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Chapter 33

           Passepartoutwasonthepointofvigorouslyresentingtheepithet,thereasonofwhichhecouldnotforthelifeofhimcomprehend;buthereflectedthattheunfortunateFixwasprobablyverymuchdisappointedandhumiliatedinhisself-esteem,afterhavingsoawkwardlyfollowedafalsescentaroundtheworld,andrefrained.

           AndnowwhatcoursewouldPhileasFoggadopt?Itwasdifficulttoimagine.Neverthelessheseemedtohavedecideduponone,forthateveninghesentfortheengineer,andsaidtohim,"Feedallthefiresuntilthecoalisexhausted."

           Afewmomentsafter,thefunneloftheHenriettavomitedforthtorrentsofsmoke.Thevesselcontinuedtoproceedwithallsteamon;butonthe18th,theengineer,ashehadpredicted,announcedthatthecoalwouldgiveoutinthecourseoftheday.

           "Donotletthefiresgodown,"repliedMr.Fogg."Keepthemuptothelast.Letthevalvesbefilled."

           TowardsnoonPhileasFogg,havingascertainedtheirposition,calledPassepartout,andorderedhimtogoforCaptainSpeedy.Itwasasifthehonestfellowhadbeencommandedtounchainatiger.Hewenttothepoop,sayingtohimself,"Hewillbelikeamadman!"

           Inafewmoments,withcriesandoaths,abombappearedonthepoop-deck.ThebombwasCaptainSpeedy.Itwasclearthathewasonthepointofbursting."Wherearewe?"werethefirstwordshisangerpermittedhimtoutter.Hadthepoormanbeanapoplectic,hecouldneverhaverecoveredfromhisparoxysmofwrath.

           "Wherearewe?"herepeated,withpurpleface.

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