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Quotation from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
“Passepartout, a surname which has clung to me because I have a natural aptness for going out of one business into another.”
Around the World in Eighty Days, Hiring, trans. George Makepeace Towle
Explains his surname and adaptability.
Citation: "Passepartout, a surname which has clung to me because I have a natural aptness for going out of one business into another." — Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days, Hiring, trans. George Makepeace Towle. (id around-the-world-in-eighty-days-q2)
Portrait: Verne Tour du Monde, Jean Engel / Jules Verne, Public domain.
