Chapter 6

           ThecircumstancesunderwhichthistelegraphicdispatchaboutPhileasFoggwassentwereasfollows: 

           ThesteamerMongolia,belongingtothePeninsularandOrientalCompany,builtofiron,oftwothousandeighthundredtonsburden,andfivehundredhorse-power,wasdueateleveno’clocka.m.onWednesday,the9thofOctober,atSuez. TheMongoliapliedregularlybetweenBrindisiandBombayviatheSuezCanal,andwasoneofthefasteststeamersbelongingtothecompany,alwaysmakingmorethantenknotsanhourbetweenBrindisiandSuez,andnineandahalfbetweenSuezandBombay. 

           Twomenwerepromenadingupanddownthewharves,amongthecrowdofnativesandstrangerswhoweresojourningatthisoncestragglingvillagenow,thankstotheenterpriseofM.Lesseps,afast-growingtown. OnewastheBritishconsulatSuez,who,despitethepropheciesoftheEnglishGovernment,andtheunfavourablepredictionsofStephenson,wasinthehabitofseeing,fromhisofficewindow,Englishshipsdailypassingtoandfroonthegreatcanal,bywhichtheoldroundaboutroutefromEnglandtoIndiabytheCapeofGoodHopewasabridgedbyatleastahalf. Theotherwasasmall,slight-builtpersonage,withanervous,intelligentface,andbrighteyespeeringoutfromundereyebrowswhichhewasincessantlytwitching.Hewasjustnowmanifestingunmistakablesignsofimpatience,nervouslypacingupanddown,andunabletostandstillforamoment. ThiswasFix,oneofthedetectiveswhohadbeendispatchedfromEnglandinsearchofthebankrobber;itwashistasktonarrowlywatcheverypassengerwhoarrivedatSuez,andtofollowupallwhoseemedtobesuspiciouscharacters, orborearesemblancetothedescriptionofthecriminal,whichhehadreceivedtwodaysbeforefromthepoliceheadquartersatLondon. 

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