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Chapter 16

           Butthismethodwasadangerousone,onlytobeemployedwheneverythingelsehadfailed.AwordfromPassepartouttohismasterwouldruinall.Thedetectivewasthereforeinasorestrait.Butsuddenlyanewideastruckhim.ThepresenceofAoudaontheRangoon,incompanywithPhileasFogg,gavehimnewmaterialforreflection.

           Whowasthiswoman?WhatcombinationofeventshadmadeherFogg’stravellingcompanion?TheyhadevidentlymetsomewherebetweenBombayandCalcutta;butwhere?Hadtheymetaccidentally,orhadFogggoneintotheinteriorpurposelyinquestofthischarmingdamsel?Fixwasfairlypuzzled.Heaskedhimselfwhethertherehadnotbeenawickedelopement;andthisideasoimpresseditselfuponhismindthathedeterminedtomakeuseofthesupposedintrigue.Whethertheyoungwomanweremarriedornot,hewouldbeabletocreatesuchdifficultiesforMr.FoggatHongKongthathecouldnotescapebypayinganyamountofmoney.

           ButcouldheevenwaittilltheyreachedHongKong?Fogghadanabominablewayofjumpingfromoneboattoanother,and,beforeanythingcouldbeeffected,mightgetfullunderwayagainforYokohama.

           FixdecidedthathemustwarntheEnglishauthorities,andsignaltheRangoonbeforeherarrival.Thiswaseasytodo,sincethesteamerstoppedatSingapore,whencethereisatelegraphicwiretoHongKong.Hefinallyresolved,moreover,beforeactingmorepositively,toquestionPassepartout.Itwouldnotbedifficulttomakehimtalk;and,astherewasnotimetolose,Fixpreparedtomakehimselfknown.

           Itwasnowthe30thofOctober,andonthefollowingdaytheRangoonwasdueatSingapore.

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