a quarter to nine in the evening
The members of the Reform Club passed those three days in great discomfort . Would Phileas Fogg , whom they had forgotten , return ? Where was he on that 17th of December , which was the seventy-sixth day after his departure , and they had had no news of him ? Had he given in , and renounced the struggle , or was he continuing the journey at a more reasonable rate , and would he appear on Saturday , the 21st of December , at a quarter to nine in the evening , as agreed upon ? We can not depict the intense agitation which moved all classes of society during those three days . Telegrams were sent to America and Asia for news of Mr. Fogg , and people were sent , morning and night , to Saville Row ; but there was no news . Even the police did not know what had become of Fix .