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Chapter 3

           Thepapersandclubswerefulloftheaffair,andeverywherepeoplewerediscussingtheprobabilitiesofasuccessfulpursuit;andtheReformClubwasespeciallyagitated,severalofitsmembersbeingBankofficials. 

           Ralphwouldnotconcedethattheworkofthedetectiveswaslikelytobeinvain,forhethoughtthattheprizeofferedwouldgreatlystimulatetheirzealandactivity. ButStuartwasfarfromsharingthisconfidence;and,astheyplacedthemselvesatthewhist-table,theycontinuedtoarguethematter.StuartandFlanaganplayedtogether,whilePhileasFogghadFallentinforhispartner. Asthegameproceededtheconversationceased,exceptingbetweentherubbers,whenitrevivedagain. 

           "Imaintain,"saidStuart,"thatthechancesareinfavourofthethief,whomustbeashrewdfellow." 

           "Well,butwherecanheflyto?"askedRalph."Nocountryissafeforhim." 

           "Pshaw!" 

           "Wherecouldhego,then?" 

           "Oh,Idon’tknowthat.Theworldisbigenough." 

           "Itwasonce,"saidPhileasFogg,inalowtone."Cut,sir,"headded,handingthecardstoThomasFlanagan. 

           Thediscussionfellduringtherubber,afterwhichStuarttookupitsthread. 

           "Whatdoyoumeanby‘once’?Hastheworldgrownsmaller?" 

           "Certainly,"returnedRalph."IagreewithMr.Fogg. 

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