Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days

Chapter 2: In Which Passepartout Is Convinced That He Has at Last Found His Ideal (continued)

Having scrutinised the house from top to bottom, he rubbed his hands, a broad smile overspread his features, and he said joyfully, "This is just what I wanted! Ah, we shall get on together, Mr. Fogg and I! What a domestic and regular gentleman! A real machine; well, I don't mind serving a machine."