It was decided that Planchet should set out the next day, at eight o’clock in the morning, in order, as he had said, that he might during the night learn the letter by heart.
Il fut décidé que Planchet partirait le lendemain à huit heures du matin, afin, comme il l'avait dit, qu'il pût, pendant la nuit, apprendre la lettre par coeur.