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Chapter 10

           Passepartout,however,thinkingnoharm,wentinlikeasimpletourist,andwassoonlostinadmirationofthesplendidBrahminornamentationwhicheverywheremethiseyes,whenofasuddenhefoundhimselfsprawlingonthesacredflagging. Helookeduptobeholdthreeenragedpriests,whoforthwithfelluponhim;toreoffhisshoes,andbegantobeathimwithloud,savageexclamations. TheagileFrenchmanwassoonuponhisfeetagain,andlostnotimeinknockingdowntwoofhislong-gownedadversarieswithhisfistsandavigorousapplicationofhistoes;then,rushingoutofthepagodaasfastashislegscouldcarryhim,hesoonescapedthethirdpriestbyminglingwiththecrowdinthestreets. 

           Atfiveminutesbeforeeight,Passepartout,hatless,shoeless,andhavinginthesquabblelosthispackageofshirtsandshoes,rushedbreathlesslyintothestation. 

           Fix,whohadfollowedMr.Foggtothestation,andsawthathewasreallygoingtoleaveBombay,wasthere,upontheplatform.HehadresolvedtofollowthesupposedrobbertoCalcutta,andfarther,ifnecessary.Passepartoutdidnotobservethedetective,whostoodinanobscurecorner;butFixheardhimrelatehisadventuresinafewwordstoMr.Fogg. 

           "Ihopethatthiswillnothappenagain,"saidPhileasFoggcoldly,ashegotintothetrain. PoorPassepartout,quitecrestfallen,followedhismasterwithoutaword. Fixwasonthepointofenteringanothercarriage,whenanideastruckhimwhichinducedhimtoalterhisplan. 

           "No,I’llstay,"mutteredhe."AnoffencehasbeencommittedonIndiansoil.I’vegotmyman." 

           Justthenthelocomotivegaveasharpscreech,andthetrainpassedoutintothedarknessofthenight. 

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