Complex sentence: In a renovated French farmhouse about a two-hour drive from Paris, Bernard is hoping to pack his wife, Jacqueline, away to her mother's for the weekend so he can romance his mistress, Suzanne, a Parisian model and actress.
Split into simpler sentences: In a renovated French farmhouse about a two-hour drive from Paris, Bernard is hoping to pack his wife, Jacqueline, away to her mother's for the weekend. In hopes he can romance his mistress, Suzanne, a Parisian model and actress.