IN WHICH FIX DOES NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND IN THE LEAST WHAT IS SAID TO HIM.
TheRangoon'-one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's boats plying in the Chinese and Japanese seas-was a screw steamer，built of iron，weighing about seventeen hundred and seventy tons，and with engines of four hundred horse-power.She was as fast，but not as well fitted up，as theMongolia'，and Aouda was not as comfortably provided for on board of her as Phileas Fogg could have wished.However，the trip from Calcutta to Hong Kong only comprised some three thousand five hundred miles，occupying from ten to twelve days，and the young woman was not difficult to please.
During the first days of the journey Aouda became better acquainted with her protector，and constantly gave evidence of her deep gratitude for what he had done.The phlegmatic gentleman listened to her，apparently at least，with coldness，neither his voice nor his manner betraying the slightest emotion；but he seemed to be always on the watch that nothing should be wanting to Aouda's comfort.He visited her regularly each day at certain hours，not so much to talk himself as to sit and hear her talk.He treated her with the strictest politeness，but with the precision of an automaton，the movements of which had been arranged for this purpose.Aouda did not quite know what to make of him，though Passepartout had given her some hints of his master's eccentricity，and made her smile by telling her of the wager which was sending him round the world.After all，she owed Phileas Fogg her life，and she always regarded him through the exalting medium of her gratitude.