The 17th of December, the day of James Strand's arrest, was the seventy-sixth since Phileas Fogg's departure, and no news of him had been received. Was he dead?
Den l7den December, den dag waarop James Strand te Edinburg gearresteerd werd, was het zes en zeventig dagen geleden, dat Fogg vertrokken was en men had nog niets van hem vernomen.