. Around the world in eighty days. urryhad retained his wings, and nose six feet long, steppedupon the American steamer. 194 AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. CHAPTER XXIV. DURING WHICH MR. FOGG AND PARTY CROSS THEPACIFIC OCEAN. What happened when the pilot-boat came in sight ofShanghai will be easily guessed. The signals made by the** Tankadere had been seen by the captain of the Yokohamasteamer, who, espying the flag at half-mast, had directedhis course towards the little craft. Phileas Fogg, afterpaying the stipulated price of his passage to John Bunsby,and rewarding that worthy with the add
. Around the world in eighty days. urryhad retained his wings, and nose six feet long, steppedupon the American steamer. 194 AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. CHAPTER XXIV. DURING WHICH MR. FOGG AND PARTY CROSS THEPACIFIC OCEAN. What happened when the pilot-boat came in sight ofShanghai will be easily guessed. The signals made by the** Tankadere had been seen by the captain of the Yokohamasteamer, who, espying the flag at half-mast, had directedhis course towards the little craft. Phileas Fogg, afterpaying the stipulated price of his passage to John Bunsby,and rewarding that worthy with the additional sum of fivehundred and fifty pounds, ascended the steamer withAouda and Fix ; and they started at once for Nagasakiand Yokahama. They reached their destination on the morning of the14th of November. Phileas Fogg lost no time in going onboard the Carnatic, where he learned, to Aoudas greatdelight—and perhaps to his own, though he betrayed noemotion—that Passepartout, a Frenchman, had reallyarrived on her the day FOLLOWED BY PASSEPAETOUT WITH THE WINGS ON niS BACK. [Page 193. AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. 195 The San Francisco steamer was announced to leave thatvery evening, and it became necessary to find Passepartout,if possible, without delay. Mr. Fogg applied in vain to theFrench and English consuls, and, after wandering throughthe streets a long time, began to despair of finding hismissing servant. Chance, or perhaps a kind of presenti-ment, at last led him into the Honourable Mr. Batulcarstheatre. He certainly would not have recognized Passe-partout In the eccentric mountebanks costume; but thelatter, lying on his back, perceived^ his master in thegallery. He could not help starting, which so changed theposition of his nose as to bring the pyramid pell-mellupon the stage. All this Passepartout learned from Aouda, who recountedto him what had taken place on the voyage from HongKong to Shanghai on the Tankadere, in company withone Mr. Fix. Passepartout
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