Английский с Г. К. Честертоном. Рассказы об отце Брауне

“Oh, splendid (о, великолепно),” cried Ruby. “Oh, I wish you’d do it to this company (вот было бы здорово, если бы вы повторили: «сделали» это в нашей компании; to wish – желать; хотеть).”

 Crook looked at him with an eye of interest and even respect. “Does one want to own soot?” he asked.

“One might,” answered Brown, with speculation in his eye. “I’ve heard that gardeners use it. And I once made six children happy at Christmas when the conjuror didn’t come, entirely with soot – applied externally.”

“Oh, splendid,” cried Ruby. “Oh, I wish you’d do it to this company.”