[Aunt Jane’s Nieces in the Red Cross by Edith Van Dyne]@TWC D-Link bookAunt Jane’s Nieces in the Red Cross CHAPTER VI 13/18
I come here, three days ago; I cannot find her in Dunkirk; she has vanished.
Perhaps--but I will not trouble you with that.
This is my story, ladies and gentlemen. Behold in me--a wealthy landowner of Liege--the outcast from home and country!" "It is dreadful!" cried Patsy. "It is fierce," said the man.
"Only an American can understand the horror of that word." "Your fate is surely a cruel one, Maurie," declared Mr.Merrick. "Perhaps," ventured Beth, "we may help you to find your wife and children." The Belgian seemed pleased with these expressions of sympathy.
He straightened up, threw out his chest and bowed very low. "That is my story," he repeated; "but you must know it is also the story of thousands of Belgians.
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