seven in the morning
The party crossed the Hudson in the Jersey City ferryboat , and drove in a carriage to the St. Nicholas Hotel on Broadway . Rooms were engaged and the night passed , briefly to Phileas Fogg , who slept profoundly , but very long to Aouda and the others , whose agitation did not permit them to rest . The next day was the 12th of December . From seven in the morning of the 12th to a quarter before nine in the evening of the 21st there were nine days , thirteen hours , and forty-five minutes . If Phileas Fogg had left in the China , one of the fastest steamers on the Atlantic , he would have reached Liverpool , and then London , within the period agreed upon . Mr. Fogg left the hotel alone , after giving Passepartout instructions to await his return , and inform Aouda to be ready at an instant 's notice . He proceeded to the banks of the Hudson , and looked about among the vessels moored or anchored in the river , for any that were about to depart .