Sir Francis corrected Passepartout's time, whereupon the latter made the same remark that he had done to Fix; and upon the general insisting that the watch should be regulated in each new meridian, since he was constantly going eastward, that is in the face of the sun, and therefore the days were shorter by four minutes for each degree gone over, Passepartout obstinately refused to alter his watch, which he kept at London time.
Mindhiába. Akár megértette makacs barátunk a dandártábornok magyarázatát, akár nem, semmi áron nem igazította előre az óráját, hanem változatlanul ragaszkodott a londoni időhöz.