Q.5 (C) Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below : (4 marks)
Q.5 (C) (II) Passepartout’s visit to the clergyman’s house leads to the happy ending of the novel ‘Around The World in Eighty Days.’
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Answer: At the clergyman’s house Passepartout discovered that the next day was Sunday, not Monday — Fogg had gained a day by travelling eastward — so there was still time to win the wager.
Believing he had lost the bet, Fogg agreed to marry Aouda and sent Passepartout to the Reverend Samuel Wilson to fix the wedding for Monday. The clergyman told him that tomorrow was Sunday, so today was Saturday. Passepartout rushed back, and Fogg dashed to the Reform Club, arriving exactly at 8.45 p.m. He won the £20,000 wager and married Aouda, giving the novel its happy ending.
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