The maltster being rather short of breath , Mr . Coggan , after absently scrutinising a coal which had fallen among the ashes , took up the narrative , with a private twirl of his eye : —
У солодовника перехватило дыхание, и мистер Когган, рассеянно оглядев уголь, упавший среди пепла, продолжил рассказ, незаметно покрутив глазами:
