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Chapter 14

           PhileasFoggwouldthusbeabletoarriveintimetotakethesteamerwhichleftCalcuttathenextday,October25th,atnoon,forHongKong. 

           Theyoungwomanwasplacedinoneofthewaiting-roomsofthestation,whilstPassepartoutwaschargedwithpurchasingforhervariousarticlesoftoilet,adress,shawl,andsomefurs;forwhichhismastergavehimunlimitedcredit. Passepartoutstartedoffforthwith,andfoundhimselfinthestreetsofAllahabad,thatis,theCityofGod,oneofthemostveneratedinIndia,beingbuiltatthejunctionofthetwosacredrivers,GangesandJumna,thewatersofwhichattractpilgrimsfromeverypartofthepeninsula.TheGanges,accordingtothelegendsoftheRamayana,risesinheaven,whence,owingtoBrahma’sagency,itdescendstotheearth. 

           Passepartoutmadeitapoint,ashemadehispurchases,totakeagoodlookatthecity. Itwasformerlydefendedbyanoblefort,whichhassincebecomeastateprison;itscommercehasdwindledaway,andPassepartoutinvainlookedabouthimforsuchabazaarasheusedtofrequentinRegentStreet. Atlasthecameuponanelderly,crustyJew,whosoldsecond-handarticles,andfromwhomhepurchasedadressofScotchstuff,alargemantle,andafineotter-skinpelisse,forwhichhedidnothesitatetopayseventy-fivepounds. Hethenreturnedtriumphantlytothestation. 

           TheinfluencetowhichthepriestsofPillajihadsubjectedAoudabegangraduallytoyield,andshebecamemoreherself,sothatherfineeyesresumedalltheirsoftIndianexpression. 

           Whenthepoet-king,UcafUddaul,celebratesthecharmsofthequeenofAhmehnagara,hespeaksthus: 

           "Hershiningtresses,dividedintwoparts,encircletheharmoniouscontourofherwhiteanddelicatecheeks,brilliantintheirglowandfreshness. 

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