Trop prolongée, cette volupté d’attendre Eulalie tournait en supplice, ma tante ne cessait de regarder l’heure, bâillait, se sentait des faiblesses. Le coup de sonnette d’Eulalie, s’il arrivait tout à la fin de la journée, quand elle ne l’espérait plus, la faisait presque se trouver mal. →
For, if unduly prolonged, the rapture of waiting for Eulalie became a torture, and my aunt would never cease from looking at the time, and yawning, and complaining of each of her symptoms in turn. Eulalie's ring, if it sounded from the front door at the very end of the day, when she was no longer expecting it, would almost make her ill.