Chapter 64

• After commenting for a few minutes on how the experience was picking out ladies' clothes at the store, Leo sends the young woman off to sleep so she won't waste her energy praising him for being so good to her. He needs to concentrate on the speech he's giving the next day and wants his space, but the little princess has no intention of lingering on the question that's been on her mind and she's afraid to know the answer.
• -Did you recognize my father? -she wanted to know. Anxious to hear that he wasn't there and that it was just an imagination of hers, a product of stress.
• -Yes, I have seen him,” she said, ”believe me, he is the most pedantic man I have ever seen in my life. I don't know how he does this profession without the children being afraid of the expressions on his face. -He spoke, grimacing in disgust.