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07 - Around The World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne · Adventure Books Collection

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