On this very 2nd of October he had dismissed James Forster, because that luckless youth had brought him shaving-water at eighty-four degrees Fahrenheit instead of eighty-six; and he was awaiting his successor, who was due at the house between eleven and half-past.
Aquel mismo día, 2 de octubre, Phileas Fogg había despedido a James Foster, por el enorme delito de haberle llevado el agua para afeitarse a 84 grados Fahrenheit en vez de 85, y esperaba a su sucesor, que debía presentarse entre once y once y media.