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Around the World in 80 Days

Chapter XXXIV

IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG

AT LAST REACHES LONDON

Phileas Fogg was in prison. He had been shut up in the
Custom House, and he was to be transferred to London
the next day.
Passepartout, when he saw his master arrested, would
have fallen upon Fix had he not been held back by some
policemen. Aouda was thunderstruck at the suddenness of
an event which she could not understand. Passepartout
explained to her how it was that the honest and
courageous Fogg was arrested as a robber. The young
woman’s heart revolted against so heinous a charge, and
when she saw that she could attempt to do nothing to save
her protector, she wept bitterly.
As for Fix, he had arrested Mr. Fogg because it was his
duty, whether Mr. Fogg were guilty or not.
The thought then struck Passepartout, that he was the
cause of this new misfortune! Had he not concealed Fix’s
errand from his master? When Fix revealed his true
character and purpose, why had he not told Mr. Fogg? If

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