Chance, however, appeared really to have abandoned the man it had hitherto served so well. For three hours Phileas Fogg wandered about the docks, with the determination, if necessary, to charter a vessel to carry him to Yokohama; but he could only find vessels which were loading or unloading, and which could not therefore set sail.
Phileas Fogg, durante tres horas, recorrió el puerto en todos los sentidos, decidido, si era menester, a fletar una embarcación para ir a Yokohama; pero no vio más que buques en carga o descarga, y que, por consiguiente, no podían aparejar.