Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below : (4 marks)Q.5 (C) (ii) Give the reasons for apologies made by Detective Fix in ‘Around the World in Eighty Days.’ (2)

Answer: Fix apologised because he had wrongly arrested Phileas Fogg in Liverpool, mistaking him for the bank robber; the real thief had been arrested three days earlier.

Detective Fix followed Fogg round the world believing him to be the man who robbed the Bank of England, because Fogg resembled the description of the thief. As soon as Fogg landed in Liverpool, Fix arrested him, which made Fogg miss his train and seemingly lose the wager. When Fix learnt that the real robber, James Strand, had already been caught, he rushed to Fogg and apologised for the ‘unfortunate resemblance’ and his mistake. Fogg answered by knocking him down.