study for entrance into the university. 1878 ?: Uncle Cent withdraws his shares from Goupil & Cie. March: Tersteeg has recommended Theo to assist Goupil & Cie in Paris during the World's Fair. July 5: Vincent abandons studies and returns to Etten. July 16–17: father introduces Vincent to the governors of the Evangelical College (Vlaamse opleidingsschool) in Laeken, near Brussels, accompanied by Reverend Jones. (One of six founders in 1875 was Abraham van der Waeyen Pieterszen). 24 August: having postponed his departure to assist at the wedding of his sister Anna (August 21), Vincent moves to Laeken. October 27: C. M. Vos, husband of Kee Vos Stricker, dies. December: fails exams. December 26: turns to the Committee of the Evangelical College (Comité d'Evangélisation) and asks to be accepted for a post in the Borinage. 1879 January: for 6 months on trial, Vincent is accepted to do evangelical work in the Borinage. late June: Vincent learns his temporary contract will not be renewed; he is given three months to find something else. July 31: his contract ends. August 1: next day, Vincent sets out on a first walk to find employment, all across the Borinage up to the North. Finally, in Tournai, he shifts to North-east to visit Reverend Abraham van der Waeyen Pieterszen in Maria-Hoorebeeke, but when he arrives on Sunday afternoon (August 3), Pieterszen is out for some days in Brussels, where they meet on Monday morning (August 4). August 5: he is in Cuesmes "again," close to Mons; as Theo is expected to pass Mons by train soon, Vincent asks his brother to meet there. August ?: spends a day with Theo, leaves for Wasmes in the evening where he is lodged by J. B. Denis, Rue du Petit Wasmes à Wasmes (Hainaut). August 15 Vincent arrives back at Etten to stay with his parents. 1880 Spring ???: stays with family at Etten March 11: Vincent is still living with his parents. mid March ???: when his father tries to put him into an asylum (Gheel), he escapes to Cuesmes. end March ???: Vincent sets out on a second walk to find employment in the Borinage; in the end he walks to Courrières and goes to visit Jules Breton, but doesn't have the nerve to enter the property. April 16: Abraham van der Waeyen Pieterszen dies in Maria-Horebeke. first days of July: a while after his return to