Original sentence: On receipt of this a tearful Pedro I wrote a reply, calling the little boy “My beloved son, and my Emperor”..vHis father and step-mother remained on board the Warspite another five days before leaving for Europe, but they did not see the little boy emperor in that period or ever again
Edited sentence: On receipt of this a tearful Pedro I wrote a reply, calling the little boy “My beloved son, and my Emperor”.. His father and step-mother remained on board the Warspite another five days before leaving for Europe, but they did not see the little boy emperor in that period or ever again