 
 <prompt> **CHAPTER XVII**

**A VERY SPECIAL DINNER**

By seven o'clock for evening, I waka pass through the cafe on my way go the American bar. People don already dey chop early dinner, and Louis dey busy as usual. As soon as e see me, e come meet me with him normal greeting.

"E get one table for the left-hand corner wey don dey book for monsieur. I don also arrange small dinner," e talk.

"But I no dey chop for here, Louis!" I protest.

Louis face show say e dey surprise.

"Monsieur dey serious?" e ask. "Na just small time wey I dey talk with Mademoiselle Delora, and she tell me say she dey chop dinner with you here."

"I dey chop dinner with Miss Delora," I answer, "but I no sabi say na here we go chop am."

Louis smile.

"Maybe," e talk, "mademoiselle get the idea say she wan go chop dinner elsewhere. If na so, believe me, she don change her mind. Monsieur go see when e come call for her."

I waka go my side dey think. E be like say I no dey understand this matter well. E be like say Louis just need to talk, and everybody go obey. I too dey become one of him followers? I too go chop for him cafe because e don talk am?

I reach number 157 exactly by half-past seven. Felicia dey wait for me, and for one moment, I forget to ask any question,--forget everything except the joy wey dey make me dey look her. She wear black lace gown,--wey fine well well, and e show the shape of her body well well,--rope of pearls, and big hat and veil, wey dem arrange well well as only those wey sabi how to dress for Paris fit arrange am. She look me with small fear.

**List of questions:**

1. Abi?
2. Na wetin time?
3. Na who be Louis?
4. Na who be monsieur?
5. E be like say e dey unknown
6. Na Miss Delora?
7. Abi?
8. E be like say e dey unknown
9. Na Louis?
10. Na Felicia?
11. Abi?
12. Abi?
13. Na to seat am?
14. Abi?
15. Na number 157?
16. Na Felicia?
17. Na pearls?
18. Na hat and veil?
19. Na Paris?
20. Na joy? <response>: ```1. Na early morning be dis?
2. Wetin be di time of day?
3. Who dey work for restaurant?
4. Na who e dey try seat?
5. Wetin be im name?
6. Na who e plan to chop with?
7. E wan stay for dat cafe?
8. Wia e dey?
9. Who don dey for restaurant already?
10. Who else?
11. Louis dey busy wen Monsieur enta?
12. E stop wetin e dey do?
13. Why?
14. Dinner don ready?
15. Wia e meet Felicia?
16. Who reach there first?
17. Wetin dey her neck?
18. For her head?
19. Wia she learn dis thing?
20. How e feel about how she dey look?``` 