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Around the World in 80 Days

Chapter XVII

SHOWING WHAT

HAPPENED ON THE VOYAGE

FROM SINGAPORE TO HONG

KONG

The detective and Passepartout met often on deck after
this interview, though Fix was reserved, and did not
attempt to induce his companion to divulge any more
facts concerning Mr. Fogg. He caught a glimpse of that
mysterious gentleman once or twice; but Mr. Fogg usually
confined himself to the cabin, where he kept Aouda
company, or, according to his inveterate habit, took a
hand at whist.
Passepartout began very seriously to conjecture what
strange chance kept Fix still on the route that his master
was pursuing. It was really worth considering why this
certainly very amiable and complacent person, whom he
had first met at Suez, had then encountered on board the
Mongolia, who disembarked at Bombay, which he
announced as his destination, and now turned up so

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