Around the World in Eighty Days · Character
Elder William Hitch
Mormon missionary encountered by Fogg during the train journey across America.
minor
Also known as Elder Hitch
First appearance: In which Passepartout undergoes, at a speed of twenty miles an hour, a course of Mormon history.
Elder William Hitch shows up with force in IX. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Delivers a passionate lecture on Mormonism on the train, recounting the history of the Latter Day Saints.
Elder William Hitch first appears in 0026 xxvii.
In In which Passepartout undergoes, at a speed of twenty miles an hour, a course of Mormon history.: Delivers a passionate lecture on Mormonism on the train, recounting the history of the Latter Day Saints.
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- Fogg's traveling companions
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See Elder William Hitch in In which Passepartout undergoes, at a speed of twenty miles an hour, a course of Mormon history.