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Chapter 2

           Helivedalone,and,sotospeak,outsideofeverysocialrelation; andasheknewthatinthisworldaccountmustbetakenoffriction,andthatfrictionretards,heneverrubbedagainstanybody. 

           AsforPassepartout,hewasatrueParisianofParis. SincehehadabandonedhisowncountryforEngland,takingserviceasavalet,hehadinvainsearchedforamasterafterhisownheart. PassepartoutwasbynomeansoneofthosepertduncesdepictedbyMolierewithaboldgazeandanoseheldhighintheair; hewasanhonestfellow,withapleasantface,lipsatrifleprotruding, soft-manneredandserviceable,withagoodroundhead,suchasonelikestoseeontheshouldersofafriend. Hiseyeswereblue,hiscomplexionrubicund,hisfigurealmostportlyandwell-built,hisbodymuscular,andhisphysicalpowersfullydevelopedbytheexercisesofhisyoungerdays. Hisbrownhairwassomewhattumbled; for,whiletheancientsculptorsaresaidtohaveknowneighteenmethodsofarrangingMinerva’stresses,Passepartoutwasfamiliarwithbutoneofdressinghisown: threestrokesofalarge-toothcombcompletedhistoilet. 

           ItwouldberashtopredicthowPassepartout’slivelynaturewouldagreewithMr.Fogg. Itwasimpossibletotellwhetherthenewservantwouldturnoutasabsolutelymethodicalashismasterrequired; experiencealonecouldsolvethequestion. Passepartouthadbeenasortofvagrantinhisearlyyears,andnowyearnedforrepose; butsofarhehadfailedtofindit,thoughhehadalreadyservedintenEnglishhouses. Buthecouldnottakerootinanyofthese; withchagrin,hefoundhismastersinvariablywhimsicalandirregular,constantlyrunningaboutthecountry,oronthelook-outforadventure. 

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