noon
As for Mr. Fogg , he slumbered as peacefully as if he had been in his serene mansion in Saville Row . The journey was resumed at six in the morning ; the guide hoped to reach Allahabad by evening . In that case , Mr. Fogg would only lose a part of the forty-eight hours saved since the beginning of the tour . Kiouni , resuming his rapid gait , soon descended the lower spurs of the Vindhias , and towards noon they passed by the village of Kallenger , on the Cani , one of the branches of the Ganges . The guide avoided inhabited places , thinking it safer to keep the open country , which lies along the first depressions of the basin of the great river . Allahabad was now only twelve miles to the north-east . They stopped under a clump of bananas , the fruit of which , as healthy as bread and as succulent as cream , was amply partaken of and appreciated .