Down the street from the Milesian house lived an immigrant family that had been close friends with Alba’s father, Japheth. The husband, Mr. Kacper Nowakowski, was engaged in the import and exportation of goods and (though Alba never quite understood it all) some business with the navigation of international laws. His wife Irenka had been a nurse, and Kacper’s moderate success in business afforded he and his wife the ability to care for a number of children of peculiar needs from various localities.
Today with Mr. Nowakowski’s help Alba took a photo of a sleepy baby named Nicolae who was staying with them, along with his older sister Sorina while their parents were out of the country on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Nowakowski had set up a special room with two big picture windows - one that let in night and one that let in day. Mr. Nowakowski put up a bed sheet over the day window, and according to the instructions left by his parents they both took turns holding baby Nicolae up to the filtered sunlight for a few minutes each hour, just until his hair began to smoke. Eventually Nicolae would be able to play in the yard in broad daylight just like his older sister.
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