At the last moment he persuaded her to let him make her a cup of coffee, in a portable apparatus he kept in his room for use on rising to go to his work every day before the household was astir.

在最后一刻，他说服她让他给她泡一杯咖啡，用他放在房间里的便携式设备，每天在家里起床去上班之前使用。