Chapter

 1 VI  |           town. One was the British consul at Suez, who, despite the
 2 VI  |             Mongolia. ~"So you say, consul," asked he for the twentieth
 3 VI  |           No, Mr. Fix," replied the consul. "She was bespoken yesterday
 4 VI  |          presence of these fellows, consul, than recognises them. You
 5 VI  |              A magnificent robbery, consul; fifty-five thousand pounds!
 6 VI  |    shillings!" ~"Mr. Fix," said the consul, "I like your way of talking,
 7 VI  |    resemblance to an honest man?" ~"Consul," remarked the detective,
 8 VI  |               Unless," objected the consul, "he is exceptionally shrewd.
 9 VI  |          thought, and meanwhile the consul went away to his office.
10 VI  |               But he must go to the consul's in person, so as to establish
11 VII |         rapidly made his way to the consul's office, where he was at
12 VII |        presence of that official. ~"Consul," said he, without preamble, "
13 VII |         Well, Mr. Fix," replied the consul, "I shall not be sorry to
14 VII |            shrewd as I think he is, consul, he will come." ~"To have
15 VII |     look-out. But I cannot - " ~The consul did not finish his sentence,
16 VII |           with the request that the consul would do him the favour
17 VII |          the favour to visa it. The consul took the document and carefully
18 VII |             Phileas Fogg?" said the consul, after reading the passport. ~"
19 VII |               Very well, sir." ~The consul proceeded to sign and date
20 VII |            honest man," replied the consul. ~"Possibly; but that is
21 VII |             question. Do you think, consul, that this phelgmatic gentleman
22 VII |       Excuse me for a little while, consul." ~Fix started off in search
23 VIII|         recovered his equanimity. ~"Consul," said he, "I have no longer
24 VIII|         sharp fellow," returned the consul, "and counts on returning
25 VIII| Passepartout. ~"In short," said the consul, "appearances are wholly
26 VIII|         detective took leave of the consul, and repaired to the telegraph