. Around the world in eighty days. of arubber. I wouldnt give up my four thousand of the bet, saidAndrew Stuart, as he took his seat, * for three thousandnine hundred and ninety-nine. The clock indicated eighteen minutes to nine. The players took up their cards, but could not keep theireyes off the clock. Certainly, however secure they felt,minutes had never seemed so long to them! Seventeen minutes to nine, said Thomas Flanagan,as he cut the cards which Ralph handed to him. Then there was a moment of silence. The great saloonwas perfectly quiet; but the murmurs of the crowd outsidewere heard,
. Around the world in eighty days. of arubber. I wouldnt give up my four thousand of the bet, saidAndrew Stuart, as he took his seat, * for three thousandnine hundred and ninety-nine. The clock indicated eighteen minutes to nine. The players took up their cards, but could not keep theireyes off the clock. Certainly, however secure they felt,minutes had never seemed so long to them! Seventeen minutes to nine, said Thomas Flanagan,as he cut the cards which Ralph handed to him. Then there was a moment of silence. The great saloonwas perfectly quiet; but the murmurs of the crowd outsidewere heard, with now and then a shrill cry. The pendulumbeat the seconds, which each player eagerly counted, as helistened, with mathematical regularity. Sixteen minutes to nine! said John Sullivan, ina voice which betrayed his emotion. One minute more, and the wager would be won. AndrewStuart and his partners suspended their game. They lefttheir cards, and counted the seconds. At the fortieth second, nothing. At the fiftieth, HEEE I AM, GENTLEMEN, SAID HE. [Page 3C8. AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. 309 At the fifty-fifth, a loud cry was heard in the street,followed by applause, hurrahs, and some fierce growls. The players rose from their seats. At the fifty-seventh second the door of the saloonopened ; and the pendulum had not beat the sixtiethsecond when Phileas Fogg appeared, followed by anexcited crowd who had forced their way through theclub doors, and in his calm voice, said, Here I am,gentlemen! 310 AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. CHAPTER XXXVII. IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT PHILEAS FOGG GAINEDNOTHING BY HIS TOUR AROUND THE WORLD, UNLESSIT WERE HAPPINESS. Yes ; Phlleas Fogg in person. The reader will remember that at five minutes past eightin the evening—about five and twenty hours after thearrival of the travellers in London—Passepartout had beensent by his master to engage the services of the ReverendSamuel Wilson in a certain marriage ceremony, which wasto take
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