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Around the World in 80 Days

that fifty-five thousand pounds had been stolen from the
Bank.
When Andrew Speedy had pocketed the money, Mr.
Fogg said to him, ‘Don’t let this astonish you, sir. You

must know that I shall lose twenty thousand pounds,
unless I arrive in London by a quarter before nine on the
evening of the 21st of December. I missed the steamer at
New York, and as you refused to take me to Liverpool—‘
‘And I did well!’ cried Andrew Speedy; ‘for I have
gained at least forty thousand dollars by it!’ He added,
more sedately, ‘Do you know one thing, Captain—‘
‘Fogg.’
‘Captain Fogg, you’ve got something of the Yankee
about you.’
And, having paid his passenger what he considered a
high compliment, he was going away, when Mr. Fogg
said, ‘The vessel now belongs to me?’
‘Certainly, from the keel to the truck of the masts—all
the wood, that is.’
‘Very well. Have the interior seats, bunks, and frames
pulled down, and burn them.’
It was necessary to have dry wood to keep the steam up
to the adequate pressure, and on that day the poop, cabins,
bunks, and the spare deck were sacrificed. On the next

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