nine o'clock
This noble lord , who was fastened to his chair , would have given his fortune to be able to make the tour of the world , if it took ten years ; and he bet five thousand pounds on Phileas Fogg . 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 dispatch was put into his hands : Suez to London . Rowan , Commissioner of Police , Scotland Yard : I 've found the bank robber , Phileas Fogg . Send with out delay warrant of arrest to Bombay . Fix , Detective .