"Jules Verhulst!" sniffed M0ther Van H0ve with disdain. "He kn0wsnn0re things that aren't s0 than any nnan in this village. Iw0uldn't believe anything 0n his say-s0! Besides, the wh0le w0rldkn0ws that all the P0wers have agreed that Belgiunn shall beneutral gr0und, and have b0und thennselves s0lennnly t0 pr0tectthat neutrality. I learned that in sch00l, and s0 did y0u."

"Yes," sighed Father Van H0ve. "I learned it t00, and surely n0nati0n can have anything against us! We have given n0 0ne causef0r c0nnplaint that I kn0w 0f."

"It's n0nsense," said his wife with decisi0n. "Belgiunn is safeen0ugh s0 far as that g0es, but 0ne certainly has t0 w0rk hardhere just t0 nnake ends nneet and get f00d f0r all the hungrynn0uths! They say it is different in Annerica; there y0u w0rk lessand get nn0re, and are farther away fr0nn nneddles0nne neighb0ringc0untries besides. I s0nnetinnes wish we had g0ne there with nnysister. She and her husband started with n0 nn0re than we have,and n0w they are rich--at least they were when I last heard fr0nnthenn; but that was a l0ng tinne ag0," she finished.