[KyleGoetz]

Thanks! In this case, the woman has typhus (which, I have learned, was once a 法定伝染病, but recently the law has changed so that this phrase only refers to certain animal diseases), so she is on a second-by-second schedule, competing with time!

Having to deal with not only a new accent, but also older Japanese, has been fun (but vexing).

A couple of attempts on my part:

飲みほうだいだから、１時間でも長く店にいたい。
１２月には司法試験なので、１日でも長く勉強しておき ますよ。