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Around the World in 80 Days

'Colonel Stamp Proctor.'

The human tide now swept by, after overturning Fix,

who speedily got upon his feet again, though with tattered

clothes. Happily, he was not seriously hurt. His travelling

overcoat was divided into two unequal parts, and his

trousers resembled those of certain Indians, which fit less

compactly than they are easy to put on. Aouda had

escaped unharmed, and Fix alone bore marks of the fray in

his black and blue bruise.

'Thanks,' said Mr. Fogg to the detective, as soon as

they were out of the crowd.

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'True. Well, if I can't take you as a servant, I can as a

clown. You see, my friend, in France they exhibit foreign

clowns, and in foreign parts French clowns.'

'Ah!'

'You are pretty strong, eh?'

'Especially after a good meal.'

'And you can sing?'

'Yes,' returned Passepartout, who had formerly been

wont to sing in the streets.

'But can you sing standing on your head, with a top

spinning on your left foot, and a sabre balanced on your

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chance should direct the steps of the unfortunate servant,

whom he had so badly treated, in this direction; in which

case an explanation the reverse of satisfactory to the

detective must have ensued. But the Frenchman did not

appear, and, without doubt, was still lying under the

stupefying influence of the opium.

John Bunsby, master, at length gave the order to start,

and the Tankadere, taking the wind under her brigantine,

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Around the World in 80 Days

too late for the Yokohama boat, would almost inevitably

cause the loss of the wager. But this man of nerve

manifested neither impatience nor annoyance; it seemed as

if the storm were a part of his programme, and had been

foreseen. Aouda was amazed to find him as calm as he had

been from the first time she saw him.

Fix did not look at the state of things in the same light.

The storm greatly pleased him. His satisfaction would have

been complete had the Rangoon been forced to retreat

before the violence of wind and waves. Each delay filled