Around the World in Eighty Days, Chapter 20 summary
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In Chapter 20, Phileas Fogg discovers that the Carnatic has already sailed and hires John Bunsby’s pilot boat to reach Shanghai instead of Yokohama. He arranges a search for the missing Passepartout, then leaves Hong Kong with Aouda and Fix, whose hopes of detaining him depend on a delayed warrant.
What happens
- Fogg buys supplies for Aouda and remains calm when Passepartout fails to return.
- At the quay, Fogg learns that the Carnatic leaves twelve hours early, while Fix welcomes the prospect of a week’s delay.
- After searching the docks, Fogg meets John Bunsby, who refuses the voyage to Yokohama but proposes Shanghai.
- Bunsby explains that the American steamer starts from Shanghai, and Fogg hires the Tankadere and invites Fix aboard.
- Fogg funds a search for Passepartout through the police and French consulate before collecting the luggage.
- The Tankadere departs with Fogg, Aouda, and Fix, but Passepartout does not appear.
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What to notice
Bunsby’s information creates an alternative to the impossible direct voyage. Fogg can try to intercept the same steamer at its starting port.
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Why does Fogg agree to sail to Shanghai?
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