🌻🌻 🌻 #Round_The_World_In_Eighty_Days #part_8 By 8 o'clock in the evening, they were over the Vindhia mountains. They were half-way to Allahabad. The guide stopped for the night. They started again at 6 o'clock the next morning, and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, they were near Allahabad. They were in some trees when suddenly the elephant stopped. They heard the sound of singing and loud music. The guide drove the elephant into the thickest trees. 'It is a dead man,' said the guide, quietly. "They are taking a dead man to a temple. Tomorrow, they will start a fire and put the dead man on the fire.' Through the trees, they saw a lot of people. Some men wore the same orange clothes as the three men at the Malabar temple. Some men played music. Some women and children walked behind them. Then they saw a young woman. Some men pushed her in front of them. she was very weak. She couldn't walk very well. Men at the back carried a dead man in fine clothes. "The dead man was important,' said the guide. 'The young woman was his wife, and they will put her on the fire tomorrow with her dead husband.' 'What?' said Phileas Fogg. Are you saying that this woman wants to die with her husband?' 'Sometimes a wife wants to die when her husband dies,' answered the guide. 'But this young woman does not want to die. Those people, the people in the orange clothes, say she has to do it.' 'No!' said Passepartout. 'But can't she get away from them?' 'They put something in her food,' the guide said. 'Look - she is very tired. Then she will sleep.' 'We'll get her out of here,' said Phileas Fogg. 'Please think before you try that,' said the guide. 'These people are dangerous.' 'But, Mr Fogg, the bet ...' said Passepartout. Phileas Fogg looked at the timetable. 'I am one day early. We can use the day well and get the young woman away from here.' 'Well,' said the guide. 'We can follow them, but we can not go too near. They are going to a temple about two miles from here. I know about the young wife too. Her name is Aouda. Her father had a big company in Bombay. But her father and mother died and she had to marry that old man. We can not do anything now. But I will help you when it gets dark.' To be continued...🪶 #English #Story #Intermediate 🌍 @English_4U 🌍

🌻🌻 🌻 #Round_The_World_In_Eighty_Days #part_9 Aouda People sang and shouted. The noise came through the trees. The guide stopped the elephant, and they walked. They could see the temple, white in the dark night. Some men with guns sat round it and watched. "The young woman is inside the temple,' said the guide, quietly. The dead man was on top of some wood, to the right. 'When the sun comes up, they will put the woman next to her husband. Then they will start the fire.' 'We'll have to think of something. We have to get the young woman out of there,' said Phileas Fogg. But Phileas Fogg and the guide did not have any ideas. And the men with guns round the temple did not go to sleep. They watched. They watched very carefully. After an hour or two the guide said, 'Mr Fogg, where is your servant?' Phileas Fogg could not answer that. Passepartout was not there. The sun came up in the east. The people woke and went noisily to the wood with the dead man on top. Then some men brought Aouda out of the temple. She did not move when they put her down on top of the wood, next to her dead husband. There was something in her food again that morning. Some men brought fire to the wood. Phileas Fogg stood up and opened his mouth. He wanted to shout, 'Stop!' 'Get down!' said the guide. 'They will kill us!' But suddenly everything changed. The people gave a great shout, and they fell down on their faces with their eyes to the ground. The old man was not dead. He stood up and took the young woman's hand. Then he came down through the fire. He walked over the people on the ground. Then he and the woman ran to Phileas Fogg and the guide. 'Let's go!' He said. 'Quickly!' It was Passepartout. A minute later, the three men and the young woman were on the elephant. Aouda slept and knew nothing about it. To be continued...🪶 #English #Story #Intermediate 🌍 @English_4U 🌍

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🌻🌻 🌻 #Round_The_World_In_Eighty_Days #part_10 The sun was high and hot in the sky. It was nearly 10 o'clock in the morning. The young guide said, "There, that is Allahabad. The railway starts again there. The train journey to Calcutta is about a day and a night.' Phileas Fogg took a room at the railway station for Aouda. He sent Passepartout into the town for clothes and other things for the young woman. When the train was ready, Aouda was better. Before they got in the train, Phileas Fogg paid the guide. "That's your money, because you were our guide,' he said. 'But you helped us in other ways. Would you like the elephant?' The young guide gave a big smile. That was his only answer. On the journey to Calcutta, Aouda learned about her night in the temple and about Passepartout and the fire. She said 'Thank you' again and again, but she was afraid of her husband's family. She didn't want them to catch her again. 'I'll take you to Hong Kong,' Phileas Fogg said, 'and you can stay there.' It was kind, but he spoke quite coldly. She happily said, 'Oh, thank you! I have an uncle in Hong Kong. He will look after me.' The train got to Calcutta at 7 o'clock in the morning. Phileas Fogg had five hours before the ship left for Hong Kong. To be continued...🪶 #English #Story #Intermediate 🌍 @English_4U 🌍

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🌻🌻 🌻 #Round_The_World_In_Eighty_Days #part_11 Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, and Aouda left the station at Calcutta. They wanted to go to the passport office and then to the ship. But a policeman came to them and said: 'Are you Mr Phileas Fogg, and is this your servant?' 'Yes.' 'Please follow me.' Phileas Fogg's face did not change. He didn't feel anything, or he didn't show it. 'Can this young woman come with us?' he asked. The policeman said, 'Yes.' At the police station, the policeman took them to a large room with a big cupboard in it. Then, the three men in orange clothes from the Malabar temple in Bombay came in. One man carried Passepartout's shoes. 'The temple in Bombay!' said Passepartout. The men from the temple were in Calcutta because Fix brought them from Bombay. Fix told the Calcutta police about the Malabar temple. Now, he was in the big cupboard in the room, and he listened to everything. The policeman said, 'People from other countries cannot come to India and wear their shoes in a temple. It is not right. You will have to stay in prison. You can tell your story next week. Then perhaps you will have to stay in prison.' Fix was very happy about that. "The warrant will arrive before then,' he thought. Passepartout felt bad. He was not afraid of prison, but he thought of Phileas Fogg and his bet. A bet of twenty thousand pounds,' he thought. 'And we will lose it because I went into a temple in shoes!' prison (n) A prison is a building. Killers have to live in prison for years before they can leave. To be continued...🪶 #English #Story #Intermediate 🌍 @English_4U 🌍

🌻🌻 🌻 #Round_The_World_In_Eighty_Days #part_12 Phileas Fogg's face did not change. He said: 'I want bail.' 'Yes, you can have bail,' said the policeman. Fix, in the cupboard, was angry. 'But,' the policeman said, 'because you do not live in this country, bail will be one thousand pounds each. You will have to come back here in a week, and then you will get your money back. You can tell your story then.' Fix was happy about that. He thought, 'Fogg won't pay two thousand pounds of bail money. He'll stay in prison and wait.' To Fix, Phileas Fogg was a bank thief, not a man with a twenty thousand pound bet. 'I'll pay,' said Phileas Fogg. 'You will get this money back,' said the policeman, 'when you come back next week. But now you can go, on bail.' Passepartout turned to the three men from the temple. 'Please,' he said, give me my shoes back.' The Frenchman put on his shoes again. Then Fogg, Aouda, and Passepartout went to the port as quickly as they could. Fix followed. He was very angry. 'That's two thousand pounds of the Bank of England's money,' he thought. 'I'll have to take Fogg back to England quickly.' bail (n) When you pay bail money, you can leave prison. You are then on bail. Later, you will have to go to court or you will lose the money. To be continued...🪶 #English #Story #Intermediate 🌍 @English_4U 🌍

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🌻🌻 🌻 #Round_The_World_In_Eighty_Days #part_13 Hong Kong On the ship to Hong Kong, the Rangoon, Aouda learned a little about Phileas Fogg. She liked him. Fix was on the ship, too. He thought about the warrant. Was it now on its way from Bombay to Hong Kong? On the first day, Passepartout did not know that Fix was on the ship too. But then he saw the detective. 'What is Mr Fix doing on this ship?' the Frenchman thought. 'We saw him in Suez, and now here he is again. Is he following us? Why?' Passepartout thought about it, and then he had an idea. 'He is following Mr Fogg. He is working for the five men at the Reform Club. He is watching Mr Fogg because of the bet.' Passepartout was angry with the five men, but he didn't tell Phileas Fogg about Fix. The five men were Mr Fogg's friends. Passepartout didn't want Mr Fogg to think badly of them. He really liked Mr Phileas Fogg now. He wanted him to win his bet. It was important to him. The weather was bad, and the Rangoon arrived at Hong Kong twenty-four hours late. Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, and Aouda went to the office of the ship company. 'Are we too late for the Carnatic?' Phileas Fogg asked. "The timetable says she left Hong Kong for Yokohama yesterday.' 'No,' said the man at the office. 'The Carnatic had a problem with one engine. She's here. She'll leave tomorrow.' "Thank you,' said Phileas Fogg. Phileas Fogg took Aouda to the best hotel in Hong Kong. Then he went out and looked for her uncle. An hour later, he came back. Aouda's uncle did not live in Hong Kong now. He was in Holland. Engine (n) When its engine doesn't work, a car doesn't move. To be continued...🪶 #English #Story #Intermediate 🌍 @English_4U 🌍

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🌻🌻 🌻 #Round_The_World_In_Eighty_Days #part_14 Aouda did not speak for a minute. She sat with her head in her hands. Then, very quietly, she asked, 'What do I do now, Mr Fogg?' 'That's easy,' said Phileas Fogg. 'Come to Europe.' 'But I will be one more problem for you...' 'You're not a problem. And you won't change our timetable. Passepartout?' 'Yes, Mr Fogg?' 'Go to the Carnatic, Passepartout, and get three tickets to Yokohama.' Passepartout left the hotel with a smile on his face. He wanted to have Aouda with them on the journey. She always spoke kindly to him. To her, he was a friend and not a servant. When Passepartout arrived at the port, he saw a very unhappy Fix by the Carnatic. Fix was unhappy because the warrant was in the post from Bombay and not in Hong Kong. The Carnatic could take Phileas Fogg away from Hong Kong before the warrant arrived. Passepartout smiled at Fix's face. 'The fine, rich men of the Reform Club are going to lose their money,' the Frenchman thought, and Mr Fix is unhappy about that.' 'Are you going to buy a ticket for the Carnatic?' asked Passepartout. He laughed, but Fix said nothing. The Frenchman went onto the Carnatic and paid for three tickets to Yokohama. The Carnatic's captain spoke to him. "The engine is fine now,' he said. "The problem was smaller than we thought. The ship will leave at 8 o'clock this evening. Not tomorrow.' 'Good,' said Passepartout. 'I will tell my Mr Fogg. He will be happy.' When he left the ship, Fix came to him. 'Before you see Mr Fogg,' said Fix, 'won't you have a meal with me in this cafe'?' There was a cafe at the port, near the ships. 'Well, yes, thank you. I am quite hungry,' the Frenchman said. In the cafe, Fix asked Passepartout, 'Who do you think I am?' 'You are working for those five men from the Reform Club,' smiled Passepartout. 'You are watching Mr Fogg.' Fix thought for a minute. He didn't have the warrant, and he had to stop Fogg. 'Yes, I am watching Fogg,' said Fix. 'But I'm not working for the men from the club. I'm a policeman. I'm following Fogg because he's a bank thief. You have to help me, or I'll get a warrant for you too. I'll put you in prison with him. Now, are you with me, or are you with him?' Passepartout was angry. 'With him,' he said, and he started to leave the cafe'. Passepartout was on his way back to Phileas Fogg. Fix had to stop him. Passepartout knew about the ship's new timetable, and Phileas Fogg didn't. So Fix put something in Passepartout's coffee. 'Wait!' called Fix. He smiled. 'Why don't you finish your coffee before you go? It's hot out there.' Fix smiled again. Passepartout stopped. He looked angrily at Fix, but he took the glass. He sat down and drank it. Then he quietly went to sleep in his chair. Fix left him in the cafe. To be continued...🪶 #English #Story #Intermediate 🌍 @English_4U 🌍

🌻🌻 🌻 #Round_The_World_In_Eighty_Days #part_15 To Japan? Phileas Fogg took Aouda to the best shops in Hong Kong. They bought her dresses and other clothes. Then they went back to the hotel. Night came, and there was no Passepartout. In the morning, Passepartout was not there. Phileas Fogg and Aouda went to the port. Perhaps Passepartout was at the ship. But the servant was not there, and the Carnatic was also not there. An Englishman spoke to Phileas Fogg. 'Did you have tickets for the Carnatic?' The man was Fix. 'I wanted to go to Yokohama on the Carnatic too,' the detective said. 'She left yesterday evening. We'll have to wait a week for the next ship.' Fix smiled. But the detective's smile left him when Phileas Fogg said: 'But there are other ships in the port of Hong Kong. The Carnatic is not the only ship. Let's go and find one.' Phileas Fogg looked for a ship for a long time. Ships arrived and stayed. Ships left before he could speak to anybody on them. Are you looking for a boat?' asked a seaman. 'Is your boat ready to leave?' 'Yes. It's a small boat. Number 43. Do you know these small boats? They help the big ships when they arrive at the port. And this boat is the best in Hong Kong.' 'Is she fast? 'Oh yes! Eight or nine miles an hour.' 'Will you take me to Yokohama? I had tickets for the Carnatic, but she left early. I have to be in Yokohama on 14th November. I have to catch the ship for San Francisco there. I can give you a hundred pounds a day and two hundred pounds more in Yokohama on or before 14th November.' 'But why Yokohama?' said the seaman. 'We can go to Shanghai, only 800 miles from Hong Kong. The ship for San Francisco starts from Shanghai. Then it goes to Yokohama before it goes to America.' This was very interesting to Phileas Fogg. "That's not in my Bradshaw,' he said. 'Shanghai? And when does the ship for San Francisco leave Shanghai?' On 11th November, at seven in the evening. So we have four days. With the wind in the south-east, we can get to Shanghai in four days. 'When can we start?' asked Phileas Fogg. 'In an hour. We'll get food and water first.' 'Is she your boat? Or a company's?' 'Oh, she's my boat. My name's Bunsby, and the Tankadere is mine.' 'Here's two hundred pounds,' said Phileas Fogg. Then he turned to Fix. 'Do you want to come with us?' 'Er, well, I, er...' 'In half an hour then,' said Phileas Fogg. 'But what about...' Aouda said. And then she stopped. She was very unhappy about Passepartout, but she understood about the bet. 'I'm going to do everything possible for Passepartout,' said Phileas Fogg. He went with Aouda to the police in Hong Kong. He left a letter about Passepartout and money for his ticket back to Europe. To be continued...🪶 #English #Story #Intermediate 🌍 @English_4U 🌍