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Chapter 29

           "Whoknows?"repliedMr.Fogg,returningtothecarascoollyasusual.HebegantoreassureAouda,tellingherthatblustererswerenevertobefeared,andbeggedFixtobehissecondattheapproachingduel,arequestwhichthedetectivecouldnotrefuse.Mr.Foggresumedtheinterruptedgamewithperfectcalmness.

           Ateleveno’clockthelocomotive’swhistleannouncedthattheywereapproachingPlumCreekstation.Mr.Foggrose,and,followedbyFix,wentoutupontheplatform.Passepartoutaccompaniedhim,carryingapairofrevolvers.Aoudaremainedinthecar,aspaleasdeath.

           Thedoorofthenextcaropened,andColonelProctorappearedontheplatform,attendedbyaYankeeofhisownstampashissecond.Butjustasthecombatantswereabouttostepfromthetrain,theconductorhurriedup,andshouted,"Youcan’tgetoff,gentlemen!"

           "Whynot?"askedthecolonel.

           "Wearetwentyminuteslate,andweshallnotstop."

           "ButIamgoingtofightaduelwiththisgentleman."

           "Iamsorry,"saidtheconductor;"butweshallbeoffatonce.There’sthebellringingnow."

           Thetrainstarted.

           "I’mreallyverysorry,gentlemen,"saidtheconductor."UnderanyothercircumstancesIshouldhavebeenhappytoobligeyou.But,afterall,asyouhavenothadtimetofighthere,whynotfightaswegoalong?

           "Thatwouldn’tbeconvenient,perhaps,forthisgentleman,"saidthecolonel,inajeeringtone.

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