It meant that, though she made no conditions as to his return to the French capital, this was what she secretly longed for in the event of marriage; and it robbed him of many an otherwise pleasant hour.

这意味着，虽然她并未提出要回法国首都去的条件，这却是一旦结婚她暗中所渴望的；这剥夺了他许多本该是快乐的时光。