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HeleftLondonquickly.Hehadalotofmoneyinnewbanknotes.PhileasFoggwas,Fixthought,theBankofEnglandthief.
OnWednesday,9thOctoberasmallthinmanwaitedforashipatSuez,Egypt.Theship,afastship,wastheMongolia.ThemanwasDetectiveFix.HewasattheportbecausehewantedtofindtheBankofEnglandthief.
Fixlookedateverybody.Hewantedatallmaninexpensiveclothes.WhentheMongoliaarrivedattheport,PhileasFogglefttheship.Hehadtogetastampinhispassport.Hewentbacktotheship.Fixwatchedhim.
ThenthedetectivefoundPassepartoutoutinthetown.
‘CanIhelpyou?’askedFix.
‘Youareverykind,’saidPassepartout.’ThisisSuez?’
‘Yes,’saidFix.’Suez,inEgypt,inAfrica.’
PassepartoutlookedatFixwithwideeyes.
‘Africa!’hesaid.’ThismorningIsawParisagain,from7.20to8.15inthemorning,throughthewindowsofatrain,betweentworailwaystations.AndnowIamhereinAfrica.’
‘Youhaven’tgotmuchtime,then?’askedthedetective.
‘No,Mr.Fogghasn’tgotmuchtime.Oh,andIhavetobuysomeclothes.Wecameawaywithonlyonesmallbagforthejourney.’
‘I’llshowyouthewaytotheshops.’
‘Thankyou,’saidPassepartout.AndthetwomenwalkedthroughSuez.‘Ihavetobecarefulaboutthetime.Theshipleavesagaininashorttime.’
‘You’vegottimeforshopping,’Fixanswered.‘Andyou’vegottimeforlunch.’
Passepartoutpulledouthisbigwatch.
‘Lunch?’hesaid.’It’s9.52inthemorning!’
‘No,it’s11.52,’saidFix.‘You’vegotLondontimeonyourwatch.That’stwohoursbehindSueztime.Whenyougoroundthe-world,timechanges.Onyourjourneyyou’llhavetochangethetimeonyourwatchforeachnewcountry.’
‘What!Changethetimeonmywatch?Never!’saidPassepartout.
Fixsmiled.Fiveminuteslaterhesaid,’Herearetheshops.Youcanbuyeverythinghere.IthinkyouleftLondonquickly.’
‘Ohyes!LastWednesday,Mr.Foggcamebackfromhisclubat7.50intheevening.Heusuallycomesbackatmidnight.Andthenwestartedourjourney.’
Fixthoughtaboutthat.Thenheasked,‘ButwhereisMr.Fogggoing?’
‘Roundtheworld.’
‘Roundtheworld?’
‘Yes,ineightydays.Hesaysitisforabet.’
‘Isherich?’Fixasked.
‘Ithinkheis,’saidPassepartout.TheFrenchmanwasalwaysreadytotalk.‘Hehasalotofnewbanknoteswithhim,andhebuysthingsallthetime.HegavethecaptainoftheMongoliaalotofmoneybecausehewantedtogettoBombayearly.’
SothedetectivewrotetoLondonandaskedforawarrantinBombay.PhileasFoggwastallandworeexpensiveclothes.HeleftLondonquickly.Hehadalotofmoneyinnewbanknotes.PhileasFoggwas,Fixthought,theBankofEnglandthief.
TenminutesbeforetheMongolialeftSuez,Fixwasontheshipwithalightbagandsomemoney.HewasonhiswaytoBombay.
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