At first, Albert Q's son was adopted by a governess in the Arab quarter. But this did not last, she had just died, also mauled by wolves, while the child was found unharmed playing with her and the cubs. Nobody wanted this child. Fortunately, there was Gertrude the witch who was willing to adopt the son of her ex-master. She moved to the Quaswars' house, where no one dared to approach even after the independence when the majority of the French left. When she died, he was 10 years old. His parents named him Alain