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“对了，”费克斯在自己房舱里苦想了老半天，自言自语地说，“对了，要是拘票已经到了香港，那我就逮住这家伙；要是没寄来，这一回我决定要不借任何代价拖住他，叫他走不成！在孟买我失败了，在加尔各答我也没成功，要是到了香港，再让他滑过去，那我这个侦探的脸就要丢光了！即使拼了这条命，这一回也得拖住他。可是，话又说回来了，要是真需要拖住他的话，那我用什么办法才能让这个该死的福克走不成呢？” Fix made up his mind that, if worst came to worst, he would make a confidant of Passepartout, and tell him what kind of a fellow his master really was. That Passepartout was not Fogg's accomplice, he was very certain. The servant, enlightened by his disclosure, and afraid of being himself implicated in the crime, would doubtless become an ally of the detective. But this method was a dangerous one, only to be employed when everything else had failed. A word from Passepartout to his master would ruin all. The detective was therefore in a sore strait. But suddenly a new idea struck him. The presence of Aouda on the Rangoon, in company with Phileas Fogg, gave him new material for reflection. 想到最后，费克斯拿定了主意，先跟路路通打开窗子说亮话，叫他知道他伺候的这位老爷是什么人。他当然不会是福克的同谋。等路路通明自了这件事之后，他一定会害怕被拖下水，到了那个时候，不用说，路路通就会站到他费克斯这一边了。可是，话又说回来了，这到底是一个冒险的办法，这一手儿只能在万不得已的时候才能拿出来。不然，只要路路通在他主人面前走漏半点风声，就会把事情全盘弄糟。这个警察厅密探现在感到非常为难。但是，当他看见福克陪着艾娥达夫人在仰光号上散步的时候，他觉得又有一线新的希望。 Who was this woman? What combination of events had made her Fogg's travelling companion? They had evidently met somewhere between Bombay and Calcutta; but where? Had they met accidentally, or had Fogg gone into the interior purposely in quest of this charming damsel? Fix was fairly puzzled. He asked himself whether there had not been a wicked elopement; and this idea so impressed itself upon his mind that he determined to make use of the supposed intrigue. Whether the young woman were married or not, he would be able to create such difficulties for Mr. Fogg at Hong Kong that he could not escape by paying any amount of money. 这个女的是什么人？她怎么会跟福克搞在一块儿的？不用说，他们准是在孟买到加尔各答的路上碰见的。可是，到底是在哪儿呢？这个年轻的女人难道会是在旅途中碰巧认识了这位斐利亚·福克吗？从反面来想一想，他这趟穿越印度大陆的旅行，会不会是他预先计划好的，为了要去找这位如花似玉的美人呢？这个女人确实漂亮！费克斯在加尔各答法庭上已经见过她了。我们可以想见：这个密探现在是多么伤脑筋啊。他挖空心思地在想，这件事会不会牵连到诱拐妇女的罪行呢？对呀！没错，准是诱拐妇女！费克斯心里认定了这个想法，他发现自己从这件事上能找到很大便宜。不论这个女人是不是有夫之妇，反正是诱拐妇女，因此就有可能在香港给这个得意忘形的骗子制造一些困难，叫他不论拿多少钱出来也不能脱身。 But could he even wait till they reached Hong Kong? Fogg had an abominable way of jumping from one boat to another, and, before anything could be effected, might get full under way again for Yokohama. 但是，这事儿不能等仰光号到了香港才动手，因为福克有一种很可恶的习惯：他从一条船上刚跳下来会马上又跳上另一条船。这样他会在你动手之前早就远走高飞了。 Fix decided that he must warn the English authorities, and signal the Rangoon before her arrival. This was easy to do, since the steamer stopped at Singapore, whence there is a telegraphic wire to Hong Kong. He finally resolved, moreover, before acting more positively, to question Passepartout. It would not be difficult to make him talk; and, as there was no time to lose, Fix prepared to make himself known. It was now the 30th of October, and on the following day the Rangoon was due at Singapore. 所以最要紧的是要预先通知香港英国当局，并且在他下船之前就监视仰光号的出口。这事儿可是再容易也没有了，因为仰光号要在新加坡停留，新加坡和中国海岸有一条电报线可以联系。但是，在动手之前，费克斯为了把事情办得更有把握，他决定先去探探路路通的口气，他知道要想叫这个小伙子打开话匣子那是很容易的。从开船到现在，他一直没在路路通跟前露过面，现在费克斯决定不再躲避他了。时间不能再耽搁了，今天已经是10月30号，仰光号明天就要到新加坡了。 
当天，费克斯就从他的房舱里出来了。他走上了船甲板，故意装作非常惊奇的样子去“主动地”和路路通打招呼。这时路路通正在他面前散步，费克斯从后面赶上去向路路通喊着说： "What, Monsieur Fix, are you on board?" returned the really astonished Passepartout, recognising his crony of the Mongolia. "Why, I left you at Bombay, and here you are, on the way to Hong Kong! Are you going round the world too?" “咦！你也在仰光号上！”“呃--费克斯先生，您也在这儿！”路路通非常惊奇地回答说，他认出了这位在蒙古号上跟他同船的旅伴。“这是怎么回事？我把您给甩在孟买，怎么在这条去香港的船上又把您给找回来了！难道您也是要环游地球吗？” "No, no," replied Fix; "I shall stop at Hong Kong--at least for some days." “不，不，”费克斯说，“我打算留在香港，至少要在香港待几天。” "Hum!" said Passepartout, who seemed for an instant perplexed. "But how is it I have not seen you on board since we left Calcutta?" “奇怪啊！”路路通惊奇地楞了一会儿说，“可是从加尔各答开船到现在，我怎么就没见过您的面儿啊？” "Oh, a trifle of sea-sickness--I've been staying in my berth. The Gulf of Bengal does not agree with me as well as the Indian Ocean. And how is Mr. Fogg?" “说老实话，这几天我不大舒服……有点晕船……我一直在我的房舱里躺着……在印度洋上航行我无所谓，可是在孟加拉湾我就不行了。你的主人福克先生好吗？” 
“他的身体好极了，他还是跟他的行程计划表一样准确，没有拖延过一天！哦，费克斯先生，您还不知道吧，我们现在有了一位年轻的夫人跟我们同路。” "A young lady?" replied the detective, not seeming to comprehend what was said. “一位年轻的夫人？”费克斯说，他对路路通的话装出完全不明白的样子。 Passepartout thereupon recounted Aouda's history, the affair at the Bombay pagoda, the purchase of the elephant for two thousand pounds, the rescue, the arrest, and sentence of the Calcutta court, and the restoration of Mr. Fogg and himself to liberty on bail. Fix, who was familiar with the last events, seemed to be equally ignorant of all that Passepartout related; and the later was charmed to find so interested a listener. 路路通马上就把整个故事的经过都告诉了费克斯。他说了自己在孟买庇拉吉庙怎么闯的祸，又谈了怎么花两千英镑买了一只大象，还讲了怎么在火葬场上劫救了艾娥达夫人以及在加尔各答怎么被判刑和交保释放的事儿。费克斯对于后面这几件事知道得很清楚，但是他假装一点儿也不知道。路路通兴高采烈他讲他的故事，这个听的人看样子也听得津津有味。 "But does your master propose to carry this young woman to Europe?" “可是，归根到底，”费克斯说，“您这位主人是不是打算把这位年轻的女人带到欧洲去？” "Not at all. We are simply going to place her under the protection of one of her relatives, a rich merchant at Hong Kong." “不，费克斯先生，绝不会的。我们只是把她送到香港她的一个亲戚家里。她这个亲戚是香港的一位富商。” 
“这一下可真难办了！”费克斯心里说，他掩饰着自己内心的失望对路路通说：“咱们去喝杯杜松子酒吧，路路通先生？” "Willingly, Monsieur Fix. We must at least have a friendly glass on board the Rangoon." “那太妙了，费克斯先生，咱们能为在仰光号上重见碰杯，这也是个千载难逢的好机会啊！” The detective and Passepartout met often on deck after this interview, though Fix was reserved, and did not attempt to induce his companion to divulge any more facts concerning Mr. Fogg. He caught a glimpse of that mysterious gentleman once or twice; but Mr. Fogg usually confined himself to the cabin, where he kept Aouda company, or, according to his inveterate habit, took a hand at whist. 从这一天起路路通跟费克斯就经常见面，可是费克斯在他这位朋友面前非常谨慎，一句话也不多问。他和福克先生只碰见过一两次。他见到福克先生总是自由自在地呆在仰光号的大客厅里，他有时陪陪艾娥达夫人，有时照例玩“惠司脱”。 Passepartout began very seriously to conjecture what strange chance kept Fix still on the route that his master was pursuing. It was really worth considering why this certainly very amiable and complacent person, whom he had first met at Suez, had then encountered on board the Mongolia, who disembarked at Bombay, which he announced as his destination, and now turned up so unexpectedly on the Rangoon, was following Mr. Fogg's tracks step by step. What was Fix's object? Passepartout was ready to wager his Indian shoes--which he religiously preserved--that Fix would also leave Hong Kong at the same time with them, and probably on the same steamer. 可是路路通这一回可真的把这件怪事仔细琢磨了半天，为什么费克斯又一次跟他主人同坐一条船？的确，至少总让人觉得有点奇怪。这位费克斯先生人很体面，待人又殷勤得不得了。先是在苏伊士碰见他，他乘了蒙古号，后来他在孟买下船了，他说要留在孟买，可是这回在这一条去香港的仰光号上却又碰见他了。一句话说透了，他是寸步不离地紧盯着福克先生，那么这件事就值得考虑考虑了。要说碰巧吧，那也巧得太奇怪了。这个费克斯是谁派来的呢？路路通现在敢拿他的拖鞋打赌--他是非常珍惜自己的拖鞋的，他断定费克斯又准会跟他们同时离开香港；也许又会同坐一条船。 Passepartout might have cudgelled his brain for a century without hitting upon the real object which the detective had in view. He never could have imagined that Phileas Fogg was being tracked as a robber around the globe. But, as it is in human nature to attempt the solution of every mystery, Passepartout suddenly discovered an explanation of Fix's movements, which was in truth far from unreasonable. Fix, he thought, could only be an agent of Mr. Fogg's friends at the Reform Club, sent to follow him up, and to ascertain that he really went round the world as had been agreed upon. 路路通就是想上一百年，他也想不出来这位侦探要跟着他们干什么。他绝没想到斐利亚·福克会被人家当作窃贼盯在后头，满世界兜圈子。但是，路路通是属于那种对任何事都能找出答案的人，他现在一下子恍然大悟了，他找到了费克斯一直盯住他们的答案，而且说真话，这个答案倒象是很入情合理的。其实在路路通看来，费克斯只是，也只会是改良俱乐部和福克打赌的同僚们派来跟踪的人，目的是要了解福克先生这次环游地球，是不是按照商定的路线老老实实进行的。 
“就是这么回事！准没错儿！”这个老实的小伙子自言自语地说，他非常满意自己的判断力。“他是那些老爷们派来跟踪我们的密探！这事干得可真不体面！福克先生为人这么诚实，又这么有信用，叫个密探盯他的梢！啊！改良俱乐部的老爷们，这件事你们可又不上算了！”
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