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Chapter 37

           "Monday,"repliedMr.Fogg.

           "Noto-dayisSaturday."

           "Saturday?Impossible!"

           "Yes,yes,yes,yes!"criedPassepartout."Youhavemadeamistakeofoneday!Wearrivedtwenty-fourhoursaheadoftime;butthereareonlytenminutesleft!"

           Passepartouthadseizedhismasterbythecollar,andwasdragginghimalongwithirresistibleforce.

           PhileasFogg,thuskidnapped,withouthavingtimetothink,lefthishouse,jumpedintoacab,promisedahundredpoundstothecabman,and,havingrunovertwodogsandoverturnedfivecarriages,reachedtheReformClub.

           Theclockindicatedaquarterbeforeninewhenheappearedinthegreatsaloon.

           PhileasFogghadaccomplishedthejourneyroundtheworldineightydays!

           PhileasFogghadwonhiswageroftwentythousandpounds!

           Howwasitthatamansoexactandfastidiouscouldhavemadethiserrorofaday?HowcamehetothinkthathehadarrivedinLondononSaturday,thetwenty-firstdayofDecember,whenitwasreallyFriday,thetwentieth,theseventy-ninthdayonlyfromhisdeparture?

           Thecauseoftheerrorisverysimple.

           PhileasFogghad,withoutsuspectingit,gainedonedayonhisjourney,andthismerelybecausehehadtravelledconstantlyeastward;hewould,onthecontrary,havelostadayhadhegoneintheoppositedirection,thatis,westward.

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