Late

We have now arrived in Hong Kong, China. A storm arose coming close to land, so we are now 24 hours behind schedule. Passepartout is furious. It's very amusing to watch him. Because we were late coming in, we missed our steamer to Yokohama, but fortunately there is another that is leaving tomorrow morning. That leaves us 12 hours to prepare to go aboard.



Hong Kong, 1870

 On searching for Aouda's relative, I found that he has left Hong Kong with a great fortune for Europe, possibly Holland. So I have engaged three cabins, as she will accompany us. It is of no inconvenience to me, she is a quiet thing, and is easy to make comfortable.

On closing, I feel very certain that our delay will not cause us to fail in our expedition, as from Yokohama to San Francisco is a sail of 22 days, much time can be made up in that space.


                                                              Phileas Fogg
                                                                   11:15 AM
                                                                   Tuesday
                                                                   6th of November, 1872