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Chapter 25

           "Yes,"returnedMr.Fogg;"andblows,eveniftheyarepoliticalarestillblows."

           Fixsmiledatthisremark;and,inordertobeabletoseewithoutbeingjostledabout,thepartytookupapositiononthetopofaflightofstepssituatedattheupperendofMontgomeryStreet.Oppositethem,ontheothersideofthestreet,betweenacoalwharfandapetroleumwarehouse,alargeplatformhadbeenerectedintheopenair,towardswhichthecurrentofthecrowdseemedtobedirected.

           Forwhatpurposewasthismeeting?Whatwastheoccasionofthisexcitedassemblage?PhileasFoggcouldnotimagine.WasittonominatesomehighofficialagovernorormemberofCongress?Itwasnotimprobable,soagitatedwasthemultitudebeforethem.

           Justatthismomenttherewasanunusualstirinthehumanmass.Allthehandswereraisedintheair.Some,tightlyclosed,seemedtodisappearsuddenlyinthemidstofthecriesanenergeticway,nodoubt,ofcastingavote.Thecrowdswayedback,thebannersandflagswavered,disappearedaninstant,thenreappearedintatters.Theundulationsofthehumansurgereachedthesteps,whilealltheheadsflounderedonthesurfacelikeaseaagitatedbyasquall.Manyoftheblackhatsdisappeared,andthegreaterpartofthecrowdseemedtohavediminishedinheight.

           "Itisevidentlyameeting,"saidFix,"anditsobjectmustbeanexcitingone.IshouldnotwonderifitwereabouttheAlabama,despitethefactthatthatquestionissettled."

           "Perhaps,"repliedMr.Fogg,simply.

           "Atleast,therearetwochampionsinpresenceofeachother,theHonourableMr.CamerfieldandtheHonourableMr.Mandiboy."

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