Chapter 24

           Whathappenedwhenthepilot-boatcameinsightofShanghaiwillbeeasilyguessed.ThesignalsmadebytheTankaderehadbeenseenbythecaptainoftheYokohamasteamer,who,espyingtheflagathalf-mast,haddirectedhiscoursetowardsthelittlecraft.PhileasFogg,afterpayingthestipulatedpriceofhispassagetoJohnBusby,andrewardingthatworthywiththeadditionalsumoffivehundredandfiftypounds,ascendedthesteamerwithAoudaandFix;andtheystartedatonceforNagasakiandYokohama.

           Theyreachedtheirdestinationonthemorningofthe14thofNovember.PhileasFogglostnotimeingoingonboardtheCarnatic,wherehelearned,toAouda’sgreatdelightandperhapstohisown,thoughhebetrayednoemotionthatPassepartout,aFrenchman,hadreallyarrivedonherthedaybefore.

           TheSanFranciscosteamerwasannouncedtoleavethatveryevening,anditbecamenecessarytofindPassepartout,ifpossible,withoutdelay.Mr.FoggappliedinvaintotheFrenchandEnglishconsuls,and,afterwanderingthroughthestreetsalongtime,begantodespairoffindinghismissingservant.Chance,orperhapsakindofpresentiment,atlastledhimintotheHonourableMr.Batulcar’stheatre.HecertainlywouldnothaverecognisedPassepartoutintheeccentricmountebank’scostume;butthelatter,lyingonhisback,perceivedhismasterinthegallery.Hecouldnothelpstarting,whichsochangedthepositionofhisnoseastobringthe"pyramid"pell-melluponthestage.

           AllthisPassepartoutlearnedfromAouda,whorecountedtohimwhathadtakenplaceonthevoyagefromHongKongtoShanghaiontheTankadere,incompanywithoneMr.Fix.

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