eleven o'clock
Passe-partout , wishing above all things to respect his master , remonstrated in a respectful manner ; but as his expostulations were so ill received , he took his leave . It was at that time that he heard Phileas Fogg was in search of a servant , and he presented himself for the situation . A gentleman whose life was so regular , who never stayed away from home , who never travelled , who never was absent even for a day , was the very master for him , so he presented himself and was engaged , as we have seen . Thus it came to pass that at half-past eleven o'clock , Passe-partout found himself alone in the house in Saville Row . He immediately commenced to look about him , and search the house from cellar to garret . This well-arranged , severe , almost puritanical house pleased him very much . It appeared to him like the pretty shell of a snail ; but a snail 's shell lighted and warmed with gas would serve for both those purposes .