CHAPTER FIVEAs Ellie-May had forecast her father was ‘over the moon’ when told they had been invited to Sandringham.
At first he, too, thought it was a joke. Then he was as excited as a schoolboy at what lay ahead of them.
He insisted the next morning that Galina and Ellie May went shopping again and bought more new dresses.
“We really have enough that have cost you a lot of money already,” Galina told him.
“Money! What is money?” Mr. Farlow answered. “I want both Ellie-May and you to look your very best and I’ve never yet known a woman refuse a new dress!”
Galina laughed.
“I have not had the opportunity to refuse many, so thank you very much indeed.”
They went to the same shop they had been to before because they knew Ellie-May’s fitting.
The vendeuse found what Galina believed
