Around the World in 80 Days

He was so exact that he was never in a hurry, was always ready, and was economical alike of his steps and his motions. He never took one step too many, and always went to his destination by the shortest cut; he made no superfluous gestures, and was never seen to be moved or agitated. He was the most deliberate person in the world, yet always reached his destination at the exact moment.

icy ex­ter­ior

sump­tu­ous­ness

dis­cord­ant

bol­ster­ing

The ele­phant, which its owner had reared, not for a beast of bur­den, but for war­like pur­poses, was half do­mest­ic­ated.

an as­tro­nom­ical clock, dir­ec­ted his steps to the pass­port of­fice. As for the won­ders of Bom­bay—its fam­ous city hall, its splen­did lib­rary,

“A true Eng­lish­man doesn’t joke when he is talk­ing about so ser­i­ous a thing as a wager,” replied Phileas Fogg, sol­emnly.

which was al­ways flush.

He shut his eyes for an in­stant, as if to avoid her look. When he opened them again, “I love you!” he said, simply. “Yes, by all that is holi­est, I love you, and I am en­tirely yours!”