Phileas Fogg loses precious time and returns to London believing he has failed. With his fortune gone and the wager lost, all hope appears extinguished. But in a breathtaking twist, Fogg discovers that not only can he still win—but that the true reward of his journey may be something far more lasting than a wager.

PART FOUR CONTENTS

• Chapter 32: In which Phileas Fogg engages in a direct struggle with bad fortune

• Chapter 33: In which Phileas Fogg shows himself equal to the occasion

• Chapter 34: In which Phileas Fogg at last reaches London

• Chapter 35: In which Phileas Fogg does not have to repeat his orders to Passepartout twice

• Chapter 36: In which Phileas Fogg’s name is once more at a premium on ’Change’

• Chapter 37: In which it is shown that Phileas Fogg gained nothing by his tour around the world, except happiness

With the steamer to Liverpool gone and the clock nearly run out, Phileas Fogg stands at the edge of failure.

The ocean lies between him and victory — and for the first time, the calm, unshakable gentleman is forced to wrestle with the crushing weight of defeat. But Fogg is not ready to surrender.

In the bustling port of New York, where ships are scarce and time is scarcer, he makes a desperate move — offering a fortune to secure any vessel that can take him across the Atlantic.

The Henrietta is small, underpowered, and bound for Bordeaux. But Fogg has other plans. With a stubborn crew, a hesitant captain, and time slipping through his fingers, he sets sail into stormy waters — not just across the sea, but against the very force of bad fortune itself.

This is no longer a gentleman’s wager. This is a fight. And Fogg, for the first time, is willing to risk everything.

PAINT A STORMY OCEAN SCENE

As Phileas Fogg sets sail across the Atlantic, the skies darken and the waves rise. In this activity, you’ll capture that same sense of drama by painting a stormy ocean scene. Use bold brushstrokes, deep blues, crashing waves, and turbulent skies to reflect the tension of Fogg’s battle against time. Let your imagination ride the wind as you paint the wild heart of the Atlantic.

The Henrietta surges through the Atlantic, off course and off schedule — but Phileas Fogg is no longer bound by timetables alone. With every mile of gray sea between him and England, he takes full command of the situation.

The captain refuses to abandon his route to Bordeaux… so Fogg takes command of the ship and purchases it from under him.

Now, under Fogg’s control, the Henrietta changes course for Liverpool. But there’s a new obstacle: coal.

The ship doesn’t have enough to make the journey.

Calmly, without hesitation, Fogg orders the crew to feed the ship itself into the fire — the spars, the furniture, the very bones of the vessel sacrificed for speed.

With wind and fire behind him, Fogg pushes forward, a man transformed — no longer the quiet gentleman of the Reform Club, but a fierce leader chasing the last hope of victory. Every plank that burns brings him closer to the finish… or to ruin.

This is not just a journey anymore — it’s a final stand against failure. And Phileas Fogg is done waiting for luck.

Now, he’s making his own.

ARREST WARRANT FOR PHILEAS FOGG

Creating an arrest warrant brings us into Fix’s mindset and highlights the dramatic irony. Just as victory is in sight, a single piece of paper—based on a false assumption—derails everything. It gives students a tactile, visual way to engage with the story’s turning point and invites deeper understanding of how character, law, and story tension collide at the finish line of Fogg’s journey.

The journey is nearly complete. The Atlantic has been crossed, the engines run cold, and Phileas Fogg sets foot once more on English soil.

From Liverpool to London, it’s a final sprint against time — and Fogg spares no expense to make up for the seconds lost at sea. But Detective Fix, relentless in his pursuit, finally acts.

Just miles from victory, Fogg is arrested.

Dragged into a police station, Fogg can only watch the minutes slip away — the last minutes of his wager, the last minutes of a plan that began with precision and ends in handcuffs.

Released too late to reclaim the lost time, he arrives in London defeated. The city is the same, but everything has changed.

What began as a bold gamble now feels like a tragedy. Fogg has returned… but not in time. Or so it seems.

VICTORIAN SPONGE CAKE

Phileas Fogg finally arrives back in London—but it’s 8:45 PM, five minutes past his deadline. He has completed the journey but technically lost the wager. This cake serves as a symbolic and bittersweet tribute to that moment—a beautiful, classic English dessert marked with the words “Too Late” in icing. It’s both a celebration of perseverance and a nod to the heartbreaking twist.

The world has been circled. The oceans crossed. The mountains climbed. But none of it mattered. Phileas Fogg returned to London believing he had lost everything — the wager, the glory, and the purpose that carried him around the globe.

Inside his quiet home on Savile Row, the gaslights still burn from the day he left. Passepartout, crushed by guilt, expects reproach.

But Fogg is calm. Not angry. Not broken. Just… finished. The house is silent, the journey over.

Then, Aouda speaks.

What begins as a simple expression of gratitude turns into something else — something unexpected. In her soft words, Fogg finds what the world could not give him: love. Aouda proposes not escape or consolation, but a future together.

And with the same quiet decisiveness that once sent him around the world, Phileas Fogg gives Passepartout a new order — one that will change everything.

AUODA’S JOURNAL ENTRY

Writing a fictional journal entry from Aouda’s perspective invites us to explore themes of love, loyalty, and the Fogg’s quiet strength that ultimately wins her heart. It highlights how true courage is often quiet and how love can arise not from triumph, but from shared suffering and sacrifice. Fogg believes he has failed, but in Aouda’s eyes, he has become more than victorious.

For twenty-four hours, Phileas Fogg has lived in silence. The world believes he failed. His fortune is gone. His reputation vanished. The gentleman who wagered everything has become a quiet shadow in his own home.

But then, in the quiet of the morning, a single, staggering truth shatters the stillness.

Passepartout bursts in with the news: they had miscalculated the date. By crossing the International Date Line, Fogg gained a day — and there is still time. One day. One chance.

The race is not over.

What follows is a final, desperate sprint through the streets of London. No delays. No second guesses. Every moment counts. As the Reform Club waits, unaware of the storm rushing toward them, Fogg closes the last gap between failure and triumph.

The world holds its breath — because Fogg isn’t finished yet.

VICTORIAN ‘CHAMPAGNE’ PUNCH

Phileas Fogg arrives just in time, wins the wager, and instantly becomes a sensation. His name is back “at a premium on ‘Change,” meaning his reputation has skyrocketed. What better way to celebrate this moment of triumph than with a sparkling, fruit-filled Victorian-style “champagne” punch? This non-alcoholic version captures the elegance and cheer of a 19th-century toast.

The clock has stopped. The wager has been won. Phileas Fogg has done the impossible — circled the globe in eighty days, down to the final second. The newspapers explode with his name. Fortune and fame return in full.

But in the quiet aftermath, as the excitement fades and the gaslights dim, a deeper truth emerges.

Fogg set out to prove a point, to master time with precision and will. But somewhere between Bombay and Yokohama, across oceans and continents, he found something else.

In Aouda’s eyes, in Passepartout’s loyalty, in every impossible moment that required courage instead of calculation — he discovered joy. He traveled the world for a wager. But he returned with something far more valuable.

In the end, he gained nothing. Unless it were happiness. And for Phileas Fogg, that is more than enough.

BOOK CLUB “MOBILE” DECORATION

Fogg’s globe-spanning quest ends not with riches or glory, but with something more enduring—happiness, love, and self-discovery. This mobile is a symbolic craft project featuring key objects from his journey—each representing a place, challenge, or moment of transformation. Hanging together in balance, the mobile reflects how Fogg’s travels led to a greater reward.