Sir Francis Cromarty had observed the oddity of his travelling companion--although the only opportunity he had for studying him had been while he was dealing the cards, and between two rubbers--and questioned himself whether a human heart really beat beneath this cold exterior, and whether Phileas Fogg had any sense of the beauties of nature.
No había dejado sir Francis Cromarty de reconocer la originalidad de su compañero de viaje, bien que no lo hubiera estudiado sino con los naipes en la mano. Tenía, pues, fundamento para indagar si el corazón humano que latía bajo aquella corteza, si Phileas Fogg, poseía un alma sensible a las bellezas de la naturaleza y a las aspiraciones morales.