Cornelli had stood before him shyly, with averted glance, resembling a little savage, who had never been combed.
"I wonder what the child is like now ?" he muttered to himself.
As he entered the living room Cornelli looked up at him.

The Director was quite startled at what he saw.

Now Cornelli flew up to him.
"Oh, Papa, oh, Papa! It is so wonderful to be home again! Everything is still the way it used to be.

Oh, I am so glad to be home again!" The father wanted to embrace his child, but before he did so he held her at arm's length to gaze at her once more.
"Cornelli," he said with tears in his eyes, "you look at me the way your mother used to.

You have grown just like your mother," he said, putting his arms lovingly about her.