Around the World in Eighty Days, Chapter 6: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. Fix waits with the British consul at Suez and boasts that his instincts help him recognize criminals.
2. The consul questions whether a description resembling an honest man provides enough help.
3. Fix considers possible escape routes while awaiting the steamer, which arrives at eleven.
4. A passenger asks Fix for directions to the English consulate and presents his master’s passport.
5. Fix recognizes the passport description as matching the robber’s and sends the passenger to fetch his master.

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Cosa notare

Fix treats an honest appearance as a possible disguise. This belief explains why a respectable description does not lessen his suspicion.

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