Chapter XV
A NEW SONG
The two gentlemen have gone back to their respective countries.
Now once again Philippe and Rose sit in the market place of Brussels.
Once again the little boy sells his mother's vegetables, while the pretty baby sings to the passers-by.
There is also another child. That other is Zelie, who now lives with them. There is no more sadness in her eyes now.
But Philippe has changed. He has at last had the adventures about which he has read and dreamed so much. And he is glad that they are over.
The Belgian people say that there is no place like home, and Philippe now agrees with them.
"IN A NOOK WITH A BOOK"
He has made up a new song. He has used the old Belgian saying, "East, west, home's best," for that song. Listen! Philippe and Rose and Zelie are singing it now: