Meanwhile Passepartout , who had perched himself on the lower branches of a tree , was resolving an idea which had at first struck him like a flash , and which was now firmly lodged in his brain .
Тем временем Паспарту, усевшись на нижние ветки дерева, решал мысль, которая сначала поразила его как молния, а теперь прочно засела в его мозгу.
