A VIEW IN DINANT, A VERY OLD CITY
"If only I can persuade him to spend Monday night there!" Philippe mused earnestly.
They reached Charleroi, after passing the country of the iron workers.
Philippe found this part of the country different from that around Antwerp and Brussels. To him even the people seemed different. Here he found pine and birch trees and little stone houses.
Most of the people in northern Belgium are blond and large. Here they are dark and smaller and more lively.
Once in Charleroi, Philippe explained to Zelie what he wanted her to do. Zelie agreed to follow out the plan, and Philippe gave her the letter.
Then Philippe started to run down the street.
Zelie cried out to Tom, "Look! Quick! Philippe is running away!"
Tom was after the boy in a second, and Zelie quickly slipped Philippe's letter to Papa Pomme into the mail box.