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Chapter 16

           Fixemergedfromhiscabinandwentondeck.Passepartoutwaspromenadingupanddownintheforwardpartofthesteamer.Thedetectiverushedforwardwitheveryappearanceofextremesurprise,andexclaimed,"Youhere,ontheRangoon?"

           "What,MonsieurFix,areyouonboard?"returnedthereallyastonishedPassepartout,recognisinghiscronyoftheMongolia."Why,IleftyouatBombay,andhereyouare,onthewaytoHongKong!Areyougoingroundtheworldtoo?"

           "No,no,"repliedFix;"IshallstopatHongKongatleastforsomedays."

           "Hum!"saidPassepartout,whoseemedforaninstantperplexed."ButhowisitIhavenotseenyouonboardsinceweleftCalcutta?"

           "Oh,atrifleofsea-sicknessI’vebeenstayinginmyberth.TheGulfofBengaldoesnotagreewithmeaswellastheIndianOcean.AndhowisMr.Fogg?"

           "Aswellandaspunctualasever,notadaybehindtime!But,MonsieurFix,youdon’tknowthatwehaveayoungladywithus."

           "Ayounglady?"repliedthedetective,notseemingtocomprehendwhatwassaid.

           PassepartoutthereuponrecountedAouda’shistory,theaffairattheBombaypagoda,thepurchaseoftheelephantfortwothousandpounds,therescue,thearrest,andsentenceoftheCalcuttacourt,andtherestorationofMr.Foggandhimselftolibertyonbail.Fix,whowasfamiliarwiththelastevents,seemedtobeequallyignorantofallthatPassepartoutrelated;andthelaterwascharmedtofindsointerestedalistener.

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