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Chapter 18

           Passepartoutwasenragedbeyondexpressionbytheunpropitiousweather.Everythinghadgonesowelltillnow!Earthandseahadseemedtobeathismaster’sservice;steamersandrailwaysobeyedhim;windandsteamunitedtospeedhisjourney.Hadthehourofadversitycome?Passepartoutwasasmuchexcitedasifthetwentythousandpoundsweretocomefromhisownpocket.Thestormexasperatedhim,thegalemadehimfurious,andhelongedtolashtheobstinateseaintoobedience.Poorfellow!Fixcarefullyconcealedfromhimhisownsatisfaction,for,hadhebetrayedit,Passepartoutcouldscarcelyhaverestrainedhimselffrompersonalviolence.

           Passepartoutremainedondeckaslongasthetempestlasted,beingunabletoremainquietbelow,andtakingitintohisheadtoaidtheprogressoftheshipbylendingahandwiththecrew.Heoverwhelmedthecaptain,officers,andsailors,whocouldnothelplaughingathisimpatience,withallsortsofquestions.Hewantedtoknowexactlyhowlongthestormwasgoingtolast;whereuponhewasreferredtothebarometer,whichseemedtohavenointentionofrising.Passepartoutshookit,butwithnoperceptibleeffect;forneithershakingnormaledictionscouldprevailuponittochangeitsmind.

           Onthe4th,however,theseabecamemorecalm,andthestormlesseneditsviolence;thewindveeredsouthward,andwasoncemorefavourable.Passepartoutclearedupwiththeweather.Someofthesailswereunfurled,andtheRangoonresumeditsmostrapidspeed.Thetimelostcouldnot,however,beregained.Landwasnotsignalleduntilfiveo’clockonthemorningofthe6th;thesteamerwasdueonthe5th.PhileasFoggwastwenty-fourhoursbehind-hand,andtheYokohamasteamerwould,ofcourse,bemissed.

           Thepilotwentonboardatsix,andtookhisplaceonthebridge,toguidetheRangoonthroughthechannelstotheportofHongKong.

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