Shortly before the detachment arrived, Passepartout and his companions had begun to struggle with their captors, three of whom the Frenchman had felled with his fists, when his master and the soldiers hastened up to their relief.
Weinige oogenblikken vóor de komst van het detachement, hadden Passepartout en zijne medegevangenen reeds tegen hunne wachters geworsteld, en de Franschman had er reeds twee met vuistslagen gedood, toen Fogg en zijne soldaten hem ter hulp snelden.