That helps.

I wish I had a vicious horse to break.

I wish there was rough water where canoes ought not to go!" she exclaimed fiercely.

"I need something of that sort." "You drove Scott's Blue Racer yesterday so fast that Felix came to me about it," said Kathleen gently.
Geraldine laughed.

"It couldn't go fast enough, dear; that was the only trouble." Then, serious and wistful: "If I could only have Duane....
Don't be alarmed; I can't--yet.