Enfin il eut le courage d’écouter la raison qui lui criait en vain depuis un mois que toutes les fois que le mérite d’un amant pâlit, cet amant doit voyager.
Finally he had the courage to listen to the voice of reason, which had been crying to him in vain for the last month that, whenever a lover's lustre begins to fade, it is time for that lover to travel.