Around the World in Eighty Days · Character

Gauthier Ralph

Engineer and fellow Reform Club member who participates in the wager discussion.

minor

Also known as Ralph

First appearance: In which a conversation takes place which seems likely to cost Phileas Fogg dear

Gauthier Ralph shows up with force in In which a conversation takes place which seems likely to cost Phileas Fogg dear. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Discusses the bank robbery and supports the idea that the world has grown smaller.

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Gauthier Ralph first appears in 0002 iii.

In In which a conversation takes place which seems likely to cost Phileas Fogg dear: Discusses the bank robbery and supports the idea that the world has grown smaller.

Later, in IV: Politely tells Fogg that examining his passport upon return will be unnecessary, trusting his word.

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In which a conversation takes place which seems likely to cost Phileas Fogg dear
Discusses the bank robbery and supports the idea that the world has grown smaller.
IV
Politely tells Fogg that examining his passport upon return will be unnecessary, trusting his word.
IX
Not present in this chapter.
In which Phileas Fogg’s name is once more at a premium on ’Change.
Director of the Bank of England, present at the club waiting for Fogg.

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