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1、Around the World in 80DaysJules VerneAround the World in 80 Days2 of 339Chapter IIN WHICH PHILEAS FOGGAND PASSEPARTOUTACCEPT EACH OTHER, THEONE AS MASTER, THEOTHER AS MANMr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row,Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in1814. He was one of
2、the most noticeable members of theReform Club, though he seemed always to avoidattracting attention; an enigmatical personage, aboutwhom little was known, except that he was a polishedman of the world. People said that he resembled Byronat least that his head was Byronic; but he was a bearded,tranqu
3、il Byron, who might live on a thousand yearswithout growing old.Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whetherPhileas Fogg was a Londoner. He was never seen onChange, nor at the Bank, nor in the counting-rooms ofthe City; no ships ever came into London docks ofAround the World in 80 Days3 of
4、339which he was the owner; he had no public employment;he had never been entered at any of the Inns of Court,either at the Temple, or Lincolns Inn, or Grays Inn; norhad his voice ever resounded in the Court of Chancery, orin the Exchequer, or the Queens Bench, or theEcclesiastical Courts. He certain
5、ly was not a manufacturer;nor was he a merchant or a gentleman farmer. His namewas strange to the scientific and learned societies, and henever was known to take part in the sage deliberations ofthe Royal Institution or the London Institution, theArtisans Association, or the Institution of Arts andS
6、ciences. He belonged, in fact, to none of the numeroussocieties which swarm in the English capital, from theHarmonic to that of the Entomologists, founded mainlyfor the purpose of abolishing pernicious insects.Phileas Fogg was a member of the Reform, and thatwas all.The way in which he got admission
7、 to this exclusiveclub was simple enough.He was recommended by the Barings, with whom hehad an open credit. His cheques were regularly paid atsight from his account current, which was always flush.Was Phileas Fogg rich? Undoubtedly. But those whoknew him best could not imagine how he had made hiseBo
8、ok brought to you byCreate, view, and edit PDF. Download the free trial version.Around the World in 80 Days4 of 339fortune, and Mr. Fogg was the last person to whom toapply for the information. He was not lavish, nor, on thecontrary, avaricious; for, whenever he knew that moneywas needed for a noble
9、, useful, or benevolent purpose, hesupplied it quietly and sometimes anonymously. He was,in short, the least communicative of men. He talked verylittle, and seemed all the more mysterious for his taciturnmanner. His daily habits were quite open to observation;but whatever he did was so exactly the s
10、ame thing that hehad always done before, that the wits of the curious werefairly puzzled.Had he travelled? It was likely, for no one seemed toknow the world more familiarly; there was no spot sosecluded that he did not appear to have an intimateacquaintance with it. He often corrected, with a few cl
11、earwords, the thousand conjectures advanced by members ofthe club as to lost and unheard-of travellers, pointing outthe true probabilities, and seeming as if gifted with a sortof second sight, so often did events justify his predictions.He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.It wa
12、s at least certain that Phileas Fogg had notabsented himself from London for many years. Those whowere honoured by a better acquaintance with him thanthe rest, declared that nobody could pretend to have everAround the World in 80 Days5 of 339seen him anywhere else. His sole pastimes were readingthe
13、papers and playing whist. He often won at this game,which, as a silent one, harmonised with his nature; but hiswinnings never went into his purse, being reserved as afund for his charities. Mr. Fogg played, not to win, but forthe sake of playing. The game was in his eyes a contest, astruggle with a
14、difficulty, yet a motionless, unwearyingstruggle, congenial to his tastes.Phileas Fogg was not known to have either wife orchildren, which may happen to the most honest people;either relatives or near friends, which is certainly moreunusual. He lived alone in his house in Saville Row,whither none pe
15、netrated. A single domestic sufficed toserve him. He breakfasted and dined at the club, at hoursmathematically fixed, in the same room, at the same table,never taking his meals with other members, much lessbringing a guest with him; and went home at exactlymidnight, only to retire at once to bed. He
16、 never used thecosy chambers which the Reform provides for its favouredmembers. He passed ten hours out of the twenty-four inSaville Row, either in sleeping or making his toilet. Whenhe chose to take a walk it was with a regular step in theentrance hall with its mosaic flooring, or in the circularga
17、llery with its dome supported by twenty red porphyryAround the World in 80 Days6 of 339Ionic columns, and illumined by blue painted windows.When he breakfasted or dined all the resources of theclubits kitchens and pantries, its buttery and dairyaided to crowd his table with their most succulent stor
18、es;he was served by the gravest waiters, in dress coats, andshoes with swan-skin soles, who proffered the viands inspecial porcelain, and on the finest linen; club decanters, ofa lost mould, contained his sherry, his port, and hiscinnamon-spiced claret; while his beverages wererefreshingly cooled wi
19、th ice, brought at great cost fromthe American lakes.If to live in this style is to be eccentric, it must beconfessed that there is something good in eccentricity.The mansion in Saville Row, though not sumptuous,was exceedingly comfortable. The habits of its occupantwere such as to demand but little
20、 from the sole domestic,but Phileas Fogg required him to be almost superhumanlyprompt and regular. On this very 2nd of October he haddismissed James Forster, because that luckless youth hadbrought him shaving-water at eighty-four degreesFahrenheit instead of eighty-six; and he was awaiting hissucces
21、sor, who was due at the house between eleven andhalf-past.Around the World in 80 Days7 of 339Phileas Fogg was seated squarely in his armchair, hisfeet close together like those of a grenadier on parade, hishands resting on his knees, his body straight, his headerect; he was steadily watching a compl
22、icated clock whichindicated the hours, the minutes, the seconds, the days, themonths, and the years. At exactly half-past eleven Mr.Fogg would, according to his daily habit, quit SavilleRow, and repair to the Reform.A rap at this moment sounded on the door of the cosyapartment where Phileas Fogg was
23、 seated, and JamesForster, the dismissed servant, appeared.The new servant, said he.A young man of thirty advanced and bowed.You are a Frenchman, I believe, asked Phileas Fogg,and your name is John?Jean, if monsieur pleases, replied the newcomer, JeanPassepartout, a surname which has clung to me bec
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