“I think it would be best, Pepe, if you showed your father what you can do instead of trying to put it into words,” Eleta suggested.
“Yes, yes, we will take him there as soon as he has finished his coffee. And I want to eat one more petits four before I leave.”
”You can eat as many of them as you like, while Miss Lawson and I finish our coffee.”
Pepe managed to devour two petits fours and then she jumped off her chair saying,
“Now Daddy, we are going to give you a surprise and I have been working very hard to make it for you.”
Eleta realised that the Marquis had not the faintest idea what it could be.
But he was obviously amazed at the change in his daughter and he could not help looking at her as if he was not quite certain that she was real.
They left the dining room and then Pepe
