Ramillies was fought in Belgium, too, and many
other battles. Even Caesar fought here. Do you remember the place
where he says that of all the tribes he conquered, the bravest were the
Belgians?"
"Oh, that's so! I'd forgotten that! But, Paul, you said there might
be something for us to do. What did you mean?"
"I'm not sure yet, Arthur, and I'd rather not say anything more until I
am. But I want you to slip out with me to-night, after dinner. We'll
find out then, for certain. And I don't want to tell Uncle Henri or
anyone else, and afterward find I was wrong. We'd be laughed at then,
you see."
"Then you have found something! Oh, tell me, Paul! I won't repeat it
to a soul!"
"You'll know all in good time. Do you remember that man who tried the
other day to get work as a gardener?"
"Yes, I do. Uncle Henri didn't have any work for him, but he sent him
to the factory in Seraing, and told him they would give him a job."
"That's the one. You know he said he was hungry, and that he hadn't
been able to get any work for a long time, so he didn't have any money.
Uncle Henri told the cook to give him a dinner."
"Yes, and I was sorry he didn't get a place. He looked as if he would
have been all right."
"Well, Arthur, I saw him again, last night! He was in Esneux, and he
seemed to have plenty of money, though he hadn't gone to Seraing to get
work.
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