Without Family: Chapters 7-8-9

Vitalis teaches Rémi the alphabet and how to read music. They travel from village to village, living by giving musical and stage performances. When they reach the winter resort of Pau, they stay there the whole winter, performing for the children of the rich, mostly American and English, vacationing there. Come Spring, they move to the city of Toulouse, where a policeman insists that the dogs must be muzzled, knocks Rémi to the ground, and arrests Vitalis who defends the boy. Vitalis is sentenced to two months in jail.