Phileas Fogg and Fix were roughly hustled in their attempts to protect their fair companion; the former, as cool as ever, tried to defend himself with the weapons which nature has placed at the end of every Englishman's arm, but in vain.
Mr. Fogg, non moins flegmatique que d'habitude, voulut se défendre avec ces armes naturelles que la nature a mises au bout des bras de tout Anglais, mais inutilement.