# VI explained — Around the World in Eighty Days

> Chapter companion for Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.

## What happens

Detective Fix, waiting at Suez for the steamer Mongolia, discusses the bank robbery with the British consul and prepares to scrutinize passengers. When the Mongolia arrives, Passepartout approaches Fix to ask for the consulate, and Fix realizes the passport description matches the bank robber.

## Themes in this chapter

### Time and Punctuality

Fix repeatedly asks about the Mongolia's punctuality, and the consul confirms the steamer is never behind time, highlighting the theme of precise schedules.

### Justice and Mistaken Identity

Fix, a detective hunting a bank robber, mistakes Phileas Fogg for the criminal based on the passport description, setting up a case of mistaken identity.

## Character check-ins

### Fix

Fix is impatiently waiting at Suez for the Mongolia, discussing the robbery with the consul and scrutinizing passengers.

### Passepartout

Passepartout approaches Fix to ask for the English consulate, showing his master's passport.

## Key lines

> A man rather feels the presence of these fellows, consul, than recognises them. You must have a scent for them, and a scent is like a sixth sense which combines hearing, seeing, and smelling.

Fix claims that detecting criminals is more about intuition than visual recognition, comparing it to a sixth sense.

_Fix expresses his detective philosophy to the consul._

> Great robbers always resemble honest folks. Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise they would be arrested offhand.

Fix argues that skilled criminals look like ordinary honest people, while those with suspicious faces are forced to stay honest to avoid capture.

_Fix explains his belief that appearance is deceptive in criminal detection._

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