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Chapter 20

           "Well,yourhonour,"repliedhe,"Icouldnotriskmyself,mymen,ormylittleboatofscarcelytwentytonsonsolongavoyageatthistimeofyear.Besides,wecouldnotreachYokohamaintime,foritissixteenhundredandsixtymilesfromHongKong."

           "Onlysixteenhundred,"saidMr.Fogg.

           "It’sthesamething."

           Fixbreathedmorefreely.

           "But,"addedthepilot,"itmightbearrangedanotherway."

           Fixceasedtobreatheatall.

           "How?"askedMr.Fogg.

           "BygoingtoNagasaki,attheextremesouthofJapan,oreventoShanghai,whichisonlyeighthundredmilesfromhere.IngoingtoShanghaiweshouldnotbeforcedtosailwideoftheChinesecoast,whichwouldbeagreatadvantage,asthecurrentsrunnorthward,andwouldaidus.

           "Pilot,"saidMr.Fogg,"ImusttaketheAmericansteameratYokohama,andnotatShanghaiorNagasaki."

           "Whynot?"returnedthepilot."TheSanFranciscosteamerdoesnotstartfromYokohama.ItputsinatYokohamaandNagasaki,butitstartsfromShanghai."

           "Youaresureofthat?"

           "Perfectly."

           "AndwhendoestheboatleaveShanghai?"

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