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Aouda
A British Brigadier-general whom Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout meet on the Mongolia steamship from Suez, Egypt to Bombay, India and on the train from Bombay to Calcutta. Sir Francis Cromarty is about fifty years old and fought in the last Sepoy revolt in India. He now lives there and rarely visits England. He is very knowledgeable about India and its history, having assimilated to the country’s culture. On the steamer, he plays whist with Fogg to pass the time, and the two become friendly acquaintances despite the fact that Sir Francis thinks Fogg’s adventure is foolish and does no good for anyone. When the train unexpectedly stops due to an incomplete line, Sir Francis joins Fogg, Passepartout, and their guide as they ride an elephant, Kiouni, through the jungle. He, along with the other three men, see Aouda being led through the jungle and save her from being burned alive in a sacrifice. He and his newfound friends eventually reach Allahabad and take the train from there to Benares, where he bids them farewell to reunite with his corps stationed there.
Sir Francis Cromarty Quotes in Around the World in Eighty Days
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Chapter 11 Quotes
But Phileas Fogg, who was not travelling, but only describing a circumference, took no pains to inquire into these subjects; he was a solid body, traversing an orbit around the terrestrial globe, according to the laws of rational mechanics.
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Unlike Passepartout, Fogg is not interested in traveling as a recreational or educational pastime—rather, he is motivated by the pure challenge of the wager and maintaining the honorable reputation he holds among his friends at the Reform Club. When Sir Francis, an English Brigadier-general, tells him about his experiences serving and living in India, Fogg does not care to learn about the nuances of this other culture. By comparing Fogg to an inanimate planetary body who is operating only according to rational laws, Verne continues his critical characterization of Fogg as entirely logical and uninterested in the emotional side of Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accus
Chapter 12 Quotes
“Suppose we save this woman.”
“Save the woman, Mr. Fogg!”
“I have yet twelve hours to spare; I can devote them to that.”
“Why, you are a man of heart!”
“Sometimes,” replied Phileas Fogg, quietly; “when I have the time.”
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After their train must stop due to an unfinished railway line, Fogg, Passepartout and Sir Francis are led on and elephant through the Indian jungle by a local guide. As they make their way to Allahabad, they happen to see a young woman (whom the reader later finds out is named Aouda) being led by a procession of Brahmins to be burned alive at a Hindu ceremony called a suttee. When Fogg suggests that they stop and take the time to save Aouda from her death, Sir Francis is surprised. His reaction reinforces the characterization of Fogg that Verne has Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Elig
Chapter 13 Quotes
As for Passepartout, he was ready for anything that might be proposed. His master’s idea charmed him; he perceived a heart, a soul, under that icy exterior. He began to love Phileas Fogg.
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As Fogg, Passepartout, Sir Francis, and the guide travel through the jungle on the back of Kiouni the elephant, Fogg suggests that they stop to rescue Aouda from being burned alive in a religious ceremony. Passepartout, like Sir Francis, is surprised and Fogg’s willingness to put his time (and, thus, his likelihood of winning the wager) on the line in order to save her. Passepartout’s immediate enthusiasm Fogg’s plan proves how loyal and devout he is as Fogg servant; he, like his master, is willing to forgo his obsession with time and control in order to do what he and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum volupt
“The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.”
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Although Fogg, Passepartout, Sir Francis, and the guide are committed to saving Aouda from her captors, they fail to gain access into the pagoda of Pillaji where she is being kept. While the other men are frustrated with themselves and distraught about Aouda’s fate, Fogg maintains his signature calm, logical attitude. His optimistic reassurance that the seemingly lost chance of saving Aouda may come about unexpectedly shows that Fogg, unlike other characters in the novel, is willing to put his faith in chance and uncertainty. The reader knows from previous chapters, however, that Fogg is obsessed with order; his willingness Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est.
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Sir Francis Cromarty Character Timeline in Around the World in Eighty Days
The timeline below shows where the character Sir Francis Cromarty appears in Around the World in Eighty Days. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 11
On the train to Calcutta, Fogg and Passepartout share a carriage with Sir Francis Cromarty , a brigadier-general who fought in the last Sepoy revolt and now lives in India....
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Sir Francis warns Fogg that Passepartout’s mishap at the pagoda may get them in trouble with the...
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...the train because the railway has not been finished past the current point. Passepartout and Sir Francis are furious, but Fogg remains calm and assures Sir Francis that he foresaw a delay...
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...Kiouni) for £2,000 and hires an experienced Parsee elephant driver to lead them. Fogg, Passepartout, Sir Francis , and the guide set off on Kiouni through a dense forest.
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Chapter 12
Fogg, Passepartout, and Sir Francis are jostled by the rough ride on Kiouni. The territory that the guide is leading...
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Sir Francis explains that this is a suttee, a voluntary human sacrifice, and that the young woman...
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Chapter 13
The guide agrees to help Fogg, Passepartout, and Sir Francis free the young woman since she, like him, is a Parsee. He tells them that...
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...the funeral pyre and laid next to the rajah’s corpse to be burned. Fogg, Passepartout, Sir Francis , and the guide mingle with the crowd that has gathered to watch the sacrifice....
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...seizes Aouda, and disappears with her in the midst of the smoke. He approaches Fogg, Sir Francis , and the guide, and they realize that he is actually Passepartout, who snuck into...
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Chapter 14
As Kiouni carries the men and Aouda through the forest, Sir Francis tells Fogg that Aouda must leave India forever in order to escape her executioners. When...
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...gesture of gratitude. On the train to Benares, Aouda fully recovers and is grateful when Sir Francis tells her about how they saved her. She accepts Fogg’s offer to escort her to...
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