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Chapter 20

           ThesameformalitieshavingbeengonethroughattheFrenchconsulate,andthepalanquinhavingstoppedatthehotelfortheluggage,whichhadbeensentbackthere,theyreturnedtothewharf.

           Itwasnowthreeo’clock;andpilot-boatNo.43,withitscrewonboard,anditsprovisionsstoredaway,wasreadyfordeparture.

           TheTankaderewasaneatlittlecraftoftwentytons,asgracefullybuiltasifshewerearacingyacht.Hershiningcoppersheathing,hergalvanisediron-work,herdeck,whiteasivory,betrayedthepridetakenbyJohnBunsbyinmakingherpresentable.Hertwomastsleanedatriflebackward;shecarriedbrigantine,foresail,storm-jib,andstanding-jib,andwaswellriggedforrunningbeforethewind;andsheseemedcapableofbriskspeed,which,indeed,shehadalreadyprovedbygainingseveralprizesinpilot-boatraces.ThecrewoftheTankaderewascomposedofJohnBunsby,themaster,andfourhardymariners,whowerefamiliarwiththeChineseseas.JohnBunsby,himself,amanofforty-fiveorthereabouts,vigorous,sunburnt,withasprightlyexpressionoftheeye,andenergeticandself-reliantcountenance,wouldhaveinspiredconfidenceinthemosttimid.

           PhileasFoggandAoudawentonboard,wheretheyfoundFixalreadyinstalled.Belowdeckwasasquarecabin,ofwhichthewallsbulgedoutintheformofcots,aboveacirculardivan;inthecentrewasatableprovidedwithaswinginglamp.Theaccommodationwasconfined,butneat.

           "Iamsorrytohavenothingbettertoofferyou,"saidMr.FoggtoFix,whobowedwithoutresponding.

           ThedetectivehadafeelingakintohumiliationinprofitingbythekindnessofMr.Fogg.

           "It’scertain,"thoughthe,"thoughrascalasheis,heisapoliteone!"

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