the night watch by rembrandt

the night watch by rembrandt
the Night Watch
The Nut Gatherers
The Painter's Honeymoon
This very evening," returned Phileas Fogg. He took out and consulted a pocket almanac, and added, "As today is Wednesday, the 2nd of October, I shall be due in London in this very room of the Reform Club, on Saturday, the 21st of December, at a quarter before nine p.m.; or else the twenty thousand pounds, now deposited in my name at Baring's, will belong to you, in fact and in right, gentlemen. Here is a cheque for the amount." ¡¡¡¡A memorandum of the wager was at once drawn up and signed by the six parties, during which Phileas Fogg preserved a stoical composure. He certainly did not bet to win, and had only staked the twenty thousand pounds, half of his fortune, because he foresaw that he might have to expend the other half to carry out this difficult, not to say unattainable, project. As for his antagonists, they seemed much agitated; not so much by the value of their stake,
oil painting as because they had some scruples about betting under conditions so difficult to their friend. ¡¡¡¡The clock struck seven, and the party offered to suspend the game so that Mr. Fogg might make his preparations for departure. ¡¡¡¡"I am quite ready now," was his tranquil response. "Diamonds are trumps: be so good as to play, gentlemen." ¡¡¡¡ ¡¡¡¡ ¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡Chapter IV¡¡¡¡IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ASTOUNDS PASSEPARTOUT, HIS SERVANT ¡¡¡¡ Having won twenty guineas at whist, and taken leave of his friends, Phileas Fogg, at twenty-five minutes past seven, left the Reform Club. ¡¡¡¡Passepartout, who had conscientiously studied the programme of his duties, was more than surprised to see his master guilty of the inexactness of appearing at this unaccustomed hour; for, according to rule, he was not due in Saville Row until precisely midnight.