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Chapter 29

           "Itwouldbeperfectlyso,"repliedPhileasFogg.

           "Well,wearereallyinAmerica,"thoughtPassepartout,"andtheconductorisagentlemanofthefirstorder!"

           Somuttering,hefollowedhismaster.

           Thetwocombatants,theirseconds,andtheconductorpassedthroughthecarstotherearofthetrain.Thelastcarwasonlyoccupiedbyadozenpassengers,whomtheconductorpolitelyaskediftheywouldnotbesokindastoleaveitvacantforafewmoments,astwogentlemenhadanaffairofhonourtosettle.Thepassengersgrantedtherequestwithalacrity,andstraightwaydisappearedontheplatform.

           Thecar,whichwassomefiftyfeetlong,wasveryconvenientfortheirpurpose.Theadversariesmightmarchoneachotherintheaisle,andfireattheirease.Neverwasduelmoreeasilyarranged.Mr.FoggandColonelProctor,eachprovidedwithtwosix-barrelledrevolvers,enteredthecar.Theseconds,remainingoutside,shutthemin.Theyweretobeginfiringatthefirstwhistleofthelocomotive.Afteranintervaloftwominutes,whatremainedofthetwogentlemenwouldbetakenfromthecar.

           Nothingcouldbemoresimple.Indeed,itwasallsosimplethatFixandPassepartoutfelttheirheartsbeatingasiftheywouldcrack.Theywerelisteningforthewhistleagreedupon,whensuddenlysavagecriesresoundedintheair,accompaniedbyreportswhichcertainlydidnotissuefromthecarwheretheduellistswere.Thereportscontinuedinfrontandthewholelengthofthetrain.Criesofterrorproceededfromtheinteriorofthecars.

           ColonelProctorandMr.Fogg,revolversinhand,hastilyquittedtheirprison,andrushedforwardwherethenoisewasmostclamorous.TheythenperceivedthatthetrainwasattackedbyabandofSioux.

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