![]() The group boards a train bound for New York City. ![]() As Britain has no jurisdiction in the United States, Fix is now as eager as the rest of them to get Fogg back to England quickly. He joins a traveling circus, where Fogg, having caught a Yokohama-bound steamer from Shanghai, encounters him just in time for them all (including Fix) to board the steamer that will take them to San Francisco. Passepartout arrives in Yokohama with no money and no idea where Fogg is. In the meantime, Passepartout manages to stagger onto the ship for Yokohama. ![]() However, he finds another ship that will take them to Shanghai, and he, Aouda, and Fix set sail. When Passepartout refuses, Fix drugs him with opium, preventing him from returning to Fogg. Desperate to keep Fogg in Hong Kong until the warrant arrives, Fix tells Passepartout why he is following Fogg and offers to pay him to help delay Fogg’s departure. In Hong Kong Passepartout attempts to secure cabins on a boat to Yokohama and learns that its departure has been rescheduled for that evening. Fix, who had hoped the sentences would keep them in Calcutta long enough for the warrant to arrive, joins them. An unperturbed Fogg pays bail for them, and, accompanied by the widow, Aouda, they board a steamer bound for Hong Kong. In Calcutta, however, Fogg and Passepartout are arrested and sentenced to prison because of Passepartout’s incursion into the Malabar Hill temple in Bombay. They reach the railroad station in Allahabad and continue on their journey. The party then flees before the ruse is discovered. Passepartout disguises himself as the body of the late rajah, and, as soon as the pyre is lit, he springs up and seizes the widow. Fogg decides that they must rescue the young widow. The elephant-borne party later encounters a group of people preparing for an act of suttee-the immolation of a widow on her husband’s funeral pyre. Fogg purchases an elephant and hires a Parsi man as elephant driver and guide. The train travels through India until stopping at the village of Kholby, where Fogg learns that, contrary to what was reported in the British press, the railroad is 50 miles (81 km) short of completion, and passengers are required to find their own way to Allahabad to resume the train trip. He is beaten by enraged priests and barely makes it to the train station on time. ![]() During the few hours before their planned departure for Calcutta on the Great India Peninsula Railway, Passepartout visits a Hindu temple on Malabar Hill, unaware that Christians are forbidden to enter and that shoes are not to be worn inside. The Mongolia reaches Bombay before the arrival of an arrest warrant, however. Fix befriends Passpartout, and, after learning that they will take the steamer to Bombay, he buys a ticket and joins them. Fix, is sent to Suez, in British-ruled Egypt, to await the steamer Mongolia, on which Fogg and Passepartout are traveling. Shortly before Fogg’s departure, someone resembling him had robbed a bank, and Fogg’s sudden exit leads Scotland Yard to believe that he was the bank robber. How much do you really know about the stories and the authors of the classics you love, from Jane Eyre to Brave New World? SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.From tech to household and wellness products. This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.
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