He arrived between eight and nine o'clock in the morning, smoked, stretched himself on the divan, and awaited noon, delighted that it was morning, and that he had many hours of daylight before him.
Il arrivait entre huit et neuf heures, fumait, se couchait sur le divan, attendait midi, heureux d'être au matin et d'avoir encore devant lui de longues heures de jour.