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Chapter 21

           Nightcame.Themoonwasenteringherfirstquarter,andherinsufficientlightwouldsoondieoutinthemistonthehorizon.Cloudswererisingfromtheeast,andalreadyovercastapartoftheheavens.

           Thepilothadhungouthislights,whichwasverynecessaryintheseseascrowdedwithvesselsboundlandward;forcollisionsarenotuncommonoccurrences,and,atthespeedshewasgoing,theleastshockwouldshatterthegallantlittlecraft.

           Fix,seatedinthebow,gavehimselfuptomeditation.Hekeptapartfromhisfellow-travellers,knowingMr.Fogg’staciturntastes;besides,hedidnotquiteliketotalktothemanwhosefavourshehadaccepted.Hewasthinking,too,ofthefuture.ItseemedcertainthatFoggwouldnotstopatYokohama,butwouldatoncetaketheboatforSanFrancisco;andthevastextentofAmericawouldensurehimimpunityandsafety.Fogg’splanappearedtohimthesimplestintheworld.InsteadofsailingdirectlyfromEnglandtotheUnitedStates,likeacommonvillain,hehadtraversedthreequartersoftheglobe,soastogaintheAmericancontinentmoresurely;andthere,afterthrowingthepoliceoffhistrack,hewouldquietlyenjoyhimselfwiththefortunestolenfromthebank.But,onceintheUnitedStates,whatshouldhe,Fix,do?Shouldheabandonthisman?No,ahundredtimesno!Untilhehadsecuredhisextradition,hewouldnotlosesightofhimforanhour.Itwashisduty,andhewouldfulfilittotheend.Atallevents,therewasonethingtobethankfulfor;Passepartoutwasnotwithhismaster;anditwasaboveallimportant,aftertheconfidencesFixhadimpartedtohim,thattheservantshouldneverhavespeechwithhismaster.

           PhileasFoggwasalsothinkingofPassepartout,whohadsostrangelydisappeared.Lookingatthematterfromeverypointofview,itdidnotseemtohimimpossiblethat,bysomemistake,themanmighthaveembarkedontheCarnaticatthelastmoment;andthiswasalsoAouda’sopinion,whoregrettedverymuchthelossoftheworthyfellowtowhomsheowedsomuch.

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