And he began thinking how nice it would be in late autumn to go abroad somewhere to the South of France… to Italy… to India!于是他开始构想在深秋出国,到法 国南部,去意大利,或者印度,是 何等惬意的事情!（给个例子,帮助理解）你的意思是very late 修饰the night吗，那before怎么办，总觉说不通这是个病句，he has stayed very late the night before。