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Chapter 28

           AoudaandFixfearedthatMr.Foggmighttakeitintohisheadtogetout;butthatgentlemancontentedhimselfwithsayingtohisservant,"Seewhatisthematter."

           Passepartoutrushedoutofthecar.Thirtyorfortypassengershadalreadydescended,amongstthemColonelStampProctor.

           Thetrainhadstoppedbeforearedsignalwhichblockedtheway.Theengineerandconductorweretalkingexcitedlywithasignal-man,whomthestation-masteratMedicineBow,thenextstoppingplace,hadsentonbefore.Thepassengersdrewaroundandtookpartinthediscussion,inwhichColonelProctor,withhisinsolentmanner,wasconspicuous.

           Passepartout,joiningthegroup,heardthesignal-mansay,"No!youcan’tpass.ThebridgeatMedicineBowisshaky,andwouldnotbeartheweightofthetrain."

           Thiswasasuspension-bridgethrownoversomerapids,aboutamilefromtheplacewheretheynowwere.Accordingtothesignal-man,itwasinaruinouscondition,severaloftheironwiresbeingbroken;anditwasimpossibletoriskthepassage.Hedidnotinanywayexaggeratetheconditionofthebridge.Itmaybetakenforgrantedthat,rashastheAmericansusuallyare,whentheyareprudentthereisgoodreasonforit.

           Passepartout,notdaringtoapprisehismasterofwhatheheard,listenedwithsetteeth,immovableasastatue.

           "Hum!"criedColonelProctor;"butwearenotgoingtostayhere,Iimagine,andtakerootinthesnow?"

           "Colonel,"repliedtheconductor,"wehavetelegraphedtoOmahaforatrain,butitisnotlikelythatitwillreachMedicineBowislessthansixhours."

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