His satisfaction would have been complete had the Rangoon been forced to retreat before the violence of wind and waves. Aouda was amazed to find him as calm as he had been from the first time she saw him.įix did not look at the state of things in the same light. But this man of nerve manifested neither impatience nor annoyance it seemed as if the storm were a part of his programme, and had been foreseen. He never changed countenance for an instant, though a delay of twenty hours, by making him too late for the Yokohama boat, would almost inevitably cause the loss of the wager. Phileas Fogg gazed at the tempestuous sea, which seemed to be struggling especially to delay him, with his habitual tranquillity. The steamer was forced to proceed slowly, and the captain estimated that she would reach Hong Kong twenty hours behind time, and more if the storm lasted. ![]() The Rangoon reefed all her sails, and even the rigging proved too much, whistling and shaking amid the squall. A sort of tempest arose on the 3rd of November, the squall knocking the vessel about with fury, and the waves running high. The Rangoon rolled heavily and the passengers became impatient of the long, monstrous waves which the wind raised before their path. ![]() The wind, obstinately remaining in the north–west, blew a gale, and retarded the steamer. The weather was bad during the latter days of the voyage. ![]() You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today! The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser.
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