forty-seven minutes after twelve
In which a Conversation arises which is likely to cost Phileas Fogg dear . Phileas Fogg left home at half-past eleven , and having placed his right foot before his left exactly five hundred and seventy-five times , and his left foot before his right five hundred and seventy-six times , he arrived at the Reform Club in Pall Mall , and immediately went up to the dining-room and took his place at his usual table , where his breakfast awaited him . The meal was composed of one `` side-dish , '' a delicious little bit of boiled fish , a slice of underdone roast beef with mushrooms , a rhubarb and gooseberry tart , and some Cheshire cheese ; the whole washed down with several cups of excellent tea , for which the Reform Club is celebrated . At forty-seven minutes after twelve he rose from table and went into the drawing-room ; there the servant handed him an uncut copy of _ The Times _ , which Phileas Fogg folded and cut with a dexterity which denoted a practised hand . The perusal of this journal occupied him till a quarter to four , and then _ The Standard _ sufficed till dinner-time . This repast was eaten under the same conditions as his breakfast , and at twenty minutes to six he returned to the saloon and read _ The Morning Chronicle _ . About half an hour later , several of Mr. Fogg 's friends entered the room and collected round the fireplace .