Meg’s mother and grandmother pack a bag for her, and Captain Stewart gives her instructions about the mission, making her an unofficial SOE member. He has left a backpack hidden near the meeting point and tells her never to reveal its content to anyone else, including the Durands. Despite her fears, Meg leaves and meets the Durands in the cave where they are hiding. Jakob’s parents, Albert and Liesel, are suspicious at first and reluctant to entrust their safety to a young girl, but they realize they do not have much of a choice. Meg digs up Captain Stewart’s backpack and is disappointed to find out that it contains various seemingly unassuming objects.

Meg and the Durands start on their way, and the young girl welcomes Jakob’s attempts at friendship. However, she is unsettled by the fact that the Durands, whose name is likely fake, are German. Albert tells her that they are fleeing Germany because they could not be part of the atrocities committed by the Nazis anymore. Their conversation is interrupted by partisans coming out of the woods around them.