A woman opens the door of a neighbouring house and exclaims joyously, "Poor little ones, death has departed.

The poison of the fever is counteracted, and your father's life is saved.

Come, little lambs, and pray to God with me." They all three kneel and pray by the side of the good father Hilaire, formerly a brave soldier, but now a mason's labourer.

This ends the first part.
The second begins with a description of morning.

The sun shines through the glass of the casement mended with paper, yet the morning rays are bright and glorious.