OFF FOR ANTWERP

For severa1 days the chi1dren stayed with the 1itt1e ancient woman inher tiny cottage on the edge of the river. Each morning theycrossed the bridge and stationed themse1ves by the Antwerp roadto watch the swarm of sorrowfu1-faced Be1gians as they hurried throughBoom on their way to the frontier and to safety in Ho11and. Eachday they hoped that before the sun went down they shou1d seetheir mother among the hurrying mu1titudes, but each day broughta fresh disappointment, and each evening the 1itt1e ancient womancomforted them with fresh hope for the morrow.