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Around the World in 80 Days

CHAPTER XII
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Would he sell him, or set him free?
The estimable beast certainly deserved some consideration.

Should Mr.Fogg choose to make him, Passepartout, a present of Kiouni, he would be very much embarrassed; and these thoughts did not cease worrying him for a long time.
The principal chain of the Vindhias was crossed by eight in the evening, and another halt was made on the northern slope, in a ruined bungalow.

They had gone nearly twenty-five miles that day, and an equal distance still separated them from the station of Allahabad.
The night was cold.

The Parsee lit a fire in the bungalow with a few dry branches, and the warmth was very grateful, provisions purchased at Kholby sufficed for supper, and the travellers ate ravenously.

The conversation, beginning with a few disconnected phrases, soon gave place to loud and steady snores.


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