midnight
Be so good as to play , gentlemen . '' In Which Phileas Fogg Astounds Passepartout Having won twenty guineas at whist , and taken leave of his friends , Phileas Fogg , at twenty-five minutes past seven , left the Reform Club . Passepartout , who had conscientiously studied the program of his duties , was more than surprised to see his master guilty of the inexactness of appearing at this unaccustomed hour . According to rule , he was not due in Saville Row until precisely midnight . Mr. Fogg went to his bedroom , and called out , `` Passepartout ! '' Passepartout did not reply . It could not be he who was called .