 and by the time john got out of his room they were long gone with all of his belongings and he has a choice to make he can head back home and try again or he can keep going so he decides he's going to walk across france so john begins walking to southern france one day he meets a man and he's telling him about where he's come from and where he's going and they hit it off they become friends and this man is the count of plower and he's very impressed with what john is trying to do so he