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Chapter 21

           UptothistimetheTankaderehadalwaysheldhercoursetothenorth;buttowardseveningthewind,veeringthreequarters,boredownfromthenorth-west.Theboat,nowlyinginthetroughofthewaves,shookandrolledterribly;theseastruckherwithfearfulviolence.Atnightthetempestincreasedinviolence.JohnBunsbysawtheapproachofdarknessandtherisingofthestormwithdarkmisgivings.Hethoughtawhile,andthenaskedhiscrewifitwasnottimetoslackenspeed.AfteraconsultationheapproachedMr.Fogg,andsaid,"Ithink,yourhonour,thatweshoulddowelltomakeforoneoftheportsonthecoast."

           "Ithinksotoo."

           "Ah!"saidthepilot."Butwhichone?"

           "Iknowofbutone,"returnedMr.Foggtranquilly.

           "Andthatis"

           "Shanghai."

           Thepilot,atfirst,didnotseemtocomprehend;hecouldscarcelyrealisesomuchdeterminationandtenacity.Thenhecried,"Wellyes!Yourhonourisright.ToShanghai!"

           SotheTankaderekeptsteadilyonhernorthwardtrack.

           Thenightwasreallyterrible;itwouldbeamiracleifthecraftdidnotfounder.Twiceitcouldhavebeenalloverwithherifthecrewhadnotbeenconstantlyonthewatch.Aoudawasexhausted,butdidnotutteracomplaint.MorethanonceMr.Foggrushedtoprotectherfromtheviolenceofthewaves.

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