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1、AroundtheWorldin80DaysJulesVerneThiseBookwasdesignedandpublishedbyPlanetPDF.FormorefreeeBooksvisitourWebsiteathttp://www.planetpdf.com/.TohearaboutourlatestreleasessubscribetothePlanetPDFNewsletter.AroundtheWorldin80DaysChapterIINWHICHPHILEASFOGGANDPASSEPARTOUTACCE
2、PTEACHOTHER,THEONEASMASTER,THEOTHERASMANMr.PhileasFogglived,in1872,atNo.7,SavilleRow,BurlingtonGardens,thehouseinwhichSheridandiedin1814.HewasoneofthemostnoticeablemembersoftheReformClub,thoughheseemedalwaystoavoidattractingattention;anenigmaticalpersonage,aboutwho
3、mlittlewasknown,exceptthathewasapolishedmanoftheworld.PeoplesaidthatheresembledByron—atleastthathisheadwasByronic;buthewasabearded,tranquilByron,whomightliveonathousandyearswithoutgrowingold.CertainlyanEnglishman,itwasmoredoubtfulwhetherPhileasFoggwasaLondoner.Hewa
4、sneverseenon‘Change,norattheBank,norinthecounting-roomsofthe‘City";noshipsevercameintoLondondocksof2of339AroundtheWorldin80Dayswhichhewastheowner;hehadnopublicemployment;hehadneverbeenenteredatanyoftheInnsofCourt,eitherattheTemple,orLincoln’sInn,orGray’sInn;norhadh
5、isvoiceeverresoundedintheCourtofChancery,orintheExchequer,ortheQueen’sBench,ortheEcclesiasticalCourts.Hecertainlywasnotamanufacturer;norwasheamerchantoragentlemanfarmer.Hisnamewasstrangetothescientificandlearnedsocieties,andheneverwasknowntotakepartinthesagedeliber
6、ationsoftheRoyalInstitutionortheLondonInstitution,theArtisan’sAssociation,ortheInstitutionofArtsandSciences.Hebelonged,infact,tononeofthenumeroussocietieswhichswarmintheEnglishcapital,fromtheHarmonictothatoftheEntomologists,foundedmainlyforthepurposeofabolishingper
7、niciousinsects.PhileasFoggwasamemberoftheReform,andthatwasall.Thewayinwhichhegotadmissiontothisexclusiveclubwassimpleenough.HewasrecommendedbytheBarings,withwhomhehadanopencredit.Hischequeswereregularlypaidatsightfromhisaccountcurrent,whichwasalwaysflush.WasPhileas
8、Foggrich?Undoubtedly.Butthosewhoknewhimbestcouldnotimaginehowhehadmadehis3of339AroundtheWorldin80Daysfortune,andMr.Foggwasthelastpersontowhomtoap