The policeman was a representative of the law, and law is sacred to an Englishman. Passepartout tried to reason about the matter, but the policeman tapped him with his stick, and Mr. Fogg made him a signal to obey.
El agente era un representante de la ley, y para todo inglés, la ley es sagrada, Picaporte, con sus hábitos franceses, quiso hacer observaciones, pero el agente le tocó con su varilla, y Phileas Fogg le hizo seña de obedecer.