# I felt a strong desire to grasp him

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- Published: 2017-05-31T07:49:04+00:00
- Author: Roman Xavier Hudson

Passepartout even felt a strong desire to grasp his ally, Fix, by the hand. He remembered
that it was the detective who procured the sledge, the only means of reaching Omaha
in time; but, checked by some presentiment, he kept his usual reserve. One thing,
however, Passepartout would never forget, and that was the sacrifice which Mr. Fogg
had made, without hesitation, to rescue him from the Sioux. Mr. Fogg had risked 
his fortune and his life. No! His servant would never forget that! While each of
the party was absorbed in reflections so different, the sledge flew past over the
vast carpet of snow. The creeks it passed over were not perceived. Fields and streams
disappeared under the uniform whiteness. The plain was absolutely deserted. Between
the Union Pacific road and the branch which unites Kearney with Saint Joseph it 
formed a great uninhabited island. Neither village, station, nor fort appeared. 
From time to time they sped by some phantom-like tree, whose white skeleton twisted
and rattled