Про контекст -да, похоже. Моя настольная книга, но по-английски Karlsson-on-the-roof, ведёт в основном повествование в past simple и past perfect. Мне кажется, я сильно продвинулся по этим временам (теоретически).
Mommy smiled a little.
"It will be a pleasure for us to meet Karlsson," she said.
"That's what Karlsson said, too," Eric told her.
At last they had finished dessert. Mommy rose from the table. This was the great
moment.