Around the World in 80 Days

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It was in any event sure that Phileas Fogg had not absented himself from London for a long time. The individuals who were respected by a superior colleague with him than the rest, pronounced that no one could profess to have ever observed him anyplace else. His sole distractions were perusing the papers and playing whist. He frequently dominated at this match, which, as a quiet one, blended with his inclination; however his rewards never went into his satchel, being held as a store for his causes. Mr. Fogg played, not to win, however for playing. The game was in his eyes a challenge, a battle with a trouble, yet a still, unwearying battle, amiable as he would prefer.

Phileas Fogg was not known to have either spouse or kids, which may happen to the most legitimate individuals; either family members or close to companions, which is absolutely more strange. He lived alone in his home in Saville Row, whither none entered. A solitary homegrown did the trick to serve him. He eat breakfast and feasted at the club, at hours numerically fixed, in a similar room, at a similar table, never taking his suppers with different individuals, significantly less carrying a visitor with him; and returned home at precisely 12 PM, just to resign immediately to bed. He never utilized the comfortable chambers which the Reform accommodates its supported individuals. He passed ten hours out of the 24 in Saville Row, either in resting or making his latrine. At the point when he decided to go for a stroll it was with a standard advance in the passageway corridor with its mosaic ground surface, or in the roundabout display with its …