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"
Do
you
know
,
Mr.
Passepartout
,
that
this
pretended
tour
in
eighty
days
may
conceal
some
secret
errand
--
perhaps
a
diplomatic
mission
?
"
"
Faith
,
Monsieur
Fix
,
I
assure
you
I
know
nothing
about
it
,
nor
would
I
give
half
a
crown
to
find
out
.
"
After
this
meeting
,
Passepartout
and
Fix
got
into
the
habit
of
chatting
together
,
the
latter
making
it
a
point
to
gain
the
worthy
man
's
confidence
.
He
frequently
offered
him
a
glass
of
whiskey
or
pale
ale
in
the
steamer
bar-room
,
which
Passepartout
never
failed
to
accept
with
graceful
alacrity
,
mentally
pronouncing
Fix
the
best
of
good
fellows
.
Meanwhile
the
Mongolia
was
pushing
forward
rapidly
;
on
the
13th
,
Mocha
,
surrounded
by
its
ruined
walls
whereon
date-trees
were
growing
,
was
sighted
,
and
on
the
mountains
beyond
were
espied
vast
coffee-fields
.
Passepartout
was
ravished
to
behold
this
celebrated
place
,
and
thought
that
,
with
its
circular
walls
and
dismantled
fort
,
it
looked
like
an
immense
coffee-cup
and
saucer
.
The
following
night
they
passed
through
the
Strait
of
Bab-el-Mandeb
,
which
means
in
Arabic
The
Bridge
of
Tears
,
and
the
next
day
they
put
in
at
Steamer
Point
,
north-west
of
Aden
harbour
,
to
take
in
coal
.
This
matter
of
fuelling
steamers
is
a
serious
one
at
such
distances
from
the
coal-mines
;
it
costs
the
Peninsular
Company
some
eight
hundred
thousand
pounds
a
year
.
In
these
distant
seas
,
coal
is
worth
three
or
four
pounds
sterling
a
ton
.
The
Mongolia
had
still
sixteen
hundred
and
fifty
miles
to
traverse
before
reaching
Bombay
,
and
was
obliged
to
remain
four
hours
at
Steamer
Point
to
coal
up
.
But
this
delay
,
as
it
was
foreseen
,
did
not
affect
Phileas
Fogg
's
programme
;
besides
,
the
Mongolia
,
instead
of
reaching
Aden
on
the
morning
of
the
15th
,
when
she
was
due
,
arrived
there
on
the
evening
of
the
14th
,
a
gain
of
fifteen
hours
.
Mr.
Fogg
and
his
servant
went
ashore
at
Aden
to
have
the
passport
again
visaed
;
Fix
,
unobserved
,
followed
them
.
The
visa
procured
,
Mr.
Fogg
returned
on
board
to
resume
his
former
habits
;
while
Passepartout
,
according
to
custom
,
sauntered
about
among
the
mixed
population
of
Somanlis
,
Banyans
,
Parsees
,
Jews
,
Arabs
,
and
Europeans
who
comprise
the
twenty-five
thousand
inhabitants
of
Aden
.
He
gazed
with
wonder
upon
the
fortifications
which
make
this
place
the
Gibraltar
of
the
Indian
Ocean
,
and
the
vast
cisterns
where
the
English
engineers
were
still
at
work
,
two
thousand
years
after
the
engineers
of
Solomon
.
"
Very
curious
,
very
curious
,
"
said
Passepartout
to
himself
,
on
returning
to
the
steamer
.
"
I
see
that
it
is
by
no
means
useless
to
travel
,
if
a
man
wants
to
see
something
new
.
"
At
six
p.
m.
the
Mongolia
slowly
moved
out
of
the
roadstead
,
and
was
soon
once
more
on
the
Indian
Ocean
.
She
had
a
hundred
and
sixty-eight
hours
in
which
to
reach
Bombay
,
and
the
sea
was
favourable
,
the
wind
being
in
the
north-west
,
and
all
sails
aiding
the
engine
.
The
steamer
rolled
but
little
,
the
ladies
,
in
fresh
toilets
,
reappeared
on
deck
,
and
the
singing
and
dancing
were
resumed
.
The
trip
was
being
accomplished
most
successfully
,
and
Passepartout
was
enchanted
with
the
congenial
companion
which
chance
had
secured
him
in
the
person
of
the
delightful
Fix
.
On
Sunday
,
October
20th
,
towards
noon
,
they
came
in
sight
of
the
Indian
coast
:
two
hours
later
the
pilot
came
on
board
.
A
range
of
hills
lay
against
the
sky
in
the
horizon
,
and
soon
the
rows
of
palms
which
adorn
Bombay
came
distinctly
into
view
.
The
steamer
entered
the
road
formed
by
the
islands
in
the
bay
,
and
at
half-past
four
she
hauled
up
at
the
quays
of
Bombay
.
Phileas
Fogg
was
in
the
act
of
finishing
the
thirty-third
rubber
of
the
voyage
,
and
his
partner
and
himself
having
,
by
a
bold
stroke
,
captured
all
thirteen
of
the
tricks
,
concluded
this
fine
campaign
with
a
brilliant
victory
.
The
Mongolia
was
due
at
Bombay
on
the
22nd
;
she
arrived
on
the
20th
.
This
was
a
gain
to
Phileas
Fogg
of
two
days
since
his
departure
from
London
,
and
he
calmly
entered
the
fact
in
the
itinerary
,
in
the
column
of
gains
.
