He was thinking, too, of the future.

It seemed certain that Fogg would not stop at Yokohama, but would at once take the boat for San Francisco; and the vast extent of America would ensure him impunity and safety.

Fogg's plan appeared to him the simplest in the world.
Instead of sailing directly from England to the United States, like a common villain, he had traversed three quarters of the globe, so as to gain the American continent more surely; and there, after throwing the police off his track, he would quietly enjoy himself with the fortune stolen from the bank.

But, once in the United States, what should he, Fix, do?
Should he abandon this man?
No, a hundred times no! Until he had secured his extradition, he would not lose sight of him for an hour.

It was his duty, and he would fulfil it to the end.