. Around the world in eighty days. n on the rightbank of the river, before the very pier of the Cunard line. The China, for Liverpool, had started three quartersof an hour before ! AROUND THE WORLD IX EIGHTY DAYS. CHAPTER XXXII. IN \VHICH PHILEAS FOGG ENGAGES IN A DIRECTSTRUGGLE ^VITH BAD FORTUNE. The China, in leaving, seemed to have carried off PhileasFoggs last hope. None of the other steamers were ableto serve his projects. The Pereire, of the French Trans-atlantic Company, whose admirable steamers are equal toany in speed and comfort, did not leave until the 14th ;the Hamburg boats did no
. Around the world in eighty days. n on the rightbank of the river, before the very pier of the Cunard line. The China, for Liverpool, had started three quartersof an hour before ! AROUND THE WORLD IX EIGHTY DAYS. CHAPTER XXXII. IN \VHICH PHILEAS FOGG ENGAGES IN A DIRECTSTRUGGLE ^VITH BAD FORTUNE. The China, in leaving, seemed to have carried off PhileasFoggs last hope. None of the other steamers were ableto serve his projects. The Pereire, of the French Trans-atlantic Company, whose admirable steamers are equal toany in speed and comfort, did not leave until the 14th ;the Hamburg boats did not go directly to Liverpool orLondon, but to Havre; and the additional trip fromHavre to Southampton would render Phileas Foggs lastefforts of no avail. The Inman steamer did not departtill the next day, and could not cross the Atlantic in timeto save the wager. ]\Ir. Fogg learned all this in consulting his Bradshaw,which gave him the daily movements of the transatlanticsteamers. Passepartout was crushed; it overwhelmed him to lose. AND SOMETIMES A PACK OF PEAIKIE WOLYES. Page 269. AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. 273 the boat by three quarters of an hour. It was his fault,for, instead of helping his master, he had not ceasedputting obstacles in his path ! And when he recalled allthe incidents of the tour, when he counted up the sumsexpended in pure loss and on his own account, when hethought that the immense stake, added to the heavy-charges of this useless journey, would completely ruin , he overwhelmed himself with bitter Fogg, however, did not reproach him ; and, on leavingthe Cunard pier, only said, We will consult about what isbest to-morrow. Come. The party crossed the Hudson in the Jersey City ferry-boat, and drove in a carriage to the St. Nicholas Hotel, onBroadway. Rooms were engaged, and the night passed,briefly to Phileas Fogg, who slept profoundly, but very longto Aouda and the others, whose agitation did not permitthem to rest. The next
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