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“是的，先生。但是船上有个锅炉需要修理，所以就改在明天开了。” "Thank you," returned Mr. Fogg, descending mathematically to the saloon. “谢谢您。”福克先生说。说完这句话，他就踱着方步走下仰光号客厅去了。 Passepartout clasped the pilot's hand and shook it heartily in his delight, exclaiming, "Pilot, you are the best of good fellows!" 这时路路通赶快上去，紧紧地握着这个引水员的手，一面说：“引水员，您这个人真太好了！” The pilot probably does not know to this day why his responses won him this enthusiastic greeting. He remounted the bridge, and guided the steamer through the flotilla of junks, tankas, and fishing boats which crowd the harbour of Hong Kong. 不用说，这个引水员一辈子也不会明白为什么他回答了这几句话竟会博得这样热情的感激。一声哨响，引水员走上了舰桥。他领着仰光号从这条拥挤着各种木船、汽艇、渔船以及其他船只的香港航道中穿行。 At one o'clock the Rangoon was at the quay, and the passengers were going ashore. 11 月6日下午一点钟，仰光号靠了码头，旅客们纷纷下船。 
应该承认，这种意外的情况对于福克先生是特别有利的，如果卡尔纳蒂克号不是要修理锅炉的话，它在11月5号就已经开走了。那么，要去日本的旅客就只好再等八天坐下一班船了。不错，福克先生是迟到了二十四小时，但这次耽搁还不至于严重地影响他下一阶段的旅行计划。 The steamer which crossed the Pacific from Yokohama to San Francisco made a direct connection with that from Hong Kong, and it could not sail until the latter reached Yokohama; and if Mr. Fogg was twenty-four hours late on reaching Yokohama, this time would no doubt be easily regained in the voyage of twenty-two days across the Pacific. He found himself, then, about twenty-four hours behind-hand, thirty-five days after leaving London. 实际上，由横滨横渡太平洋到旧金山去的客船是和香港去日本的客船衔接着的。横滨的船不可能在香港的船未到达之前就开往旧金山。显然，横滨开船的时间也会相应地向后顺延二十四小时。但是这二十四小时的耽搁，关系并不大，因为在横渡太平洋的二十二天航行中，是很容易把这二十四小时的损失找回来的。斐利亚·福克先生从伦敦出发这三十五天以来，除了这二十四小时以外，都是按计划完成的。 The Carnatic was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning. Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there, which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative. On landing, he conducted her to a palanquin, in which they repaired to the Club Hotel. A room was engaged for the young woman, and Mr. Fogg, after seeing that she wanted for nothing, set out in search of her cousin Jeejeeh. He instructed Passepartout to remain at the hotel until his return, that Aouda might not be left entirely alone. 卡尔纳蒂克号要到明天早上五点钟才开。福克先生还可以有十六小时来办一些自己的事情，也就是说替艾娥达夫人找那位亲戚。一下了船，福克先生就让艾娥达夫人挽着自己的胳臂，一同向一抬双人轿子走去，福克先生问轿夫有什么好旅馆。轿夫告诉他说有一个俱乐部大饭店。他们便坐上了双人轿。路路通在后面跟着，二十分钟之后，他们就到了俱乐部大饭店。福克先生替艾娥达夫人订了一套房间，并且叫人为她预备了一切她所需要的东西。然后他对艾娥达夫人说他马上去找她那位亲戚，找到了就把艾娥达夫人留在香港请那位亲戚照顾她。同时他吩咐路路通在他回来之前不要离开俱乐部大饭店，以免艾娥达夫人一个人没人照顾。 Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee merchant. Meeting a broker, he made the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an immense fortune, had taken up his residence in Europe--in Holland the broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had principally traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment's conversation with Aouda, and without more ado, apprised her that Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland. 福克先生让人引他到了交易所。那里人们总不会不知道这位香港富商尊贵的杰吉先生。福克先生询问了一位经纪人，果然那人认识这位帕西富商。可是他说这位帕西商人离开中国已经两年了。他钱已经赚够了，把家搬到欧洲去了，大概是搬到荷兰去了，因为他过去在香港的时候，一直是和荷兰商人来往的。斐利亚·福克又回到了俱乐部大饭店。他立即叫人告诉艾娥达夫人希望跟她谈一下。他很简单地告诉艾娥达夫人说：据了解尊贵的杰吉先生已经不住在香港，可能是搬到荷兰去了。 Aouda at first said nothing. She passed her hand across her forehead, and reflected a few moments. Then, in her sweet, soft voice, she said: "What ought I to do, Mr. Fogg?" 艾娥达听了这话，开始，一声不响，后来她用手摸了摸自己的前额，想了一会儿，轻轻地说：“您说我该怎么办呢，福克先生？” 
“这很简单，”福克说，“到欧洲去。” "But I cannot intrude--" “可是我怕会妨碍您……” "You do not intrude, nor do you in the least embarrass my project. Passepartout!" “您一点也不会妨碍，您跟我们在一起，对我的旅行计划毫无影响。路路通！” "Monsieur." “我在听您吩咐，先生！”路路通说。 "Go to the Carnatic, and engage three cabins." “到卡尔纳蒂克号去订三个舱位。” 
路路通立即走出了俱乐部大饭店，他非常高兴能继续跟艾娥达夫人一块儿旅行，因为她待人很好。 Hong Kong is an island which came into the possession of the English by the Treaty of Nankin, after the war of 1842; and the colonising genius of the English has created upon it an important city and an excellent port. The island is situated at the mouth of the Canton River, and is separated by about sixty miles from the Portuguese town of Macao, on the opposite coast. Hong Kong has beaten Macao in the struggle for the Chinese trade, and now the greater part of the transportation of Chinese goods finds its depot at the former place. Docks, hospitals, wharves, a Gothic cathedral, a government house, macadamised streets, give to Hong Kong the appearance of a town in Kent or Surrey transferred by some strange magic to the antipodes. 香港不过是一个小岛，1842年鸦片战争之后签订了《南京条约》，这个小岛就被英国占领了。没用几年英国以其殖民者的才能就把这里建成了一座大城市和一个海港--维多利亚港。这个小岛位于珠江口上，距离对岸葡萄牙占领的澳门只有六十英里。香港在商业竞争方面必然会战胜澳门。目前中国大部分商品出口都经过香港。这里有船坞、医院、码头、仓库；还有一座哥特式建筑的大教堂和一个总督府；到处是碎石铺成的马路，这一切都使人觉得这是英国肯特郡或萨里郡的某一个商业城市，从地球的那一面钻过来，再出现在这一块中国的土地上了。 Passepartout wandered, with his hands in his pockets, towards the Victoria port, gazing as he went at the curious palanquins and other modes of conveyance, and the groups of Chinese, Japanese, and Europeans who passed to and fro in the streets. Hong Kong seemed to him not unlike Bombay, Calcutta, and Singapore, since, like them, it betrayed everywhere the evidence of English supremacy. 路路通两手插在衣袋里一面走向维多利亚港，一面欣赏着那些在中国还十分流行的轿子和带篷的轿车。成群的中国人、日本人和欧洲人在街上熙熙攘攘非常忙碌。路路通觉得这个城市和他沿途经过的孟买、加尔各答或新加坡等城市差不多没有什么两样。这些地方都好象是环绕着地球排成的一条英国城市的索链。 At the Victoria port he found a confused mass of ships of all nations: English, French, American, and Dutch, men-of-war and trading vessels, Japanese and Chinese junks, sempas, tankas, and flower-boats, which formed so many floating parterres. Passepartout noticed in the crowd a number of the natives who seemed very old and were dressed in yellow. On going into a barber's to get shaved he learned that these ancient men were all at least eighty years old, at which age they are permitted to wear yellow, which is the Imperial colour. Passepartout, without exactly knowing why, thought this very funny. 路路通到了珠江口上的维多利亚港，这里聚集着各国的船只：英国的、法国的、美国的、荷兰的，其中有军舰，有商船，有日本的或是中国的小船，有大帆船、汽艇和舢板，甚至还有“花船”，这些“花船”就象是漂浮在水面上的花坛。路路通在路上还看见一些穿黄色衣服的本地人，这些人年纪都很大。路路通想按中国习惯刮一次脸，就走进了一家中国理发店，他从一位英语讲得相当好的理发师那里才知道刚才看见的那些老人年纪最小的也都在八十岁以上，他们只有到这样高龄，才有权利穿黄衣服，因为黄色是代表皇家的颜色。路路通虽然不了解究竟，不过他觉得这倒挺滑稽。 On reaching the quay where they were to embark on the Carnatic, he was not astonished to find Fix walking up and down. The detective seemed very much disturbed and disappointed. 他刮好了脸就走向卡尔纳蒂克停靠的码头。到了那儿，他看见费克斯正独自在河边上徘徊，这路路通一点也不奇怪。这时，这位侦探脸上露着十分失望的表情。 
“好！”路路通心里说，“这一来对改良俱乐部那些老爷们可就不大妙了！”他对费克斯的烦恼装着完全没有看见的样子，笑嘻嘻地走上去跟他打了招呼。说实在话，一点也不能怪费克斯咒骂他一再碰上的坏运气。还是没有拘票！显然这份拘票还正在他后面追着转寄，要是能在香港再待上几天，就准会收到了。既然香港是这次旅途上最后一个受英国管辖的地方，要是在此地不能逮捕福克，那么这个贼就一定会远走高飞了。 "Well, Monsieur Fix," said Passepartout, "have you decided to go with us so far as America?" “嘿，费克斯先生，您是决定跟我们一同到美洲去了？”路路通问。 "Yes," returned Fix, through his set teeth. “是啊。”费克斯咬着牙说。 "Good!" exclaimed Passepartout, laughing heartily. "I knew you could not persuade yourself to separate from us. Come and engage your berth." “那就快走吧，”路路通一面说着一面哈哈大笑。“我早知道您是不会跟我们分手的。好吧，咱们一齐去订船票吧！” They entered the steamer office and secured cabins for four persons. The clerk, as he gave them the tickets, informed them that, the repairs on the Carnatic having been completed, the steamer would leave that very evening, and not next morning, as had been announced. 他们一同走进了海运售票处，订了四个舱位。这时售票员告诉他们说，卡尔纳蒂克号已经修好了，原来规定明天早晨开船，现在提前了，今天晚上八点钟就开。 
“那好极了，”路路通说，“提早开船对于我的主人更合适，我就去告诉他。”
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