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Chapter 14

           Theguide’seyesglistened.

           "Yourhonourisgivingmeafortune!"criedhe.

           "Takehim,guide,"returnedMr.Fogg,"andIshallstillbeyourdebtor."

           "Good!"exclaimedPassepartout."Takehim,friend.Kiouniisabraveandfaithfulbeast."And,goinguptotheelephant,hegavehimseverallumpsofsugar,saying,"Here,Kiouni,here,here."

           Theelephantgruntedouthissatisfaction,and,claspingPassepartoutaroundthewaistwithhistrunk,liftedhimashighashishead.Passepartout,notintheleastalarmed,caressedtheanimal,whichreplacedhimgentlyontheground.

           Soonafter,PhileasFogg,SirFrancisCromarty,andPassepartout,installedinacarriagewithAouda,whohadthebestseat,werewhirlingatfullspeedtowardsBenares.Itwasarunofeightymiles,andwasaccomplishedintwohours.Duringthejourney,theyoungwomanfullyrecoveredhersenses.Whatwasherastonishmenttofindherselfinthiscarriage,ontherailway,dressedinEuropeanhabiliments,andwithtravellerswhowerequitestrangerstoher!Hercompanionsfirstsetaboutfullyrevivingherwithalittleliquor,andthenSirFrancisnarratedtoherwhathadpassed,dwellinguponthecouragewithwhichPhileasFogghadnothesitatedtoriskhislifetosaveher,andrecountingthehappysequeloftheventure,theresultofPassepartout’srashidea.Mr.Foggsaidnothing;whilePassepartout,abashed,keptrepeatingthat"itwasn’tworthtelling."

           Aoudapatheticallythankedherdeliverers,ratherwithtearsthanwords;herfineeyesinterpretedhergratitudebetterthanherlips.Then,asherthoughtsstrayedbacktothesceneofthesacrifice,andrecalledthedangerswhichstillmenacedher,sheshudderedwithterror.

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