Wednesday, October 9th, 11 AM, 1872:

Today we arrived in Suez on the Mongolia. Passepartout has gone to get Mr. Fogg's passport visaed. I watch him now from my position near Phileas on the deck go through the crowd to a man watching the passengers decend from the ship.They are talking now; Passepartout shrugs his shoulders and returns. He says Mr. Fogg must go to the consul himself! I fear this won't go well...