C’est ce qu’il se donna le plaisir d’expliquer fort au long à la duchesse ; il était bien las de sa vie solitaire et désirait passionnément alors retrouver les charmantes soirées qu’il passait entre le comte et sa tante.
So much he gave himself the pleasure of explaining at greath length to the Duchessa; he was thoroughly tired of his solitary life and now felt a passionate desire to return to those charming evenings which he used to pass with the Conte and his aunt.