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At
half-past
twelve
the
train
stopped
at
Benares
.
The
Brahmin
legends
assert
that
this
city
is
built
on
the
site
of
the
ancient
Casi
,
which
,
like
Mahomet
's
tomb
,
was
once
suspended
between
heaven
and
earth
;
though
the
Benares
of
to-day
,
which
the
Orientalists
call
the
Athens
of
India
,
stands
quite
unpoetically
on
the
solid
earth
,
Passepartout
caught
glimpses
of
its
brick
houses
and
clay
huts
,
giving
an
aspect
of
desolation
to
the
place
,
as
the
train
entered
it
.
Benares
was
Sir
Francis
Cromarty
's
destination
,
the
troops
he
was
rejoining
being
encamped
some
miles
northward
of
the
city
.
He
bade
adieu
to
Phileas
Fogg
,
wishing
him
all
success
,
and
expressing
the
hope
that
he
would
come
that
way
again
in
a
less
original
but
more
profitable
fashion
.
Mr.
Fogg
lightly
pressed
him
by
the
hand
.
The
parting
of
Aouda
,
who
did
not
forget
what
she
owed
to
Sir
Francis
,
betrayed
more
warmth
;
and
,
as
for
Passepartout
,
he
received
a
hearty
shake
of
the
hand
from
the
gallant
general
.
The
railway
,
on
leaving
Benares
,
passed
for
a
while
along
the
valley
of
the
Ganges
.
Through
the
windows
of
their
carriage
the
travellers
had
glimpses
of
the
diversified
landscape
of
Behar
,
with
its
mountains
clothed
in
verdure
,
its
fields
of
barley
,
wheat
,
and
corn
,
its
jungles
peopled
with
green
alligators
,
its
neat
villages
,
and
its
still
thickly-leaved
forests
.
Elephants
were
bathing
in
the
waters
of
the
sacred
river
,
and
groups
of
Indians
,
despite
the
advanced
season
and
chilly
air
,
were
performing
solemnly
their
pious
ablutions
.
These
were
fervent
Brahmins
,
the
bitterest
foes
of
Buddhism
,
their
deities
being
Vishnu
,
the
solar
god
,
Shiva
,
the
divine
impersonation
of
natural
forces
,
and
Brahma
,
the
supreme
ruler
of
priests
and
legislators
.
What
would
these
divinities
think
of
India
,
anglicised
as
it
is
to-day
,
with
steamers
whistling
and
scudding
along
the
Ganges
,
frightening
the
gulls
which
float
upon
its
surface
,
the
turtles
swarming
along
its
banks
,
and
the
faithful
dwelling
upon
its
borders
?
The
panorama
passed
before
their
eyes
like
a
flash
,
save
when
the
steam
concealed
it
fitfully
from
the
view
;
the
travellers
could
scarcely
discern
the
fort
of
Chupenie
,
twenty
miles
south-westward
from
Benares
,
the
ancient
stronghold
of
the
rajahs
of
Behar
;
or
Ghazipur
and
its
famous
rose-water
factories
;
or
the
tomb
of
Lord
Cornwallis
,
rising
on
the
left
bank
of
the
Ganges
;
the
fortified
town
of
Buxar
,
or
Patna
,
a
large
manufacturing
and
trading-place
,
where
is
held
the
principal
opium
market
of
India
;
or
Monghir
,
a
more
than
European
town
,
for
it
is
as
English
as
Manchester
or
Birmingham
,
with
its
iron
foundries
,
edgetool
factories
,
and
high
chimneys
puffing
clouds
of
black
smoke
heavenward
.
Night
came
on
;
the
train
passed
on
at
full
speed
,
in
the
midst
of
the
roaring
of
the
tigers
,
bears
,
and
wolves
which
fled
before
the
locomotive
;
and
the
marvels
of
Bengal
,
Golconda
ruined
Gour
,
Murshedabad
,
the
ancient
capital
,
Burdwan
,
Hugly
,
and
the
French
town
of
Chandernagor
,
where
Passepartout
would
have
been
proud
to
see
his
country
's
flag
flying
,
were
hidden
from
their
view
in
the
darkness
.
Calcutta
was
reached
at
seven
in
the
morning
,
and
the
packet
left
for
Hong
Kong
at
noon
;
so
that
Phileas
Fogg
had
five
hours
before
him
.
According
to
his
journal
,
he
was
due
at
Calcutta
on
the
25th
of
October
,
and
that
was
the
exact
date
of
his
actual
arrival
.
He
was
therefore
neither
behind-hand
nor
ahead
of
time
.
The
two
days
gained
between
London
and
Bombay
had
been
lost
,
as
has
been
seen
,
in
the
journey
across
India
.
But
it
is
not
to
be
supposed
that
Phileas
Fogg
regretted
them
.
The
train
entered
the
station
,
and
Passepartout
jumping
out
first
,
was
followed
by
Mr.
Fogg
,
who
assisted
his
fair
companion
to
descend
.
Phileas
Fogg
intended
to
proceed
at
once
to
the
Hong
Kong
steamer
,
in
order
to
get
Aouda
comfortably
settled
for
the
voyage
.
He
was
unwilling
to
leave
her
while
they
were
still
on
dangerous
ground
.
