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Chapter 32

           IfPhileasFogghadleftintheChina,oneofthefasteststeamersontheAtlantic,hewouldhavereachedLiverpool,andthenLondon,withintheperiodagreedupon.

           Mr.Foggleftthehotelalone,aftergivingPassepartoutinstructionstoawaithisreturn,andinformAoudatobereadyataninstant’snotice.HeproceededtothebanksoftheHudson,andlookedaboutamongthevesselsmooredoranchoredintheriver,foranythatwereabouttodepart.Severalhaddeparturesignals,andwerepreparingtoputtoseaatmorningtide;forinthisimmenseandadmirableportthereisnotonedayinahundredthatvesselsdonotsetoutforeveryquarteroftheglobe.Buttheyweremostlysailingvessels,ofwhich,ofcourse,PhileasFoggcouldmakenouse.

           Heseemedabouttogiveupallhope,whenheespied,anchoredattheBattery,acable’slengthoffatmost,atradingvessel,withascrew,well-shaped,whosefunnel,puffingacloudofsmoke,indicatedthatshewasgettingreadyfordeparture.

           PhileasFogghailedaboat,gotintoit,andsoonfoundhimselfonboardtheHenrietta,iron-hulled,wood-builtabove.Heascendedtothedeck,andaskedforthecaptain,whoforthwithpresentedhimself.Hewasamanoffifty,asortofsea-wolf,withbigeyes,acomplexionofoxidisedcopper,redhairandthickneck,andagrowlingvoice.

           "Thecaptain?"askedMr.Fogg.

           "Iamthecaptain."

           "IamPhileasFogg,ofLondon."

           "AndIamAndrewSpeedy,ofCardiff."

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