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Around the World in 80 Days
betray him—not for all the gold in the world. I come
from a village where they don’t eat that kind of bread!’
‘You refuse?’
‘I refuse.’
‘Consider that I’ve said nothing,’ said Fix; ‘and let us
drink.’
‘Yes; let us drink!’
Passepartout felt himself yielding more and more to the
effects of the liquor. Fix, seeing that he must, at all
hazards, be separated from his master, wished to entirely
overcome him. Some pipes full of opium lay upon the
table. Fix slipped one into Passepartout’s hand. He took it,
put it between his lips, lit it, drew several puffs, and his
head, becoming heavy under the influence of the narcotic,
fell upon the table.
‘At last!’ said Fix, seeing Passepartout unconscious. ‘Mr.
Fogg will not be informed of the Carnatic’s departure;
and, if he is, he will have to go without this cursed
Frenchman!’
And, after paying his bill, Fix left the tavern.
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