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Chapter 13

           Inthesemi-obscuritytheysawthevictim,quitesenseless,stretchedoutbesideherhusband’sbody. Thenatorchwasbrought,andthewood,heavilysoakedwithoil,instantlytookfire. 

           AtthismomentSirFrancisandtheguideseizedPhileasFogg,who,inaninstantofmadgenerosity,wasabouttorushuponthepyre. Buthehadquicklypushedthemaside,whenthewholescenesuddenlychanged.Acryofterrorarose.Thewholemultitudeprostratedthemselves,terror-stricken,ontheground. 

           Theoldrajahwasnotdead,then,sinceheroseofasudden,likeaspectre,tookuphiswifeinhisarms,anddescendedfromthepyreinthemidstofthecloudsofsmoke,whichonlyheightenedhisghostlyappearance. 

           Fakirsandsoldiersandpriests,seizedwithinstantterror,laythere,withtheirfacesontheground,notdaringtolifttheireyesandbeholdsuchaprodigy. 

           Theinanimatevictimwasbornealongbythevigorousarmswhichsupportedher,andwhichshedidnotseemintheleasttoburden. Mr.FoggandSirFrancisstooderect,theParseebowedhishead,andPassepartoutwas,nodoubt,scarcelylessstupefied. 

           TheresuscitatedrajahapproachedSirFrancisandMr.Fogg,and,inanabrupttone,said, "Letusbeoff!" 

           ItwasPassepartouthimself,whohadslippeduponthepyreinthemidstofthesmokeand,profitingbythestilloverhangingdarkness,haddeliveredtheyoungwomanfromdeath! ItwasPassepartoutwho,playinghispartwithahappyaudacity,hadpassedthroughthecrowdamidthegeneralterror. 

           Amomentafterallfourofthepartyhaddisappearedinthewoods,andtheelephantwasbearingthemawayatarapidpace.Butthecriesandnoise,andaballwhichwhizzedthroughPhileasFogg’shat,apprisedthemthatthetrickhadbeendiscovered. 

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