Without Family: Chapters 11-12

Rémi enjoys sleeping in a nice bed, eating good food, but most of all, the affection of Mrs. Milligan and Arthur. He learns that Mrs. Milligan had an older child who was kidnaped when he was six months old and never found. Soon after the husband's death, Arthur was born. Mrs. Milligan and Arthur want Rémi to stay with them but when Vitalis is released from jail, he takes Rémi from them, believing that hard life on the road would form the boy’s character and be better for him than the position of Arthur’s playmate.