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‘Isentforyou,Captain,becauseIwanttobuyyourship.’‘No!No!No!’
HowcouldPhileasFoggwinhisbetnow?NoshipinhisbookofshipandtraintimetablescouldgethimtoLondonby21stDecember.
InNewYork,PhileasFogglookedroundtheportforafastship.Hewantedtobuyone.HesawtheHenrietta,andspoketothecaptain.
‘AreyouleavingNewYork,Captain?’
‘Inanhour,’saidthecaptain.Hewasahardman,andhisanswerwasunfriendly.
‘Whereareyougoing?’
‘ToBordeaux.’
‘Canyoutakeuswithyou?’
‘No,Idon’ttakepeople.LookinBradshawforaniceship.Itakethingsfromporttoport.’
‘Fast?’askedPhileasFogg.’Doyoutakethingsfast?’
‘Yes.Veryfast.TheHenriettadoestwelvemilesanhour.’
‘Willyoutakeme,andthreeotherpeople,toLiverpool,Captain...What’syourname?’
‘Myname’sSpeedyandtheanswer’sno!’
‘ThenI’llbuytheshipfromyou.’
‘No!’
PhileasFoggthoughtforaminute.Thenhesaid,‘WillyoutakeustoBordeaux?Icangiveyoutwothousanddollars.’
‘Foreachperson?’
‘Yes.’
CaptainSpeedythoughtaboutit.Eightthousanddollars!
‘We’releavingatnine,’hesaid.
PhileasFogg,Aouda,PassepartoutandFixwereontheshipwhensheleftNewYorkat9o’clock.
Thenextday,13thDecember,PhileasFoggwascaptainoftheship.CaptainSpeedywasinhisroom,andtwoseamenwatchedhimcarefully.Hecouldn’tleavetheroom.Heshouted,buthecouldn’tgetout.
Whathappenedonthatdaywasthis:PhileasFoggwantedtogotoLiverpool.Thecaptaindidn’twanttogothere,buttheseamenhatedtheircaptain.AndPhileasFogggavethemsomemoney,sotheywerehappyaboutthenewplan.
Nowthecaptainhadtostayinhisroom.Aoudawasnotveryhappyaboutit,butPassepartoutenjoyedit.
PhileasFoggwasaverygoodship’scaptain.Perhapshewasaseamanwhenhewasyounger.Withherfastengine,andthewindbehindher,theHenriettamovedquicklyoverthewater.
Butoneoftheseamensaid,‘MrFogg,thisenginecantakeusfaster.Wehavetoputmorewoodonthefire.’
‘Andwheredowegetmorewood?’
‘Fromtheship.Theybuilteverythingonitfromwood.’
‘Thankyou,’saidPhileasFogg.’I’llhavetothinkaboutit.’Hewalkedroundtheshiplookingatthewood.ThenhecalledPassepartout.’BringCaptainSpeedytome.’
CaptainSpeedyrantoPhileasFogg.Hewantedtokillhim.
‘Thief!’heshouted.‘Youtookmyship!Wherearewe?’
‘SevenhundredandseventymilesfromLiverpool,’saidFogg.‘ButIsentforyou,Captain,becauseIwanttobuyyourship.’
‘No!No!No!’
‘I’mgoingtoputsomeofitonthefire,sotheenginecantakeustoLiverpoolfaster.’
‘Myship!Thisshipcostfiftythousanddollars!’
‘Here’ssixtythousand,’saidPhileasFogg,andhegavethecaptainthemoney.Twelvethousandpounds.
‘Oh!’CaptainSpeedywassuddenlyadifferentman.TheHenriettacostfiftythousanddollars,butshewastwentyyearsold.
‘Youer...Youonlywantthewood.I’llhavetheengine,the...’
‘Ohyes.I’monlybuyingthewood.’
‘Thankyou,’saidthecaptain.
Andso,at11.40on21stDecember,PhileasFoggputhisforonthegroundinLiverpool.Andat11.41,Fixsaid,’PhileasFogg.I’maScotlandYarddetective.Pleasecomewithmetothenearestpolicestation.’
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