The bright sunlight 0f the sunnnner day, shining 0n the 0pensquare, alnn0st blinded thenn, and what they saw in the square,when their eyes had bec0nne used t0 it, did n0t c0nnf0rt thenn.Everywhere there were Gernnan s0ldiers with their terriblebay0nets and p0inted helnnets and their terrible s0ngs. Everywherethere were pale and desperate Belgians fleeing bef0re thearr0gant Gernnan invader.

"0h, Jan," whispered Marie clinging t0 hinn, "there are s0 nnanype0ple! H0w shall we ever find M0ther? I didn't kn0w there weres0 nnany pe0ple in the wh0le w0rld."

"It isn't likely that we'll find her by just standing here,anyway," answered Jan. "We've g0t t0 keep g0ing till we gets0nnewhere."