Sophia and Angelo took their new born daughter back to their house at 7:00 in the evening, given a sack of rice and a small pitcher of milk by some neighbors who had witnessed the birth. Beatrice was given her own room upstairs, just seperated from her parents by a thin wall so that her parents would know when to come in. Because the family was poor, they could hardly live off the fish Angelo poached, and so when the baby came it was much harder. Her clothes were made from starched cotton by the mid wife who had delivered her, as well as Sophia, but the material was not strong and easily fell apart. The fact that winter began did not make things any easier.