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Chapter 24

           Couldhehavefollowedwithoutdeviationthefiftiethparallel,whichisthatofLondon,thewholedistancewouldonlyhavebeenabouttwelvethousandmiles;whereashewouldbeforced,bytheirregularmethodsoflocomotion,totraversetwenty-sixthousand,ofwhichhehad,onthe23rdofNovember,accomplishedseventeenthousandfivehundred.Andnowthecoursewasastraightone,andFixwasnolongertheretoputobstaclesintheirway!

           Ithappenedalso,onthe23rdofNovember,thatPassepartoutmadeajoyfuldiscovery.ItwillberememberedthattheobstinatefellowhadinsistedonkeepinghisfamousfamilywatchatLondontime,andonregardingthatofthecountrieshehadpassedthroughasquitefalseandunreliable.Now,onthisday,thoughhehadnotchangedthehands,hefoundthathiswatchexactlyagreedwiththeship’schronometers.Histriumphwashilarious.HewouldhavelikedtoknowwhatFixwouldsayifhewereaboard!

           "Theroguetoldmealotofstories,"repeatedPassepartout,"aboutthemeridians,thesun,andthemoon!Moon,indeed!moonshinemorelikely!Ifonelistenedtothatsortofpeople,aprettysortoftimeonewouldkeep!Iwassurethatthesunwouldsomedayregulateitselfbymywatch!"

           Passepartoutwasignorantthat,ifthefaceofhiswatchhadbeendividedintotwenty-fourhours,liketheItalianclocks,hewouldhavenoreasonforexultation;forthehandsofhiswatchwouldthen,insteadofasnowindicatingnineo’clockinthemorning,indicatenineo’clockintheevening,thatis,thetwenty-firsthouraftermidnightpreciselythedifferencebetweenLondontimeandthatoftheonehundredandeightiethmeridian.ButifFixhadbeenabletoexplainthispurelyphysicaleffect,Passepartoutwouldnothaveadmitted,evenifhehadcomprehendedit.Moreover,ifthedetectivehadbeenonboardatthatmoment,Passepartoutwouldhavejoinedissuewithhimonaquitedifferentsubject,andinanentirelydifferentmanner.

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