I looked at Monsieur Fogg

>) ... and I could contain myself no longer.
2) ... but I said nothing

... and I could contain myself no longer.
'What is the purpose of our journey, Monsieur?'
'A wager,' he replied.

>) 'A wager!'
2) 'Ah.'

'A wager!' I returned.
He nodded.

>) 'But surely that is foolishness!'
2) 'A most serious matter then!'

'But surely that is foolishness!'
He nodded again.

1) 'But can we win?'
2) 'A modest wager, I trust?'
>) I asked nothing further of him then.

I asked nothing further of him then, and after a final, polite cough, he offered nothing more to me. After that, we passed the day in silence.