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When the folly as well as the uselessness of the adventure was pointed out to him , he contented himself with replying , `` If the thing is feasible , the first to do it ought to be an Englishman . '' The Fogg party dwindled more and more . Everybody was going against him , and the bets stood a hundred and fifty and two hundred to one ; and a week after his departure an incident occurred which deprived him of backers at any price . The commissioner of police was sitting in his office at nine o'clock one evening , when the following telegraphic despatch was put into his hands : Suez to London ROWAN , COMMISSIONER OF POLICE , SCOTLAND YARD : I 've found the bank robber , Phileas Fogg . Send without delay warrant of arrest to Bombay . FIX , Detective The effect of this despatch was instantaneous . The polished gentleman disappeared to give place to the bank robber .