The Henrietta

The Queen Mary, Manhattan, New York, 1936

Yesterday we arrived at New York at 11:15 PM. But we found we had missed the China by 45 minutes. I decided to find lodging, seeing as there was nothing else to be done, so we went to the hotel and passed a peaceful night.  In the morning I left Aouda, Passepartout, and Fix in the hotel, while I went out among the docks in the hopes of procuring a vessel to Liverpool. I wandered around for some hours before spying a large boat ready to sail. I went aboard and asked for the captain. He was a little surly, refusing passage for any amount of money to Liverpool. But I persuaded him to accept us at $2000 apiece on the voyage to Bordeaux, whither he was going. The Henrietta is now on her way to France, with us on it. The weather is pleasant, and wind favourable, in short, everything is going very well.



                                                               Phileas Fogg
                                                                   9:29 AM
                                                                   Thursday
                                                                   12th of December, 1872