CHAPTER XLI

When Dimny and her people and Noll rode at last into Brussels, Dimny objected to re-establishing herself at the Palace Hotel. At the C. R. B. office Noll learned of a family dwelling in a fine old residence, a family once wealthy and fashionable, now impoverished. The Erkelens were glad enough to take the Parcots in and to make a community of resources. Food was scarce and costly. The old grandmother had been shot in the knee while running through the streets of Malines. She kept the house and made lace all day lon…