Around the World in Eighty Days, Chapter 30 summary
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In Chapter 30, Phileas Fogg sets aside his urgent travel plans and joins thirty soldiers to rescue Passepartout and two other missing passengers from the Sioux. The rescue succeeds, but the train leaves without him, and his return the next morning brings news that no replacement arrives until evening.
What happens
- After the fighting, three passengers are missing, and Fogg decides to seek Passepartout despite the danger to his bet.
- The captain supplies thirty volunteers, and Fogg leaves with them after asking Fix to stay with Aouda.
- The detached locomotive returns, but Aouda and Fix refuse to leave when the train resumes its journey.
- Aouda anxiously watches the snowy plains through the night while Fix remains awake at the station.
- At seven the next morning, Fogg and the soldiers return with all three prisoners after fighting their captors.
- Fogg pays the soldiers their promised reward and learns that the next train does not arrive until evening.
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What to notice
Fogg treats rescuing Passepartout as an obligation rather than a choice about his own advantage. His resolve also helps persuade the captain to provide soldiers.
Quick check
Why does the conductor refuse to wait for the rescuers?
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