1. Phileas Fogg was a polished Englishman and one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club. He lived at No. 7, Saville Row, in Burlington Gardens in 1872.
2. His routine included reading newspapers, playing whist, breakfasting and dining at the club in the same room and at the same table, returning home at exactly midnight to retire to bed, and leaving Saville Row at half-past eleven every day to go to the Reform Club.
3. The newcomer’s name was Jean Passepartout. He came because he had been hired as Mr. Fogg’s new servant.
4. Phileas Fogg said to Passepartout: “Passepartout suits me,” and “Now from this moment, twenty-nine minutes after eleven, a.m., this Wednesday, 2nd October, you are in my service.”
5. Jean Passepartout remained alone in the house in Saville Row because Mr. Fogg left immediately after hiring him, going out to the Reform Club.
6. Phileas Fogg appears to be a very precise, orderly, and solitary man who values routine and punctuality above all else. He is polite but reserved, and his life seems highly structured and predictable.
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