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.
Entretanto, Picaporte, sentado sobre las primeras ramas de un árbol, estaba rumiando una idea que primeramente había cruzado por su mente como un relámpago, y acabó por incrustarse en su cerebro.