On Wednesday, October 2, 1872, the precise and methodical Phileas Fogg wagers twenty thousand pounds at the Reform Club in London that he can circumnavigate the globe in exactly eighty days — a sum representing half his fortune. He leaves his club at 8:45 PM and collects his new manservant Passepartout from their Baker Street flat. At 8:45 PM they board the train for Dover. Fogg has not packed luggage. He expects to buy whatever he needs along the way.