Edvard stayed in Pranjani, but got new accommodation with the Martinović family. His romance with Kosta's young daughter continued, so Radmila used every moment of her parents' inattention to go visit Edward. The Martinovics, who recently lost a son of Edward's age, look favorably on their sympathies. On the way to Vučković's mother Anka's house, where Mirko is convalescing, Kosta and Ilija run into a partisan ambush in the forest. It turns out that the soldiers are in the service of Sreten, who meets his father face to face for the first time in a long time.