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Chapter 2

           Hislastmaster,youngLordLongferry,MemberofParliament,afterpassinghisnightsintheHaymarkettaverns,wastoooftenbroughthomeinthemorningonpolicemen’sshoulders. Passepartout,desirousofrespectingthegentlemanwhomheserved,venturedamildremonstranceonsuchconduct;which,beingill-received,hetookhisleave. HearingthatMr.PhileasFoggwaslookingforaservant,andthathislifewasoneofunbrokenregularity,thatheneithertravellednorstayedfromhomeovernight,hefeltsurethatthiswouldbetheplacehewasafter. Hepresentedhimself,andwasaccepted,ashasbeenseen. 

           Athalf-pasteleven,then,PassepartoutfoundhimselfaloneinthehouseinSavilleRow. Hebegunitsinspectionwithoutdelay,scouringitfromcellartogarret. Soclean,well-arranged,solemnamansionpleasedhim; itseemedtohimlikeasnail’sshell,lightedandwarmedbygas,whichsufficedforboththesepurposes. WhenPassepartoutreachedthesecondstoryherecognisedatoncetheroomwhichhewastoinhabit,andhewaswellsatisfiedwithit. Electricbellsandspeaking-tubesaffordedcommunicationwiththelowerstories; whileonthemantelstoodanelectricclock,preciselylikethatinMr.Fogg’sbedchamber,bothbeatingthesamesecondatthesameinstant. "That’sgood,that’lldo,"saidPassepartouttohimself. 

           Hesuddenlyobserved,hungovertheclock,acardwhich,uponinspection,provedtobeaprogrammeofthedailyroutineofthehouse. Itcomprisedallthatwasrequiredoftheservant,fromeightinthemorning,exactlyatwhichhourPhileasFoggrose,tillhalf-pasteleven,whenheleftthehousefortheReformClub allthedetailsofservice,theteaandtoastattwenty-threeminutespasteight,theshaving-wateratthirty-sevenminutespastnine,andthetoiletattwentyminutesbeforeten. 

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