Besides his own person others began to occupy him; moreover, he had been always attached to Vinicius, for in childhood he had loved greatly his sister, the mother of Vinicius; at present, therefore, when he had taken part in his affairs, he looked on them with that interest with which he would have looked on some tragedy.
A saját személyén kívül most már más emberek is kezdték érdekelni, Viniciushoz pedig mindig ragaszkodott, gyermekkorában ugyanis nagyon szerette az ifjú anyját, aki neki húga volt, most pedig, miután az ifjú dolgait ismerte, olyan érdeklődéssel szemlélte azokat, mintha tragédiát nézne.