker 1: have no right to refuse. Still, I must keep this
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  Speaker 1: man here until I can get a warrant to arrest
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  Speaker 1: him from London. Ah, that's your lookout, but I cannot.
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  Speaker 1: The Consul did not finish his sentence, for as he spoke,
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  Speaker 1: a knock was heard at the door, and two strangers entered,
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  Speaker 1: one of whom was the servant whom Fix had met
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  Speaker 1: on the quay. The other, who was his master, held
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  Speaker 1: out his passport with the request that the Consul would
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  Speaker 1: do him the favor to visa it. The Consul took
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  Speaker 1: the document and carefully read it, whilst Fix observed, or
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  Speaker 1: rather devoured the stranger with his eyes from a corner
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  Speaker 1: of the room. You are, mister, Phileas Fogg, said the consul,
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  Speaker 1: after reading the passport. I am, and this man is
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  Speaker 1: your servant. He is a Frenchman named Passepartout. You are
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  Speaker 1: from London, yes, and you are going to Bombay. Very good, sir.
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  Speaker 1: You know that a visa is useless and that no
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  Speaker 1: passport is required. I know it, sir, replied Phileas Fogg.
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  Speaker 1: But I wish to prove by your visa that I
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  Speaker 1: came by Suez. Very well, Sir. The Consul proceeded to
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  Speaker 1: sign and date the passport, after which he added his
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  Speaker 1: official seal. Mister Fogg paid the customary fee, coldly bowed,
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  Speaker 1: and went out, followed by his servant. Well, queried the detective.
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  Speaker 1: Well he looks an acts like a perfectly honest man,
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  Speaker 1: replied the Consul. Possibly, but that is not the question.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think, Conseil, that this phlegmatic gentleman resembles feature
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  Speaker 1: by feature the robber whose description I have received. I
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  Speaker 1: concede that, but then you know all descriptions. I'll make
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  Speaker 1: certain of it, interrupted Fix. The servant seems to me
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  Speaker 1: less mysterious than the master. Besides, he's a Frenchman and
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  Speaker 1: can't help talking. Excuse me for a little while, Council
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  Speaker 1: Fix started off in search of Passepartout. Meanwhile, mister Fogg,
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  Speaker 1: after leaving the consulate, repaired to the key, gave some
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  Speaker 1: orders to Passepartout, went off to the Mongolian a boat
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  Speaker 1: and descended to his cabin. He took up his note book,
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  Speaker 1: which contained the following memoranda. Left London Wednesday, October second
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  Speaker 1: at eight forty five p m. Reached Paris Thursday, October
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  Speaker 1: third at seven twenty a M. Left Paris Thursday at
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  Speaker 1: eight forty a m. Reach Turin by Mount Cennies Friday,
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  Speaker 1: October fourth at six thirty five a M. Left Turin
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  Speaker 1: Friday at seven twenty a m. Arrived at Brindisi Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: October fifth at four p M. Sailed on the Mongolia
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  Speaker 1: Saturday at five p M. Reached Suez Wednesday, October ninth
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  Speaker 1: at eleven a m. Total of hours spent one hundred
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  Speaker 1: fifty eight plus or in days six days and a half.
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  Speaker 1: These dates were inscribed in an itinerary, divided into columns
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  Speaker 1: indicating the month, the day of the month, and the
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  Speaker 1: day for the stipulated and actual arrivals at each principal
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  Speaker 1: point parents Brindisi, Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama,
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco, New York, and London from the second of
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  Speaker 1: October to the twenty first of December, and giving a
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  Speaker 1: space for setting down the gain made or the loss
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  Speaker 1: suffered on arrival at each locality. This methodical record thus
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  Speaker 1: contained an account of everything needed, and mister Fogg always
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  Speaker 1: knew whether he was behindhand or in advance of his time.
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  Speaker 1: On this Friday, October ninth, he noted his arrival at Suez,
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  Speaker 1: and observed that he had as yet neither gained nor lost.
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  Speaker 1: He sat down quietly to breakfast in his cabin, never
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  Speaker 1: once thinking of inspecting the town, being one of those
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  Speaker 1: Englishmen who are wont to see foreign countries through the
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  Speaker 1: eyes of their domestics. End of chapter