Around the World in 80 Days Page #2

with little wheels on them.

It's the shoes

with little wheels on them.

Clear the way. Clear the way.

Mr. Fogg coming through.

Watch out! Watch out!

Excuse me. Out of way.

- Gangway.

- Fogg's arrived.

- Gangway. Ooh!

- Hey!

That makes it exactly

ten minutes before noon.

That will be all.

Gentlemen.

Today I have proved that man

can break the 50-mile-per-hour

speed barrier

without disrupting

his internal organs.

Where is your Royal Academy

of Science authorization?

What am I thinking? What a fool.

That would mean that you

were a real scientist!

By your definition,

a real scientist's objective

would be to prevent man from progress.

We live in a golden age, Fogg.

Everything worth discovering

has been discovered.

Yet ridiculous dreamers

like you insist

on a past filled with dinosaurs...

and evolution.

And on a future filled

with motorized vehicles,

radio waves,

and flying machines!

Confound it! The bloody

Bank of England is a madhouse!

Rumor has it the bloke's a foreigner.

An Asian chap.

Rumor has it the bloke's a foreigner.

Nothing.

Yes, I heard it was a Chinese fellow,

and he acted alone.

No. Actually,

they say he was Norwegian.

In fact, though, it was a gang

of elderly Norwegians.

I heard it from a very reliable source

that it was a gang

of redheaded elderly Norwegians

with very tiny feet.

It's about time

someone robbed that bank.

Like this very institution,

the Bank of England is outdated.

As usual, your contempt

for tradition is appalling.

You rest on your traditions,

if you prefer,

but, as with this bank robber,

progress waits for no one.

So now you're an expert

on the bank thief as well.

Give us the benefit

of your ineffable wisdom, Fogg.

Twenty-six minutes ago,

a ship left Dover for Paris.

From there, the thief

takes the Orient Express,

where he transfers to a steamer,

from Istanbul to India.

In little over a month,

that man could be in China.

If we're to believe Fogg's calculations,

he will have circled the globe

and returned to England in a fortnight.

Actually, by my calculations, it would

be closer to, uh, exactly 80 days.

Outstanding idea.

Well, then, Fogg,

let's see you circumnavigate the world

in 80 days.

I... That would be

a fruitless use of my time.

I'm on the verge of numerous...

countless... scientific breakthroughs.

You coward. Admit it.

It cannot be done.

It can! I could do it.

A wager.

10,000.

Unlike you and your colleagues,

money does not inspire me.

I believe every man has his price.

Even you, o noble Phileas Fogg.

There must be something I could offer

that would be worthy of your time.

There is. Your position as head

of the Royal Academy.

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