Around the World in Eighty Days Respect and Reputation Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #4

"What a domestic and regular gentlemen! A real machine; well, I don't mind serving a machine." (2.11)

Aw… Passepartout and Phileas Fogg go together like peanut butter and jelly. Okay, maybe more like a battery and a robot? Phileas Fogg is rather addicted to numbers and a regular schedule.

Quote #5

On the day of the robbery a well-dressed gentleman of polished manners, and with a well-to-do air, had been observed going to and fro in the paying-room, where the crime was committed. (3.4)

Stealing from the bank requires skill, sneakiness, and polished manners. Wait… doesn't Phileas Fogg possess each of these qualities? Huh.

Quote #6

"A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager," replied Phileas Fogg, solemnly. (3.11)

English gentlemen pride themselves on, well, their pride, and Phileas Fogg is no exception. Go around the world in eighty days? He'll definitely stake his reputation on that.