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Chapter 18

           Heremountedthebridge,andguidedthesteamerthroughtheflotillaofjunks,tankas,andfishingboatswhichcrowdtheharbourofHongKong.

           Atoneo’clocktheRangoonwasatthequay,andthepassengersweregoingashore.

           ChancehadstrangelyfavouredPhileasFogg,forhadnottheCarnaticbeenforcedtolieoverforrepairingherboilers,shewouldhaveleftonthe6thofNovember,andthepassengersforJapanwouldhavebeenobligedtoawaitforaweekthesailingofthenextsteamer.Mr.Foggwas,itistrue,twenty-fourhoursbehindhistime;butthiscouldnotseriouslyimperiltheremainderofhistour.

           ThesteamerwhichcrossedthePacificfromYokohamatoSanFranciscomadeadirectconnectionwiththatfromHongKong,anditcouldnotsailuntilthelatterreachedYokohama;andifMr.Foggwastwenty-fourhourslateonreachingYokohama,thistimewouldnodoubtbeeasilyregainedinthevoyageoftwenty-twodaysacrossthePacific.Hefoundhimself,then,abouttwenty-fourhoursbehind-hand,thirty-fivedaysafterleavingLondon.

           TheCarnaticwasannouncedtoleaveHongKongatfivethenextmorning.Mr.Fogghadsixteenhoursinwhichtoattendtohisbusinessthere,whichwastodepositAoudasafelywithherwealthyrelative.

           Onlanding,heconductedhertoapalanquin,inwhichtheyrepairedtotheClubHotel.Aroomwasengagedfortheyoungwoman,andMr.Fogg,afterseeingthatshewantedfornothing,setoutinsearchofhercousinJeejeeh.HeinstructedPassepartouttoremainatthehoteluntilhisreturn,thatAoudamightnotbeleftentirelyalone.

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