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Chapter 21

           "Oh,ifyoutakeitthatway,"saidJohnBunsby,"I’venothingmoretosay."JohnBunsby’ssuspicionswereconfirmed.Atalessadvancedseasonoftheyearthetyphoon,accordingtoafamousmeteorologist,wouldhavepassedawaylikealuminouscascadeofelectricflame;butinthewinterequinoxitwastobefearedthatitwouldburstuponthemwithgreatviolence.

           Thepilottookhisprecautionsinadvance.Hereefedallsail,thepole-mastsweredispensedwith;allhandswentforwardtothebows.Asingletriangularsail,ofstrongcanvas,washoistedasastorm-jib,soastoholdthewindfrombehind.Thentheywaited.

           JohnBunsbyhadrequestedhispassengerstogobelow;butthisimprisonmentinsonarrowaspace,withlittleair,andtheboatbouncinginthegale,wasfarfrompleasant.NeitherMr.Fogg,Fix,norAoudaconsentedtoleavethedeck.

           Thestormofrainandwinddescendeduponthemtowardseighto’clock.Withbutitsbitofsail,theTankaderewasliftedlikeafeatherbyawind,anideaofwhoseviolencecanscarcelybegiven.Tocompareherspeedtofourtimesthatofalocomotivegoingonfullsteamwouldbebelowthetruth.

           Theboatscuddedthusnorthwardduringthewholeday,borneonbymonstrouswaves,preservingalways,fortunately,aspeedequaltotheirs.Twentytimessheseemedalmosttobesubmergedbythesemountainsofwaterwhichrosebehindher;buttheadroitmanagementofthepilotsavedher.Thepassengerswereoftenbathedinspray,buttheysubmittedtoitphilosophically.Fixcursedit,nodoubt;butAouda,withhereyesfasteneduponherprotector,whosecoolnessamazedher,showedherselfworthyofhim,andbravelyweatheredthestorm.AsforPhileasFogg,itseemedjustasifthetyphoonwereapartofhisprogramme.

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