International Towers

Yekuchumana

Indlela adventure yaphela izobonwa anon. Aouda wayekukhathalela, Nokho akazange athi vu. Kepha Passepartout, he thought Mr. Fogg’s manoeuvre simply glorious. The captain had said “between eleven and twelve knots,” and the Henrietta confirmed his prediction.

Uma, ke-ngokuba kwakukhona "Ukube Nje" namanje-kolwandle akazange ahlokome kakhulu, uma umoya akazange veer round kuya empumalanga, uma kungekho ngozi yenzeke esikebheni noma imishini yayo, the Henrietta might cross the three thousand miles from New York to Liverpool in the nine days, phakathi 12 futhi 21 Disemba. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi, kanye kufika, nendaba abagibele Henrietta, ungeze ku ukuthi we Bank of England, might create more difficulties for Mr. Fogg than he imagined or could desire.

During the first days, they went along smoothly enough. The sea was not very unpropitious, the wind seemed stationary in the north-east, the sails were hoisted, and the Henrietta ploughed across the waves like a real trans-Atlantic steamer.