To him, weight gain and personal lives are forbidden; the dancers must dedicate themselves body and soul to the dance. He falls under the spell of newcomer Endrika's Puck Adams talent, and enthusiastically welcomes her into the troupe.
During a tour in Italy , Endrika is forced to pick up her secret son from his foster family, which she has concealed from the rest of the troupe. Evan Evans then asks Philippe for an account, in order to confirm the story and to find out the mother.
Philippe believes that the story is true, and tells Evans that the child must be his and that the mother must be a young Sicilian woman Paola Tedesco with whom he had an affair. Evans decides to go and meet the girl's parents, in order to clarify matters. When he arrived in Italy, he discovers with horror that the baby boy is not hers, but that she had indeed had a little girl with Philippe, whom he inherits and is obliged to take back to the hotel.
Evan Evans asks his nephew again to find out who else the little boy's mother might be. Philippe decides the mother must be must be the maid of a Roman marquis Franco Volpi.
Evans goes to visit the Marquis, and learns that he has married his maid himself, and that the maid has never had a child. Confused, he returns to the hotel.
