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midnight precisely the difference between London time
and that of the one hundred and eightieth meridian. But if
Fix had been able to explain this purely physical effect,
Passepartout would not have admitted, even if he had
comprehended it. Moreover, if the detective had been on
board at that moment, Passepartout would have joined
issue with him on a quite different subject, and in an
entirely different manner.
Where was Fix at that moment?
He was actually on board the General Grant.
On reaching Yokohama, the detective, leaving Mr.
Fogg, whom he expected to meet again during the day,
had repaired at once to the English consulate, where he at
last found the warrant of arrest. It had followed him from
Bombay, and had come by the Carnatic, on which
steamer he himself was supposed to be. Fix’s
disappointment may be imagined when he reflected that
the warrant was now useless. Mr. Fogg had left English
ground, and it was now necessary to procure his
extradition!
‘Well,’ thought Fix, after a moment of anger, ‘my
warrant is not good here, but it will be in England. The
rogue evidently intends to return to his own country,
thinking he has thrown the police off his track. Good! I
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