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1、CHAPTERIINWHICHPHILEASFOGGANDPASSEPARTOUTACCEPTEACHOTHER,THEONEASMASTER,THEOTHERASMAN.MrPhileasFogglived,in1872,atNo.7,SavilleRow,BurlingtonGardens,thehouseinwhichSheridandiedin1814.HewasoneofthemostnoticeablemembersoftheReformClub,thoughheseemedalwaystoavoida
2、ttractingattention;anenigmaticalpersonage,aboutwhomlittlewasknown,exceptthathewasapolishedmanoftheworld.PeoplesaidthatheresembledByron,-atleastthathisheadwasByronic;buthewasabearded,tranquilByron,whomightliveonathousandyearswithoutgrowingold.CertainlyanEnglish
3、man,itwasmoredoubtfulwhetherPhileasFoggwasaLondoner.Hewasneverseenon`Change,norattheBank,norinthecounting-roomsofthe`City';noshipsevercameintoLondondocksofwhichhewastheowner;hehadnopublicemployment;hehadneverbeenenteredatanyoftheInnsofCourt,eitherattheTemple,o
4、rLincoln'sInn,orGray'sInn;norhadhisvoiceeverresoundedintheCourtofChancery,orintheExchequer,ortheQueen'sBench,ortheEcclesiasticalCourts.Hecertainlywasnotamanufacturer;norwasheamerchantoragentlemanfarmer.Hisnamewasstrangetothescientificandlearnedsocieties,andhen
5、everwasknowntotakepartinthesagedeliberationsoftheRoyalInstitutionortheLondonInstitution,theArtisan'sAssociationortheInstitutionofArtsandSciences.Hebelonged,infact,tononeofthenumeroussocietieswhichswarmintheEnglishcapital,fromtheHarmonictothatoftheEntomologists
6、,foundedmainlyforthepurposeofabolishingperniciousinsects.PhileasFoggwasamemberoftheReform,andthatwasall.Thewayinwhichhegotadmissiontothisexclusiveclubwassimpleenough.HewasrecommendedbytheBarings,withwhomhehadanopencredit.Hischequeswereregularlypaidatsightfromh
7、isaccountcurrent,whichwasalwaysflush.WasPhileasFoggrich?Undoubtedly.Butthosewhoknewhimbestcouldnotimaginehowhehadmadehisfortune,andMrFoggwasthelastpersontowhomtoapplyfortheinformation.Hewasnotlavish,nor,onthecontrary,avaricious;forwheneverheknewthatmoneywasnee
8、dedforanoble,useful,orbenevolentpurpose,hesupplieditquietlyandsometimesanonymously.Hewas,inshort,theleastcommunicativeofmen.Hetalkedverylittleandseemedallthemoremysteriousforhistac
