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Paxton looked behind him. Was there a man in the trees? A dark shadow? No, of course not!
Paxton started to work again. The spade was heavy now, and it was a difficult job. He wanted to sleep, but he wanted to find the crown, too.
And then it was there. The crown! Paxton smiled. He put his hands on it. Suddenly, there was a noise behind him again. It wasn't the wind, and it wasn't an animal. It was the noise of a man an angry man.
Paxton looked behind him. Again, no man was there. But wait! Did a shadow move? Paxton didn't know, but he was suddenly very afraid. He quickly put the crown in his bag and started to go back to the hotel.
But now the shadow was with him. It was always behind him. Paxton looked back, and the shadow always moved quickly away. But then it came back. Sometimes it was near him and sometimes it was far away.
Paxton was very afraid. Who -or what - was the shadow? And what did it want from him?
To be continued...🌀
far away/(adv) We never visit them because they live far away from here.
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#Round_The_World_In_Eighty_Days
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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.
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