Навколо світу за 80 днів

Chapter 33

           ThesemailsarecarriedtoDublinbyexpresstrainsalwaysheldinreadinesstostart;fromDublintheyaresentontoLiverpoolbythemostrapidboats,andthusgaintwelvehoursontheAtlanticsteamers.

           PhileasFoggcountedongainingtwelvehoursinthesameway.InsteadofarrivingatLiverpoolthenexteveningbytheHenrietta,hewouldbetherebynoon,andwouldthereforehavetimetoreachLondonbeforeaquarterbeforenineintheevening.

           TheHenriettaenteredQueenstownHarbouratoneo’clockinthemorning,itthenbeinghightide;andPhileasFogg,afterbeinggraspedheartilybythehandbyCaptainSpeedy,leftthatgentlemanonthelevelledhulkofhiscraft,whichwasstillworthhalfwhathehadsolditfor.

           Thepartywentonshoreatonce.FixwasgreatlytemptedtoarrestMr.Foggonthespot;buthedidnot.Why?Whatstrugglewasgoingonwithinhim?Hadhechangedhismindabout"hisman"?Didheunderstandthathehadmadeagravemistake?Hedidnot,however,abandonMr.Fogg.Theyallgotuponthetrain,whichwasjustreadytostart,athalf-pastone;atdawnofdaytheywereinDublin;andtheylostnotimeinembarkingonasteamerwhich,disdainingtoriseuponthewaves,invariablycutthroughthem.

           PhileasFoggatlastdisembarkedontheLiverpoolquay,attwentyminutesbeforetwelve,21stDecember.HewasonlysixhoursdistantfromLondon.

           ButatthismomentFixcameup,puthishanduponMr.Fogg’sshoulder,and,showinghiswarrant,said,"YouarereallyPhileasFogg?"

           "Iam."

           "IarrestyouintheQueen’sname!"

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 229 з 249