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Chapter 33

           The16thofDecemberwastheseventy-fifthdaysincePhileasFogg’sdeparturefromLondon,andtheHenriettahadnotyetbeenseriouslydelayed.Halfofthevoyagewasalmostaccomplished,andtheworstlocalitieshadbeenpassed.Insummer,successwouldhavebeenwell-nighcertain.Inwinter,theywereatthemercyofthebadseason.Passepartoutsaidnothing;buthecherishedhopeinsecret,andcomfortedhimselfwiththereflectionthat,ifthewindfailedthem,theymightstillcountonthesteam.

           Onthisdaytheengineercameondeck,wentuptoMr.Fogg,andbegantospeakearnestlywithhim.Withoutknowingwhyitwasapresentiment,perhapsPassepartoutbecamevaguelyuneasy.Hewouldhavegivenoneofhisearstohearwiththeotherwhattheengineerwassaying.Hefinallymanagedtocatchafewwords,andwassureheheardhismastersay,"Youarecertainofwhatyoutellme?"

           "Certain,sir,"repliedtheengineer."Youmustrememberthat,sincewestarted,wehavekeptuphotfiresinallourfurnaces,and,thoughwehadcoalenoughtogoonshortsteamfromNewYorktoBordeaux,wehaven’tenoughtogowithallsteamfromNewYorktoLiverpool.""Iwillconsider,"repliedMr.Fogg.

           Passepartoutunderstooditall;hewasseizedwithmortalanxiety.Thecoalwasgivingout!"Ah,ifmymastercangetoverthat,"mutteredhe,"he’llbeafamousman!"HecouldnothelpimpartingtoFixwhathehadoverheard.

           "ThenyoubelievethatwereallyaregoingtoLiverpool?"

           "Ofcourse."

           "Ass!"repliedthedetective,shrugginghisshouldersandturningonhisheel.

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