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Chapter 7

           "Well,helooksandactslikeaperfectlyhonestman,"repliedtheconsul. 

           "Possibly;butthatisnotthequestion.Doyouthink,consul,thatthisphelgmaticgentlemanresembles,featurebyfeature,therobberwhosedescriptionIhavereceived?" 

           "Iconcedethat;butthen,youknow,alldescriptions" 

           "I’llmakecertainofit,"interruptedFix. "Theservantseemstomelessmysteriousthanthemaster;besides,he’saFrenchman,andcan’thelptalking. Excusemeforalittlewhile,consul." 

           FixstartedoffinsearchofPassepartout. 

           MeanwhileMr.Fogg,afterleavingtheconsulate,repairedtothequay,gavesomeorderstoPassepartout,wentofftotheMongoliainaboat,anddescendedtohiscabin. Hetookuphisnote-book,whichcontainedthefollowingmemoranda: 

           "LeftLondon,Wednesday,October2nd,at8.45p.m. "ReachedParis,Thursday,October3rd,at7.20a.m. "LeftParis,Thursday,at8.40a.m. "ReachedTurinbyMontCenis,Friday,October4th,at6.35a.m. "LeftTurin,Friday,at7.20a.m. "ArrivedatBrindisi,Saturday,October5th,at4p.m. "SailedontheMongolia,Saturday,at5p.m. "ReachedSuez,Wednesday,October9th,at11a.m. "Totalofhoursspent,158+;or,indays,sixdaysandahalf." 

           Thesedateswereinscribedinanitinerarydividedintocolumns,indicatingthemonth,thedayofthemonth,andthedayforthestipulatedandactualarrivalsateachprincipalpoint Paris,Brindisi,Suez,Bombay,Calcutta,Singapore,HongKong,Yokohama,SanFrancisco,NewYork,andLondonfromthe2ndofOctobertothe21stofDecember;andgivingaspaceforsettingdownthegainmadeorthelosssufferedonarrivalateachlocality. 

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