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Jules Verne
· Around the World in Eighty Days
· Project Gutenberg
As for Captain Speedy, he was shut up in his cabin under lock and key, and was uttering loud cries, which signified an anger at once pardonable and excessive. Phileas Fogg wished to go to Liverpool, but the captain would not carry him there. Then Phileas Fogg had taken passage for Bordeaux, and, during the thirty hours he had been on board, had so shrewdly managed with his banknotes that the sailors and stokers, who ...
Captain Speedy's confinement and loud protests contrast sharply with Phileas Fogg's composed and strategic behavior. Fogg's choice to take passage for Bordeaux rather than insist on Liverpool reveals a pragmatic acceptance of circumstances. The subtle power sh...