About thirty or forty more minutes passed before there was movement in the house again. There were voices upstairs once more, and soon enough there was the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs. First came Mrs. Vincenzi, changed into a long white summer dress and her long, brown hair hanging loosely around her shoulders, curled at the ends. After her came a very sleepy Vince, whining about something in Italian to his mother, and after them came Vianna yawning, still in her pajamas and clearly just waking up then.

Mrs. Vincenzi disappeared into the kitchen, where she was followed by Vince still going on about something, and as Vianna was on her way to the kitchen as well, she caught sight of Ferris out in the living room sitting in an armchair near the windows. At this, the girl beamed. "Professor!" she called out before changing her route and heading in his direction instead.