Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below : (4 marks)Q.5 (C) (ii) Aouda’s acceptance of Fogg’s marriage proposal is a pleasant part in the plot of ‘Around the World in Eighty Days.’ Comment.

Answer: It is Aouda who asks Fogg to marry her; his acceptance gives the story a happy, romantic ending and leads directly to the discovery that Fogg has won his wager.

When Fogg returns to London believing he has lost the wager and his fortune, he apologises to Aouda, whom he had saved from sati in India, for bringing her to England and being unable to help her. Aouda, moved by his kindness, offers him her hand and asks if he will marry her. The cold, mechanical Fogg shows real feelings for the first time and says that he loves her. When Passepartout goes to the clergyman to arrange the wedding for the next day, he discovers that it is only Saturday, because they had gained a day by travelling eastward. Fogg rushes to the Reform Club just in time and wins the wager. Thus the proposal brings both love and success.