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Chapter 15

           Thepriestslookedateachother;theydidnotseemtounderstandwhatwassaid.

           "Yes,"criedPassepartout,warmly;"atthepagodaofPillaji,wheretheywereonthepointofburningtheirvictim."

           Thejudgestaredwithastonishment,andthepriestswerestupefied.

           "Whatvictim?"saidJudgeObadiah."Burnwhom?InBombayitself?"

           "Bombay?"criedPassepartout.

           "Certainly.WearenottalkingofthepagodaofPillaji,butofthepagodaofMalabarHill,atBombay."

           "Andasaproof,"addedtheclerk,"herearethedesecrator’sveryshoes,whichheleftbehindhim."

           Whereuponheplacedapairofshoesonhisdesk.

           "Myshoes!"criedPassepartout,inhissurprisepermittingthisimprudentexclamationtoescapehim.

           Theconfusionofmasterandman,whohadquiteforgottentheaffairatBombay,forwhichtheywerenowdetainedatCalcutta,maybeimagined.

           Fixthedetective,hadforeseentheadvantagewhichPassepartout’sescapadegavehim,and,delayinghisdeparturefortwelvehours,hadconsultedthepriestsofMalabarHill.KnowingthattheEnglishauthoritiesdealtveryseverelywiththiskindofmisdemeanour,hepromisedthemagoodlysumindamages,andsentthemforwardtoCalcuttabythenexttrain.Owingtothedelaycausedbytherescueoftheyoungwidow,FixandthepriestsreachedtheIndiancapitalbeforeMr.Foggandhisservant,themagistrateshavingbeenalreadywarnedbyadispatchtoarrestthemshouldtheyarrive.

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