MODERN BRUSSELS IS WELL LAID OUT WITH MANY WIDE AVENUES
The Englishman remarked, "That is a hard life. It is much better to travel in a motor car." Then he smiled pleasantly and continued, "That is the way we travel. We are leaving for Antwerp tomorrow in our car."
Philippe's eyes shone. Here were more traveling folks. It seemed to the boy that everyone in the world was traveling except himself.
And while Philippe was thus thinking, the gentlemen were talking together in English.
Suddenly the Englishman turned to Philippe and asked, "How would you like to come along with us to Antwerp? You would make an excellent guide, since you know so much about the country."
Philippe's heart almost stopped beating.
"Oh, sir," he breathed, "that is very good of you." Then he hesitated. "But my father would not let me go."
"Where is your father?" asked the gentleman.