Without Family: Chapters 24-25

Performing successfully, Rémi and Mattia manage to save 240 francs towards buying a cow for mother Barberin. In Ussel, a vet helps them buy a beautiful cow. Frightened by Mattia’s cornet playing, the cow runs away and is caught by people in the next town, who accuse the boys of stealing it. The boys and Capi spend the night in jail, but after the vet testifies on their behalf, continue their journey and Rémi and mother Barberin are reunited. She tells Rémi that Jerome is in Paris looking for him because his real parents are trying to find him. On their way to Paris, Rémi and Mattia visit Lise Acquin. Rémi and Lise are very fond of each other. In Paris, Rémi and Mattia learn that Jerome died and they travel to London to meet with the lawyer searching for Rémi who tells him he is the son of John Driscoll.