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Chapter 14

           PhileasFoggunderstoodwhatwaspassinginAouda’smind,andoffered,inordertoreassureher,toescorthertoHongKong,whereshemightremainsafelyuntiltheaffairwashushedupanofferwhichsheeagerlyandgratefullyaccepted.Shehad,itseems,aParseerelation,whowasoneoftheprincipalmerchantsofHongKong,whichiswhollyanEnglishcity,thoughonanislandontheChinesecoast.

           Athalf-pasttwelvethetrainstoppedatBenares.TheBrahminlegendsassertthatthiscityisbuiltonthesiteoftheancientCasi,which,likeMahomet’stomb,wasoncesuspendedbetweenheavenandearth;thoughtheBenaresofto-day,whichtheOrientalistscalltheAthensofIndia,standsquiteunpoeticallyonthesolidearth,Passepartoutcaughtglimpsesofitsbrickhousesandclayhuts,givinganaspectofdesolationtotheplace,asthetrainenteredit.

           BenareswasSirFrancisCromarty’sdestination,thetroopshewasrejoiningbeingencampedsomemilesnorthwardofthecity.HebadeadieutoPhileasFogg,wishinghimallsuccess,andexpressingthehopethathewouldcomethatwayagaininalessoriginalbutmoreprofitablefashion.Mr.Fogglightlypressedhimbythehand.ThepartingofAouda,whodidnotforgetwhatsheowedtoSirFrancis,betrayedmorewarmth;and,asforPassepartout,hereceivedaheartyshakeofthehandfromthegallantgeneral.

           Therailway,onleavingBenares,passedforawhilealongthevalleyoftheGanges.ThroughthewindowsoftheircarriagethetravellershadglimpsesofthediversifiedlandscapeofBehar,withitsmountainsclothedinverdure,itsfieldsofbarley,wheat,andcorn,itsjunglespeopledwithgreenalligators,itsneatvillages,anditsstillthickly-leavedforests.Elephantswerebathinginthewatersofthesacredriver,andgroupsofIndians,despitetheadvancedseasonandchillyair,wereperformingsolemnlytheirpiousablutions.

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