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Chapter 9

           Itmightbethoughtthat,inhisanxiety,hewouldbeconstantlywatchingthechangesofthewind,thedisorderlyragingofthebillowseverychance,inshort,whichmightforcetheMongoliatoslackenherspeed,andthusinterrupthisjourney. But,ifhethoughtofthesepossibilities,hedidnotbetraythefactbyanyoutwardsign. 

           AlwaysthesameimpassiblememberoftheReformClub,whomnoincidentcouldsurprise,asunvaryingastheship’schronometers,andseldomhavingthecuriosityeventogouponthedeck,hepassedthroughthememorablescenesoftheRedSeawithcoldindifference; didnotcaretorecognisethehistorictownsandvillageswhich,alongitsborders,raisedtheirpicturesqueoutlinesagainstthesky; andbetrayednofearofthedangersoftheArabicGulf,whichtheoldhistoriansalwaysspokeofwithhorror,anduponwhichtheancientnavigatorsneverventuredwithoutpropitiatingthegodsbyamplesacrifices. HowdidthiseccentricpersonagepasshistimeontheMongolia?Hemadehisfourheartymealseveryday,regardlessofthemostpersistentrollingandpitchingonthepartofthesteamer;andheplayedwhistindefatigably,forhehadfoundpartnersasenthusiasticinthegameashimself. Atax-collector,onthewaytohispostatGoa;theRev.DecimusSmith,returningtohisparishatBombay;andabrigadier-generaloftheEnglisharmy,whowasabouttorejoinhisbrigadeatBenares,madeuptheparty,and,withMr.Fogg,playedwhistbythehourtogetherinabsorbingsilence. 

           AsforPassepartout,he,too,hadescapedsea-sickness,andtookhismealsconscientiouslyintheforwardcabin.Heratherenjoyedthevoyage,forhewaswellfedandwelllodged,tookagreatinterestinthescenesthroughwhichtheywerepassing,andconsoledhimselfwiththedelusionthathismaster’swhimwouldendatBombay. Hewaspleased,onthedayafterleavingSuez,tofindondecktheobligingpersonwithwhomhehadwalkedandchattedonthequays. 

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