Occasionally he did some figuring on the sheet of paper, as though to make the matters more clear to his daughter.

She made a very pretty picture, trying to follow her father's explanations, but the perplexed wrinkling of her brow showed how hard it was for her to do so.
The figures that Don Luis took from his ledger all tended to show the immensity of the wealth already produced from _El Sombrero_.
Tom and Harry listened courteously, for they had been invited to join the group.
"You are tired, _chiquita_," said her father, at last.

"I have taken you too far on our first excursion into the realm of finance.
This morning we will have no more figures.

But here is something that cannot fail to interest you in parts at least." Shoving aside the ledger, Don Luis drew from a drawer a bulky document.
"This is the report which Senor Reade prepared for me yesterday," Montez explained, looking at the young engineers for an instant.
"The report is written in English, as I desired it written so.
But I will read the most interesting parts in Spanish to you, _chiquita_.

You will observe that this report is a masterpiece of business composition." "I am sure that it must be," murmured Francesca, and Tom bowed his thanks.
"This report, too, is a part of your fortune," continued Don Luis.
"That is, it will help to make your fortune, for it concerns _El Sombrero_, one of the finest parts of your fortune.