And a brigadier-general of the English army, who was about to rejoin his brigade at Benares, made up the party, and, with Mr Fogg, played whist by the hour together in absorbing silence.

• 一位是往果阿上任的收税官，一位是回孟买去的传教士德西姆斯?斯密史，另一位是回贝拿勒斯防地去的英国部队的旅长。这三位旅客玩“惠司脱”的瘾头跟福克可算是半斤八两，这四个人一天到晚就是打牌。