In due time, however, a note came in which she told me

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Fix soon rejoined Passepartout, who was lounging and looking about on the quay, as if he did not feel that he, at least, was obliged not to see anything.,

`Well, my friend,' said the detective, coming up with him, `is your passport visaed?'

`Ah, it's you, is it, monsieur?' responded Passepartout. `Thanks, yes, the passport is all right.'

`And you are looking about you?'

`Yes; but we travel so fast that I seem to be journeying in a dream. So this is Suez?'

`In Africa!' repeated Passepartout. `Just think, monsieur, I had no idea that we should go farther than Paris; and all that I saw of Paris was between twenty minutes past seven and twenty minutes before nine in the morning, between the Northern and the Lyons stations, through the windows of a car, and in a driving rain! How I regret not having seen once more Père la Chaise and the circus in the Champs Elysées!'

`You are in a great hurry, then?'