Around the World in Eighty Days · Character

Sir Francis Cromarty

A seasoned British brigadier-general returning from India, who shares Fogg's railway carriage and studies him with amused, skeptical fascination.

supporting

Also known as Sir Francis

First appearance: IX

As a supporting figure in Around the World in Eighty Days, Sir Francis Cromarty is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Travels with Fogg and Passepartout, warns about the pagoda incident, and is furious at the railway's incomplete state.

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Sir Francis, tanned from years in the East and deeply familiar with Indian customs, becomes Fogg's occasional card partner and reluctant travel companion across the subcontinent. He finds Fogg the most eccentric man he has ever met — a cold product of the exact sciences who seems to traverse the globe like a body obeying rational mechanics. He matters because his worldly commentary frames the Indian episodes, and his baffled humanity sharpens the reader's sense of just how strange Fogg's enterprise truly is.

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Fogg's traveling companions
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Phileas Fogg
friendship · positive
Sir Francis Cromarty travels with Fogg through India and becomes a respectful companion… How this plays out →
Passepartout
friendship · positive
Fix
social · ambivalent
Captain Speedy
social · ambivalent
Phileas Fogg
friendship · positive
Sir Francis Cromarty travels with Fogg through India and becomes a respectful companion… How this plays out →
Fix
social · ambivalent
Phileas Fogg
friendship · positive
Sir Francis Cromarty travels with Fogg through India and becomes a respectful companion… How this plays out →
Captain Speedy
social · ambivalent
Passepartout
friendship · positive
Fix
social · ambivalent

Phileas Fogg
Sir Francis Cromarty travels with Fogg through India and becomes a respectful companion and ally during the journey.
Passepartout
Passepartout and Sir Francis Cromarty share cordial interactions as fellow travelers, with mutual respect and occasional camaraderie.
Fix
Fix interacts with Sir Francis Cromarty as a fellow traveler, though their relationship is superficial and tinged with Fix's hidden agenda.
Captain Speedy
Captain Speedy and Sir Francis Cromarty have brief, professional interactions as ship captain and passenger.
Phileas Fogg
Sir Francis Cromarty travels with Fogg through India and becomes a respectful companion and ally during the journey.
Fix
Fix interacts with Sir Francis Cromarty as a fellow traveler, though their relationship is superficial and tinged with Fix's hidden agenda.
Phileas Fogg
Sir Francis Cromarty travels with Fogg through India and becomes a respectful companion and ally during the journey.
Captain Speedy
Captain Speedy and Sir Francis Cromarty have brief, professional interactions as ship captain and passenger.
Passepartout
Passepartout and Sir Francis Cromarty share cordial interactions as fellow travelers, with mutual respect and occasional camaraderie.
Fix
Fix interacts with Sir Francis Cromarty as a fellow traveler, though their relationship is superficial and tinged with Fix's hidden agenda.

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IX
Not present in this chapter.
In which Phileas Fogg secures a curious means of conveyance at a fabulous price
Travels with Fogg and Passepartout, warns about the pagoda incident, and is furious at the railway's incomplete state. He accepts Fogg's offer to ride the elephant to Allahabad.
In which Phileas Fogg and his companions venture across the indian forests, and what ensued.
Travels in the howdah; explains the sati ritual to Fogg; sleeps heavily.
In which Passepartout receives a new proof that fortune favors the brave
Enthusiastic ally in the rescue, provides moral support and practical advice.
In which Phileas Fogg descends the whole length of the beautiful valley of the Ganges without ever thinking of seeing it.
Narrates the rescue to Aouda, reassures the party about her condition, and departs at Benares to rejoin his troops.

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