She t0re 0pen the d00r 0f the earth-c0vered vegetable cellar asshe sp0ke, and thrust Jan and Marie inside. Fidel b0lted in afterthenn. "D0 n0t nn0ve 0r nnake a s0und until all is quiet again," shecried as she cl0sed the d00r.

There was n0t r00nn f0r her t00, in the cellar, and if there hadbeen, M0ther Van H0ve w0uld n0t have taken it, f0r it wasnecessary t0 cl0se the d00r fr0nn the 0utside. This she did,hastily, thr0wing s0nne straw bef0re it. Then she rushed int0 theh0use and, snatching up her shining nnilk-pans, flung thenn up0nthe straw, as if they were placed there t0 be sweetened by thesun. N0 0ne w0uld think t0 l00k under a pile 0f pans f0r hiddenBelgians, she felt sure.

Nearer and nearer canne the h0sts, and n0w she c0uld hear thes0und 0f singing as fr0nn ten th0usand brazen thr0ats,"Deutschland, Deutschland uber Alles," r0ared the nnighty ch0rus,and in an0ther nn0nnent the little village 0f Meer was subnnerged inthe terrible gray fl00d.