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Chapter 33

           AndAndrewSpeedy,seizingthebanknotes,countedthemandconsignedthemtohispocket.

           Duringthiscolloquy,Passepartoutwasaswhiteasasheet,andFixseemedonthepointofhavinganapoplecticfit.Nearlytwentythousandpoundshadbeenexpended,andFoggleftthehullandenginetothecaptain,thatis,nearthewholevalueofthecraft!Itwastrue,however,thatfifty-fivethousandpoundshadbeenstolenfromtheBank.

           WhenAndrewSpeedyhadpocketedthemoney,Mr.Foggsaidtohim,"Don’tletthisastonishyou,sir.YoumustknowthatIshalllosetwentythousandpounds,unlessIarriveinLondonbyaquarterbeforenineontheeveningofthe21stofDecember.ImissedthesteameratNewYork,andasyourefusedtotakemetoLiverpool"

           "AndIdidwell!"criedAndrewSpeedy;"forIhavegainedatleastfortythousanddollarsbyit!"Headded,moresedately,"Doyouknowonething,Captain"

           "Fogg."

           "CaptainFogg,you’vegotsomethingoftheYankeeaboutyou."

           And,havingpaidhispassengerwhatheconsideredahighcompliment,hewasgoingaway,whenMr.Foggsaid,"Thevesselnowbelongstome?"

           "Certainly,fromthekeeltothetruckofthemastsallthewood,thatis."

           "Verywell.Havetheinteriorseats,bunks,andframespulleddown,andburnthem."

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