But like Prat's older brothers who died very young, the girl inherited a very frail and sickly build. Arturo writes to Carmela: ""Keep using homeopathy for my little daughter and inform me after she is healthy."" He has, undoubtedly, the hope that the method that (he supposed) cured his weak condition, would work the same wonders in little Carmela. But it didn't work, the child's life was extinguishing more and more every day, to the despair of the helpless parents, who put all their strengths in their prayers.