103. She Wanted Love by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-78213-370-4
Publisher: M-Y Books
Published: 2013-06-09T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Eleta slept peacefully in the large canopied bed that reminded her of her own home.

She now felt more at ease than she had been since coming home from Paris.

Apparently Pepe slept very well too and they met for breakfast in the boudoir.

Eleta thought that it was a child’s breakfast rather than a grown-up’s.

As they finished, Pepe asked,

“Are we going riding?”

She had on her riding habit and so had Eleta, but for the moment Eleta paused before she replied,

“We have one thing to do first and I do want you to come with me and help me. We are going to see the cook.”

“The cook!” Pepe exclaimed. “I am not allowed in the kitchen.”

“You will be allowed if you are with me. I am sure you agree that we need more exciting food than this.”

She did not wait for an answer, but walked towards the door and Pepe came running after her.

They went down the stairs and, when they reached the hall, Eleta said to the nearest footman,

“I want to see the cook. Will you find out if she is available?”

He looked at her in surprise and replied,

“She’s a he!”

“A man?” Eleta questioned.

“Yes, his name is Monsieur Téyson.”

Eleta’s eyes lit up, but she said nothing. She just took hold of Pepe’s hand and followed the footman.

They passed the pantry and she had a brief glimpse of the safe and then there was a door that obviously led into the kitchen.

“Here you are,” the footman said. “I expects you’ll find him there all right.”

She walked into the kitchen and saw an elderly man working at the large table in the centre and one look told her that he was a Frenchman.

She therefore began,

“Bonjour, monsieur.”

The chef looked up in surprise and answered,

“Bonjour, mademoiselle.”

Then, looking at Pepe, he said,

“Good morning, my Lady.”

Then Eleta, in her best Parisian French, started to talk to him.

She told him who she was and that she was very anxious for her Ladyship to learn French and what could be better than if she first learnt the names of French dishes.

“The French are the best cooks in the world,” she said. “I have travelled a great deal, but I have never found anything as good as French cuisine.”

The chef was at first astonished at her addressing him in such excellent French and then his eyes twinkled.

He knew without being told, Eleta thought, that she was making her pupil interested in French, but in a very different way from any of her other Governesses.

Finally he said,

“Of course, mademoiselle, you are right. We will teach French through mouth, taste and stomach and result will be fantastique!”

“I thought you would understand and I am most grateful to you. I know that his Lordship will be pleased if his daughter learns languages and naturally nothing is more important in Europe than French.”

The chef was delighted at the compliment.

“I have something for the young lady, some petits fours I believe she loke”

He turned and Eleta whispered to Pepe,

“When he gives you his petits fours say, ‘merci bien, monsieur’.

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