Translated by Henry Frith. Show Excerpt firearms nor any other weapons in the house; everything proclaimed the owner to be a man of peaceable habits. After having examined the house thoroughly, Passe-partout rubbed his hands joyously, a genial smile overspread his rounded face, and he muttered: "This suits me completely. It is the very thing. We understand each other thoroughly, Mr. Fogg and I. He is a thoroughly regular and domestic man, a true machine. Well, I am not sorry to serve a machine." CHAPTER III. In which a ...
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Translated by Henry Frith. Show Excerpt firearms nor any other weapons in the house; everything proclaimed the owner to be a man of peaceable habits. After having examined the house thoroughly, Passe-partout rubbed his hands joyously, a genial smile overspread his rounded face, and he muttered: "This suits me completely. It is the very thing. We understand each other thoroughly, Mr. Fogg and I. He is a thoroughly regular and domestic man, a true machine. Well, I am not sorry to serve a machine." CHAPTER III. In which a Conversation arises which is likely to cost Phileas Fogg dear. Phileas Fogg left home at half-past eleven, and having placed his right foot before his left exactly five hundred and seventy-five times, and his left foot before his right five hundred and seventy-six times, he arrived at the Reform Club in Pall Mall, and immediately went up to the dining-room and took his place at his usual table, where his breakfast awaited him. The meal was composed
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