Around the World in 80 Days - 36

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CHAPTER 36 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG’S NAME IS ONCE MORE AT A PREMIUM ON ‘CHANGE I t is time to relate what a change took place in English public opinion when it transpired that the real bankrobber, a certain James Strand, had been arrested, on the 17th day of December, at Edinburgh. Three days before, Phileas Fogg had been a criminal, who was being desperately followed up by the police; now he was an honourable gentleman, math-ematically pursuing his eccentric journey round the world. The papers resumed their discussion about the wager; all those who had laid bets, for or