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Around the World in 80 Days
‘To have his passport visaed?’
‘Yes. Passports are only good for annoying honest folks,
and aiding in the flight of rogues. I assure you it will be
quite the thing for him to do; but I hope you will not visa
the passport.’
‘Why not? If the passport is genuine I have no right to
refuse.’
‘Still, I must keep this man here until I can get a
warrant to arrest him from London.’
‘Ah, that’s your look-out. But I cannot—‘
The consul did not finish his sentence, for as he spoke a
knock was heard at the door, and two strangers entered,
one of whom was the servant whom Fix had met on the
quay. The other, who was his master, held out his passport
with the request that the consul would do him the favour
to visa it. The consul took the document and carefully
read it, whilst Fix observed, or rather devoured, the
stranger with his eyes from a corner of the room.
‘You are Mr. Phileas Fogg?’ said the consul, after
reading the passport.
‘I am.’
‘And this man is your servant?’
‘He is: a Frenchman, named Passepartout.’
‘You are from London?’
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