Then he began to think of the thing he had done. What would the two foreign gentlemen think? What would his father and mother do when the gentlemen returned to Brussels without their boy?
Philippe smiled to himself as he thought, "I shall write to them. They will be pleased when I send them great sums of money."
Poor Philippe! Little did he know what awaited him! Little did he dream that much trouble lay between himself and his return home.
He only knew that at last he was off on his adventure. Young Philippe was now going forth into the world like a knight of old. But instead of riding a steed, this knight sat huddled in an old freight car with a fat puppy in his arms.
SAT HUDDLED IN AN OLD FREIGHT CAR