Chapter 34

           PhileasFoggwasinprison.HehadbeenshutupintheCustomHouse,andhewastobetransferredtoLondonthenextday.

           Passepartout,whenhesawhismasterarrested,wouldhavefallenuponFixhadhenotbeenheldbackbysomepolicemen.Aoudawasthunderstruckatthesuddennessofaneventwhichshecouldnotunderstand.PassepartoutexplainedtoherhowitwasthatthehonestandcourageousFoggwasarrestedasarobber.Theyoungwoman’sheartrevoltedagainstsoheinousacharge,andwhenshesawthatshecouldattempttodonothingtosaveherprotector,sheweptbitterly.

           AsforFix,hehadarrestedMr.Foggbecauseitwashisduty,whetherMr.Foggwereguiltyornot.

           ThethoughtthenstruckPassepartout,thathewasthecauseofthisnewmisfortune!HadhenotconcealedFix’serrandfromhismaster?WhenFixrevealedhistruecharacterandpurpose,whyhadhenottoldMr.Fogg?Ifthelatterhadbeenwarned,hewouldnodoubthavegivenFixproofofhisinnocence,andsatisfiedhimofhismistake;atleast,Fixwouldnothavecontinuedhisjourneyattheexpenseandontheheelsofhismaster,onlytoarresthimthemomenthesetfootonEnglishsoil.Passepartoutwepttillhewasblind,andfeltlikeblowinghisbrainsout.

           Aoudaandhehadremained,despitethecold,undertheporticooftheCustomHouse.Neitherwishedtoleavetheplace;bothwereanxioustoseeMr.Foggagain.

           Thatgentlemanwasreallyruined,andthatatthemomentwhenhewasabouttoattainhisend.Thisarrestwasfatal.

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