Who interrupted the whist game? What interrupted the duel? How did Passepartout manage to stop the train?

Colonel Proctor interrupted the whist game.

Once, having resolved on a bold stroke, he was on the point of playing a spade, when a voice behind him said, "I should play a diamond."

Mr. Fogg, Aouda, and Fix raised their heads, and beheld Colonel Proctor.

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