Sir Francis Cromarty took Mr. Fogg aside, and begged him to reflect before he went any further; to which that gentleman replied that he was not in the habit of acting rashly, that a bet of twenty thousand pounds was at stake, that the elephant was absolutely necessary to him, and that he would secure him if he had to pay twenty times his value.
Sir Francis Cromarty llevó a mister Fogg aparte y le recomendó que reflexionase antes de excederse Phileas Fogg respondió a su compañero que no tenía costumbre de obrar sin reflexión, que se trataba, en fin de cuentas, de una apuesta de veinte mil libras, que ese elefante le era necesario, y que aun pagándolo veinte veces más de lo que valía, lo poseería.