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Around the world in 80 Days
Mr.
Phileas
Fogg
lived
,
in
1872
,
at
No.
7
,
Saville
Row
,
Burlington
Gardens
,
the
house
in
which
Sheridan
died
in
1814
.
He
was
one
of
the
most
noticeable
members
of
the
Reform
Club
,
though
he
seemed
always
to
avoid
attracting
attention
;
an
enigmatical
personage
,
about
whom
little
was
known
,
except
that
he
was
a
polished
man
of
the
world
.
People
said
that
he
resembled
Byron
--
at
least
that
his
head
was
Byronic
;
but
he
was
a
bearded
,
tranquil
Byron
,
who
might
live
on
a
thousand
years
without
growing
old
.
Certainly
an
Englishman
,
it
was
more
doubtful
whether
Phileas
Fogg
was
a
Londoner
.
He
was
never
seen
on
'
Change
,
nor
at
the
Bank
,
nor
in
the
counting-rooms
of
the
"
City
"
;
no
ships
ever
came
into
London
docks
of
which
he
was
the
owner
;
he
had
no
public
employment
;
he
had
never
been
entered
at
any
of
the
Inns
of
Court
,
either
at
the
Temple
,
or
Lincoln
's
Inn
,
or
Gray
's
Inn
;
nor
had
his
voice
ever
resounded
in
the
Court
of
Chancery
,
or
in
the
Exchequer
,
or
the
Queen
's
Bench
,
or
the
Ecclesiastical
Courts
.
He
certainly
was
not
a
manufacturer
;
nor
was
he
a
merchant
or
a
gentleman
farmer
.
His
name
was
strange
to
the
scientific
and
learned
societies
,
and
he
never
was
known
to
take
part
in
the
sage
deliberations
of
the
Royal
Institution
or
the
London
Institution
,
the
Artisan
's
Association
,
or
the
Institution
of
Arts
and
Sciences
.
He
belonged
,
in
fact
,
to
none
of
the
numerous
societies
which
swarm
in
the
English
capital
,
from
the
Harmonic
to
that
of
the
Entomologists
,
founded
mainly
for
the
purpose
of
abolishing
pernicious
insects
.
Phileas
Fogg
was
a
member
of
the
Reform
,
and
that
was
all
.
The
way
in
which
he
got
admission
to
this
exclusive
club
was
simple
enough
.
He
was
recommended
by
the
Barings
,
with
whom
he
had
an
open
credit
.
His
cheques
were
regularly
paid
at
sight
from
his
account
current
,
which
was
always
flush
.
Was
Phileas
Fogg
rich
?
Undoubtedly
.
But
those
who
knew
him
best
could
not
imagine
how
he
had
made
his
fortune
,
and
Mr.
Fogg
was
the
last
person
to
whom
to
apply
for
the
information
.
He
was
not
lavish
,
nor
,
on
the
contrary
,
avaricious
;
for
,
whenever
he
knew
that
money
was
needed
for
a
noble
,
useful
,
or
benevolent
purpose
,
he
supplied
it
quietly
and
sometimes
anonymously
.
He
was
,
in
short
,
the
least
communicative
of
men
.
He
talked
very
little
,
and
seemed
all
the
more
mysterious
for
his
taciturn
manner
.
His
daily
habits
were
quite
open
to
observation
;
but
whatever
he
did
was
so
exactly
the
same
thing
that
he
had
always
done
before
,
that
the
wits
of
the
curious
were
fairly
puzzled
.
Had
he
travelled
?
It
was
likely
,
for
no
one
seemed
to
know
the
world
more
familiarly
;
there
was
no
spot
so
secluded
that
he
did
not
appear
to
have
an
intimate
acquaintance
with
it
.
He
often
corrected
,
with
a
few
clear
words
,
the
thousand
conjectures
advanced
by
members
of
the
club
as
to
lost
and
unheard-of
travellers
,
pointing
out
the
true
probabilities
,
and
seeming
as
if
gifted
with
a
sort
of
second
sight
,
so
often
did
events
justify
his
predictions
.
He
must
have
travelled
everywhere
,
at
least
in
the
spirit
.
It
was
at
least
certain
that
Phileas
Fogg
had
not
absented
himself
from
London
for
many
years
.
Those
who
were
honoured
by
a
better
acquaintance
with
him
than
the
rest
,
declared
that
nobody
could
pretend
to
have
ever
seen
him
anywhere
else
.
His
sole
pastimes
were
reading
the
papers
and
playing
whist
.
He
often
won
at
this
game
,
which
,
as
a
silent
one
,
harmonised
with
his
nature
;
but
his
winnings
never
went
into
his
purse
,
being
reserved
as
a
fund
for
his
charities
.
Mr.
Fogg
played
,
not
to
win
,
but
for
the
sake
of
playing
.
The
game
was
in
his
eyes
a
contest
,
a
struggle
with
a
difficulty
,
yet
a
motionless
,
unwearying
struggle
,
congenial
to
his
tastes
.
Phileas
Fogg
was
not
known
to
have
either
wife
or
children
,
which
may
happen
to
the
most
honest
people
;
either
relatives
or
near
friends
,
which
is
certainly
more
unusual
.
He
lived
alone
in
his
house
in
Saville
Row
,
whither
none
penetrated
.
A
single
domestic
sufficed
to
serve
him
.
He
breakfasted
and
dined
at
the
club
,
at
hours
mathematically
fixed
,
in
the
same
room
,
at
the
same
table
,
never
taking
his
meals
with
other
members
,
much
less
bringing
a
guest
with
him
;
and
went
home
at
exactly
midnight
,
only
to
retire
at
once
to
bed
.
He
never
used
the
cosy
chambers
which
the
Reform
provides
for
its
favoured
members
.
He
passed
ten
hours
out
of
the
twenty-four
in
Saville
Row
,
either
in
sleeping
or
making
his
toilet
.
When
he
chose
to
take
a
walk
it
was
with
a
regular
step
in
the
entrance
hall
with
its
mosaic
flooring
,
or
in
the
circular
gallery
with
its
dome
supported
by
twenty
red
porphyry
Ionic
columns
,
and
illumined
by
blue
painted
windows
.
When
he
breakfasted
or
dined
all
the
resources
of
the
club
--
its
kitchens
and
pantries
,
its
buttery
and
dairy
--
aided
to
crowd
his
table
with
their
most
succulent
stores
;
he
was
served
by
the
gravest
waiters
,
in
dress
coats
,
and
shoes
with
swan-skin
soles
,
who
proffered
the
viands
in
special
porcelain
,
and
on
the
finest
linen
;
club
decanters
,
of
a
lost
mould
,
contained
his
sherry
,
his
port
,
and
his
cinnamon-spiced
claret
;
while
his
beverages
were
refreshingly
cooled
with
ice
,
brought
at
great
cost
from
the
American
lakes
.
