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At 7.25, Phileas Fogg said good night to his friends and left the Reform Club. At 7.50, he opened the door of his house in Savile Row and went in.

‘Mr. Fogg? Is that you?’ said Passepartout. He looked at the timetable. This was not on the timetable.

‘We are leaving in ten minutes for Dover and Calais,’ said Phileas Fogg. ‘We are going round the world.’

Passepartout’s eyes opened wide – very wide. He opened his arms then jumped on one leg.

‘Round the world!’ he said.

‘In eighty days,’ said Phileas Fogg. ‘We have to go now. Now!’

‘But your bags?’

‘I’m not taking any bags. Well, one small bag. We can buy things on theway. Bring down my coat. Wear strong shoes. Go!’

At 8 o’clock, Passepartout was ready with a small bag. ‘A quiet life,’ he thought. ‘Where is my quiet life?’

Phileas Fogg was ready. He had a book under his arm – Bradshaw’s, a railway and ship timetable. He took the bag from Passepartout and put a lot of money into it. Then he gave the bag to Passepartout.

‘Look after it,’ he said. ‘There’s twenty thousand pounds in it.’

At the station, Phileas Fogg saw his five friends from the Reform Club.

‘You’re here to say goodbye? That’s kind,’ he said. ‘I’ll have stamps in my passport for each country. You can see them when I come back.’

‘We won’t look at your passport,’ said Ralph. ‘You’re an Englishman.’

At 8.40, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout took their places in the train, and at 8.45 the train started.

Some days later, the police at Scotland Yard had a letter from their detective, Detective Fix.