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Chapter 11

           Thisfamoustimepiece,alwaysregulatedontheGreenwichmeridian,whichwasnowsomeseventy-sevendegreeswestward,wasatleastfourhoursslow. SirFranciscorrectedPassepartout’stime,whereuponthelattermadethesameremarkthathehaddonetoFix; anduponthegeneralinsistingthatthewatchshouldberegulatedineachnewmeridian,sincehewasconstantlygoingeastward,thatisinthefaceofthesun,andthereforethedayswereshorterbyfourminutesforeachdegreegoneover,Passepartoutobstinatelyrefusedtoalterhiswatch,whichhekeptatLondontime.Itwasaninnocentdelusionwhichcouldharmnoone. 

           Thetrainstopped,ateighto’clock,inthemidstofagladesomefifteenmilesbeyondRothal,wheretherewereseveralbungalows,andworkmen’scabins. Theconductor,passingalongthecarriages,shouted,"Passengerswillgetouthere!" 

           PhileasFogglookedatSirFrancisCromartyforanexplanation;butthegeneralcouldnottellwhatmeantahaltinthemidstofthisforestofdatesandacacias. 

           Passepartout,notlesssurprised,rushedoutandspeedilyreturned,crying: "Monsieur,nomorerailway!" 

           "Whatdoyoumean?"askedSirFrancis. 

           "Imeantosaythatthetrainisn’tgoingon." 

           Thegeneralatoncesteppedout,whilePhileasFoggcalmlyfollowedhim,andtheyproceededtogethertotheconductor. 

           "Wherearewe?"askedSirFrancis. 

           "AtthehamletofKholby." 

           "Dowestophere?" 

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