Phileas Fogg and Fix were roughly hustled in their attempts to protect their fair companion; the former, as cool as ever, tried to defend himself with the weapons which nature has placed at the end of every Englishman's arm, but in vain.
Mister Fogg, no menos flemático que de costumbre, quiso defender con esas armas naturales que la naturaleza ha puesto en el extremo de los brazos de todo inglés, pero inutil mente.