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Phileas Fogg and Passepartout set out
Phileas Fogg and Passepartout set out

Around the World in 80 Days - Part IV

Join the Great Reading Adventure here where you'll find Jules Verne's novel, Around The World In 80 Days, serialised in six parts.


This is episode four of our serialisation of the abridged version of Around the World in Eighty Days for the 2006 Great Reading Adventure.

It has been specially adapted for children.

The adventure is part of the Brunel 200 programme which is funded by the National Lottery through Heritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council England and the Millennium Commission.

If you missed the earlier chapters,

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Chapter 4: The Stormy Sea

Phileas had booked three rooms at the Hong Kong hotel. That evening, he and Aouda had dinner together. Aouda was surprised Passepartout had not returned, but Phileas did not seem worried. Early the next morning they arrived at the docks but, of course, they were too late. The Carnatic had already gone.

Fix was waiting there, pretending to be upset that they had been left behind.

'What a disaster!' he said to Phileas. 'It'll be a week before there's another ship.'

Phileas and Aouda spent the next three hours searching the docks, looking for someone who could take them to Yokohama. They had to get there by 14 November so they could then catch a paddle-steamer to San Francisco.

At last, Phileas found a man called John Bunsby who owned a sailing ship. He said he could take Phileas and Aouda as far as Shanghai. If they arrived by 7.00pm on 11 November they could then catch a boat to Yokohama. Phileas said he would pay John and his crew 拢100 a day plus a 拢200 bonus if he got them there in time. As Fix was still moping around behind them, Phileas asked if he would like to come too. Fix did not like the idea of a bank robber doing him a favour but he had to accept or he would be stranded in Hong Kong.

It was a dangerous voyage. It was over 800 miles to Shanghai, the sailing ship was small and there was a typhoon coming. The ship was battered by the wind and rain, and tossed on the violent waves. Fix felt horribly sick and he continually moaned about the bad weather. Aouda was thrilled by the storm and often stood on deck alongside Phileas, unafraid. As for Phileas, he seemed to pay it no attention at all.听

The storm eventually passed but they had lost a lot of time. They were still three miles from Shanghai when they saw the boat to Yokohama leaving the dock.

Phileas coolly said to John: 'Lower your flag to half-mast and fire your gun.'

This was a signal that someone was in trouble at sea. Phileas hoped the captain of the Shanghai boat would come to their rescue.

In the meantime, what had happened to Passepartout?

He had slept in the Hong Kong bar for nearly three hours. When he woke up, he was still very groggy. He could remember something about the Carnatic and leaving at eight o鈥檆lock but not much else. He staggered off to the dock and crawled up the gangway just as the ship was casting off. He only took a few steps across the deck before he collapsed into a drunken heap again.

When he woke the next morning the cool sea air soon sobered him. He was proud of himself for not missing the ship and went looking for Phileas and Aouda. For the moment, he had forgotten that they did not know the departure time had changed. It was only when he checked the list of passengers and saw their names were not on it that he remembered that he should have taken a message to the hotel.

Passepartout听 was furious. Phileas would now lose the bet and it was all the fault of that sneaky detective, Fix. Passepartout swore that if he ever saw Fix again he would give him a good thrashing.

The Carnatic reached Yokohama on 13 November. Passepartout wandered around the city feeling miserable. He had no money, no friends, nothing to eat and nowhere to sleep. He just kept walking for the rest of the day and all through the night.

The next morning he saw a clown carrying a big sign. It said:

See the Incredible Long Noses!
Amazing Japanese Acrobats!
Final show before leaving for USA!

Passepartout thought he might be able to get work with the acrobats. The job would get him at least as far as America, if not all the way home. He followed the clown to a building covered in flags and posters, and asked to see the manager.

The manager was an American. He had a thick grey beard which he stroked while he talked to Passepartout.

He said: 'Can you sing while standing on your head and balancing a spinning-top on your foot?'

'Of course I can,' said Passepartout.

The show began at three o'clock that afternoon. The acrobats had long noses made from bamboo stuck on their faces. The grand finale of their act was when they formed a human pyramid, standing on each other's noses. Passepartout was one of those on the bottom.

Everyone was in place when suddenly Passepartout jumped up excitedly and the whole pyramid collapsed. He had seen Phileas and Aouda sitting in the front row of the theatre. They had arrived in Yokohama that morning and decided to see the show before catching the ship to San Francisco.

'Oh there you are,' said Phileas to Passepartout. 'To the steamship, my good fellow!'

Passepartout was very happy to be reunited with Phileas and Aouda, but he flew into a rage when he saw that one of the other passengers on board the ship was Fix. He punched the detective, knocking him to the ground.

Fix said: 'I know why you're angry but I'm on your side now. I want Phileas to get back to Britain as quickly as possible. Just don't tell him that I'm a detective.'
Fix wanted Phileas back in Britain so he could arrest him. Passepartout was still suspicious, but he did not want to worry Phileas.

'All right. I'll keep your dirty secret,' said Passepartout, 'but any more funny stuff and I'll wring your neck.'

On 3 December they steamed into San Francisco. Now the travellers had to cross nearly 4,000 miles of land to catch the ship that would take them back home to Britain.

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