On day 28 of the journey, Philleas Fogg, Passepartout, and Amanda Fix are in a small village in India seeking a guide who can help get them to their next destination.
The leader of the village says no, the entire village is attending a wedding the next day and no guide is available. Fogg is unable to cajole or convince her in any way.
When the British Army enters the town and arrests the would be groom for desertion, everyone's plans go awry.
To my disappointment, Passepartout, disgusted with Fogg's demanding, careless ways, puts the drug he was given into Fogg's tea. It's supposed to make him sleep for a week so he can't make his connections and thus he'll lose his bet.
Instead, Fogg becomes comically affected by the drug, running through the town singing, and having a deep philosophical conversation with a cow. Dragged home by Fix and Passepartout, he begins to show signs of distress. The town leader asks about what was put in his tea, and is able to create an antidote.
While dazed, Fogg mistakes Abigail for his lost love, who abandoned him at some point and went traveling the world without him. She turns out to be the one who has been sending him postcards from all over the world with the word Coward on them.
Given this new information about Fogg, both Fix and Passepartout are now completely behind Fogg's journey, which they see is being done to prove he is not in fact a coward or a bored rich man with a bet to make good.
There's a scene where Fogg speaks for the young deserter and his bravery for doing anything necessary to stay with his love that is quite powerful.
He saves the day once more, and the young couple have their wedding as the companions head to their train connection.
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