`That was because they had intoxicated her with fumes of hemp and opium.'

`But where are they taking her?'

To the pagoda of Pillaji, two miles from here; she will pass the night there.'

`And the sacrifice will take place--'

`To-morrow, at the first light of dawn.'

The guide now led the elephant out of the thicket, and leaped upon his neck. Just at the moment that he was about to urge Kiouni forward with a peculiar whistle, Mr Fogg stopped him, and, turning to Sir Francis Cromarty, said, `Suppose we save this woman.'

`Save the woman, Mr Fogg!'

`I have yet twelve hours to spare; I can devote them to that.'

`Why, you are a man of heart!'

`Sometimes,' replied Phileas Fogg, quietly; `when I have the time.'


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