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Chapter 5

           Everything,itsaid,wasagainstthetravellers,everyobstacleimposedalikebymanandbynature. Amiraculousagreementofthetimesofdepartureandarrival,whichwasimpossible,wasabsolutelynecessarytohissuccess. Hemight,perhaps,reckononthearrivaloftrainsatthedesignatedhours,inEurope,wherethedistanceswererelativelymoderate;butwhenhecalculateduponcrossingIndiainthreedays,andtheUnitedStatesinseven,couldherelybeyondmisgivinguponaccomplishinghistask?Therewereaccidentstomachinery,theliabilityoftrainstorunofftheline,collisions,badweather,theblockingupbysnowwerenotalltheseagainstPhileasFogg? Wouldhenotfindhimself,whentravellingbysteamerinwinter,atthemercyofthewindsandfogs?Isituncommonforthebestoceansteamerstobetwoorthreedaysbehindtime? Butasingledelaywouldsufficetofatallybreakthechainofcommunication; shouldPhileasFoggoncemiss,evenbyanhour;asteamer,hewouldhavetowaitforthenext,andthatwouldirrevocablyrenderhisattemptvain. 

           Thisarticlemadeagreatdealofnoise,and,beingcopiedintoallthepapers,seriouslydepressedtheadvocatesoftherashtourist. 

           EverybodyknowsthatEnglandistheworldofbettingmen,whoareofahigherclassthanmeregamblers;tobetisintheEnglishtemperament. NotonlythemembersoftheReform,butthegeneralpublic,madeheavywagersfororagainstPhileasFogg,whowassetdowninthebettingbooksasifhewerearace-horse. Bondswereissued,andmadetheirappearanceon‘Change;"PhileasFoggbonds"wereofferedatparoratapremium,andagreatbusinesswasdoneinthem. ButfivedaysafterthearticleinthebulletinoftheGeographicalSocietyappeared,thedemandbegantosubside:"PhileasFogg"declined. Theywereofferedbypackages,atfirstoffive,thenoften,untilatlastnobodywouldtakelessthantwenty,fifty,ahundred! 

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