De sorte que ce bonsoir que j’aimais tant, j’en arrivais à souhaiter qu’il vînt le plus tard possible, à ce que se prolongeât le temps de répit où maman n’était pas encore venue. →
So much did I love that good night that I reached the stage of hoping that it would come as late as possible, so as to prolong the time of respite during which Mamma would not yet have appeared.