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"
The
Daily
Telegraph
says
that
he
is
a
gentleman
.
"
It
was
Phileas
Fogg
,
whose
head
now
emerged
from
behind
his
newspapers
,
who
made
this
remark
.
He
bowed
to
his
friends
,
and
entered
into
the
conversation
.
The
affair
which
formed
its
subject
,
and
which
was
town
talk
,
had
occurred
three
days
before
at
the
Bank
of
England
.
A
package
of
banknotes
,
to
the
value
of
fifty-five
thousand
pounds
,
had
been
taken
from
the
principal
cashier
's
table
,
that
functionary
being
at
the
moment
engaged
in
registering
the
receipt
of
three
shillings
and
sixpence
.
Of
course
,
he
could
not
have
his
eyes
everywhere
.
Let
it
be
observed
that
the
Bank
of
England
reposes
a
touching
confidence
in
the
honesty
of
the
public
.
There
are
neither
guards
nor
gratings
to
protect
its
treasures
;
gold
,
silver
,
banknotes
are
freely
exposed
,
at
the
mercy
of
the
first
comer
.
A
keen
observer
of
English
customs
relates
that
,
being
in
one
of
the
rooms
of
the
Bank
one
day
,
he
had
the
curiosity
to
examine
a
gold
ingot
weighing
some
seven
or
eight
pounds
.
He
took
it
up
,
scrutinised
it
,
passed
it
to
his
neighbour
,
he
to
the
next
man
,
and
so
on
until
the
ingot
,
going
from
hand
to
hand
,
was
transferred
to
the
end
of
a
dark
entry
;
nor
did
it
return
to
its
place
for
half
an
hour
.
Meanwhile
,
the
cashier
had
not
so
much
as
raised
his
head
.
But
in
the
present
instance
things
had
not
gone
so
smoothly
.
The
package
of
notes
not
being
found
when
five
o'clock
sounded
from
the
ponderous
clock
in
the
"
drawing
office
,
"
the
amount
was
passed
to
the
account
of
profit
and
loss
.
As
soon
as
the
robbery
was
discovered
,
picked
detectives
hastened
off
to
Liverpool
,
Glasgow
,
Havre
,
Suez
,
Brindisi
,
New
York
,
and
other
ports
,
inspired
by
the
proffered
reward
of
two
thousand
pounds
,
and
five
per
cent
.
on
the
sum
that
might
be
recovered
.
Detectives
were
also
charged
with
narrowly
watching
those
who
arrived
at
or
left
London
by
rail
,
and
a
judicial
examination
was
at
once
entered
upon
.
There
were
real
grounds
for
supposing
,
as
the
Daily
Telegraph
said
,
that
the
thief
did
not
belong
to
a
professional
band
.
On
the
day
of
the
robbery
a
well-dressed
gentleman
of
polished
manners
,
and
with
a
well-to-do
air
,
had
been
observed
going
to
and
fro
in
the
paying
room
where
the
crime
was
committed
.
A
description
of
him
was
easily
procured
and
sent
to
the
detectives
;
and
some
hopeful
spirits
,
of
whom
Ralph
was
one
,
did
not
despair
of
his
apprehension
.
The
papers
and
clubs
were
full
of
the
affair
,
and
everywhere
people
were
discussing
the
probabilities
of
a
successful
pursuit
;
and
the
Reform
Club
was
especially
agitated
,
several
of
its
members
being
Bank
officials
.
Ralph
would
not
concede
that
the
work
of
the
detectives
was
likely
to
be
in
vain
,
for
he
thought
that
the
prize
offered
would
greatly
stimulate
their
zeal
and
activity
.
But
Stuart
was
far
from
sharing
this
confidence
;
and
,
as
they
placed
themselves
at
the
whist-table
,
they
continued
to
argue
the
matter
.
Stuart
and
Flanagan
played
together
,
while
Phileas
Fogg
had
Fallentin
for
his
partner
.
As
the
game
proceeded
the
conversation
ceased
,
excepting
between
the
rubbers
,
when
it
revived
again
.
"
I
maintain
,
"
said
Stuart
,
"
that
the
chances
are
in
favour
of
the
thief
,
who
must
be
a
shrewd
fellow
.
"
"
Well
,
but
where
can
he
fly
to
?
"
asked
Ralph
.
"
No
country
is
safe
for
him
.
"
"
Pshaw
!
"
"
Where
could
he
go
,
then
?
"
