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Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days

Chapter XXVI · CHAPTER IV.

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CHAPTER IV.

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CHAPTER IV.
IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ASTOUNDS PASSEPARTOUT, HIS SERVANT
Having won twenty guineas at whist, and taken leave of his friends,
Phileas Fogg, at twenty-five minutes past seven, left the Reform Club.
Passepartout, who had conscientiously studied the programme of his
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Around the World in Eighty Days

Chapter XXVI · CHAPTER IV.

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CHAPTER IV.
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IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ASTOUNDS PASSEPARTOUT, HIS SERVANT
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Having won twenty guineas at whist, and taken leave of his friends,
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Phileas Fogg, at twenty-five minutes past seven, left the Reform Club.
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Passepartout, who had conscientiously studied the programme of his
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ASTOUNDS

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at

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CHAPTER

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Club

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conscientiously

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FOGG

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friends

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guineas

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had

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Having

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HIS

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IN

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IV

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From this reading CHAPTER IV.

leave

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left

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minutes

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of

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PASSEPARTOUT

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past

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PHILEAS

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programme

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Reform

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SERVANT

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seven

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studied

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taken

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the

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twenty

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twenty-five

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WHICH

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whist

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who

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won

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Chapter Quiz

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What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of CHAPTER IV.?

Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?

According to the text: "CHAPTER IV....", what tone does the author establish?

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