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There was no general agreement about Mr. Fogg’s success in the opponents. Discuss.
Solution
The five members of the club who were the opponents of Mr. Fogg were waiting for his arrival on the last day of the wager. While waiting they were discussing about Mr. Fogg’s arrival. Twenty minutes, prior to completion of the wager time, Andrew Stuart, Thomas Flanagan and Ralph started discussing about the last train from Liverpool. Andrew Stuart states that if Fogg had come by the last train, he would have gotten here and that there is only one steamer from New York to London which arrived yesterday and Fogg was not there in that steamer. Samuel Fallentin requests the rest to not be hasty in jumping to conclusions as Mr. Fogg was known to be eccentric and punctual and could appear at the last minute. According to Thomas Flanagan, Mr. Fogg could not have prevented the delays which were certain so he cannot reach the club on time. John Sullivan states that they haven’t received any intelligence from Mr. Fogg, even though there are telegraphic lines all along the route asserting the fact that Mr. Fogg had lost the wager. Gautier Ralph was sure about presenting Mr. Fogg’s cheque at Barings the next day. Thus, all except Mr. Fallentin believed that they have won the bet or else Fogg would have arrived.
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