Page:Around the World in Eighty Days (1873, Towle).pdf/430

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
Chapter XXXVI.
In Which Phileas Fogg's Name Is Once More at a Premium on 'Change.

It is time to relate what a change took place in English public opinion when it transpired that the real bankrobber, a certain James Strand, had been arrested, on the 17th day of December, at Edinburgh. Three days before, Phileas Fogg had been a criminal, who was being desperately followed up by the police; now he was an honourable gentleman, mathematically pursuing his eccentric journey round the world.

The papers resumed their discussion about the wager; all those who had laid bets, for or against him, revived their interest, as if by magic; the "Phileas Fogg bonds" again became negotiable, and many new wagers were made. Phileas Fogg's name was once more at a premium on 'Change.

His five friends of the Reform Club passed these three