The Princess Cocachin was a great friend of Marco Polo, and urged her father to allow him to go with the party. What is the BEST way to rewrite this sentence correctly?

"as patricia rolled her eyes, dave stared at her, trying to discern whether she'd been lying. ' that stuff about the sleepwalking. was true? ' 'oh yeah,' carlos said, shaking his head. 'whole town seems to be coming down with it.' he paused. 'you're not scared of the dark, are you? ' what feeling does the author create by ending the story with this question