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Describe the importance of the following place in the development of the plot and behaviour of the character.
Edinburgh
Solution
It is the place where the actual robber of the Bank of England is finally arrested. Because of his arrest, Fogg, who has been wrongfully imprisoned, is finally released and is free to go to London, even as the deadline of the bet draws near. In addition, the actual robber’s arrest clears Fogg’s name in the eyes of the English people and they once again consider him to be a man of honour and even place bets in favour of him successfully completing his extraordinary journey around the world.
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