Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below : (4 marks)Q.5 (C) (I) Passepartout blamed himself for his master’s misfortune in ‘Around the World in Eighty Days.’ Give reasons. (2)

Answer: Passepartout felt guilty because he had kept Fix’s identity and plans secret from Mr. Fogg, and earlier his carelessness in Hong Kong had already caused Fogg to miss the ship.

Passepartout knew that Fix was a detective who suspected Mr. Fogg of the Bank of England robbery and was trying to delay him, but he never told his master. In Hong Kong, Fix made him drunk and drugged him with opium, so he failed to inform Fogg that the Carnatic was leaving early. When Fix finally arrested Fogg in Liverpool and he lost precious hours, Passepartout blamed himself bitterly, feeling that if he had warned his master earlier, this misfortune could have been avoided.