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Chapter 34

           HavingarrivedatLiverpoolattwentyminutesbeforetwelveonthe21stofDecember,hehadtillaquarterbeforeninethateveningtoreachtheReformClub,thatis,ninehoursandaquarter;thejourneyfromLiverpooltoLondonwassixhours.

           Ifanyone,atthismoment,hadenteredtheCustomHouse,hewouldhavefoundMr.Foggseated,motionless,calm,andwithoutapparentanger,uponawoodenbench.Hewasnot,itistrue,resigned;butthislastblowfailedtoforcehimintoanoutwardbetrayalofanyemotion.Washebeingdevouredbyoneofthosesecretrages,allthemoreterriblebecausecontained,andwhichonlyburstforth,withanirresistibleforce,atthelastmoment?Noonecouldtell.Therehesat,calmlywaitingforwhat?Didhestillcherishhope?Didhestillbelieve,nowthatthedoorofthisprisonwascloseduponhim,thathewouldsucceed?

           Howeverthatmayhavebeen,Mr.Foggcarefullyputhiswatchuponthetable,andobserveditsadvancinghands.Notawordescapedhislips,buthislookwassingularlysetandstern.Thesituation,inanyevent,wasaterribleone,andmightbethusstated:ifPhileasFoggwashonesthewasruined;ifhewasaknave,hewascaught.

           Didescapeoccurtohim?Didheexaminetoseeiftherewereanypracticableoutletfromhisprison?Didhethinkofescapingfromit?Possibly;foroncehewalkedslowlyaroundtheroom.Butthedoorwaslocked,andthewindowheavilybarredwithironrods.Hesatdownagain,anddrewhisjournalfromhispocket.Onthelinewherethesewordswerewritten,"21stDecember,Saturday,Liverpool,"headded,"80thday,11.40a.m.,"andwaited.

           TheCustomHouseclockstruckone.Mr.Foggobservedthathiswatchwastwohourstoofast.

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