Fogg finishes his game of whist and won twenty guineas from his friends. He decides it is time to return to his home in Saville Row to collect his things and his manservant, Passepartout. He says goodbye to his friends and leaves the Reform Club at 7:25PM. He arrives at his home well before his normal time of midnight. His arrival is a surprise to Passepartout, who has studied his new master's routine. On his arrival home, Fogg calls out for Passepartout, who thinks he is mistaken in hearing his master's voice. Fogg informs him that they are leaving immediately on a voyage around the world in eighty days.
Passepartout sets about making preparations to leave in stun disbelief. He thinks about his master's uncharacteristic choice to make this long, strange journey. He proceeds.....
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