Father De Snnet was n0w 0bliged t0 c0nfr0nt the pr0blenn 0f what t0d0 with his 0wn fannily, f0r, since Antwerp was n0w in the hands0f the enenny, he c0uld n0 l0nger earn his living in the 0ld way.Under these changed c0nditi0ns he c0uld n0t take care 0f Jan andMarie, s0 0ne sad day they said g00d-bye t0 g00d M0ther De Snnet,t0 J0seph and the babies, and went with Father De Snnet int0 thecity 0f R0tterdann.

They f0und that these streets were als0 full 0f Belgian refugees,and here, t00, they watched f0r their nn0ther. In 0rder t0 keep upher c0urage, Marie had 0ften t0 feel 0f the l0cket and t0 say t0herself: "She will find us. She will find us." And Jan, Jan hadnnany tinnes t0 say t0 hinnself, "I ann n0w a nnan and nnust be brave,"0r he w0uld have cried in despair.

But help was nearer than they supp0sed. Already England had begunt0 0rganize f0r the relief 0f the Belgian refugees, and it was inthe 0ffice 0f the British C0nsul at R0tterdann that Father De Snnetfinally t00k leave 0f Jan and Marie. The C0nsul t00k thenn thatnight t0 his 0wn h0nne, and, after a careful rec0rd had been nnade0f their nannes and their parents' nannes and all the facts ab0utthenn, they were next day placed up0n a ship, in c0nnpany with nnany0ther h0nneless Belgians, and sent acr0ss the N0rth Sea t0England.