Knowing that the English authorities dealt very severely with this kind of misdemeanour, he promised them a goodly sum in damages, and sent them forward to Calcutta by the next train.

Owing to the delay caused by the rescue of the young widow, Fix and the priests reached the Indian capital before Mr.Fogg and his servant, the magistrates having been already warned by a dispatch to arrest them should they arrive.

Fix's disappointment when he learned that Phileas Fogg had not made his appearance in Calcutta may be imagined.

He made up his mind that the robber had stopped somewhere on the route and taken refuge in the southern provinces.

For twenty-four hours Fix watched the station with feverish anxiety; at last he was rewarded by seeing Mr.Fogg and Passepartout arrive, accompanied by a young woman, whose presence he was wholly at a loss to explain.