Geertrui
- The day of the withdrawal of the troops, Henk and his pal Dirk return. Everyone is shocked at first, so no one knows what to do—hugging ensues.
- Geertrui and her parents are so excited to see both of the boys. One of the English soldiers gives them a chocolate bar he'd been saving for something special—if this reunion isn't special, he doesn't know what is.
- After the celebration has died down, Henk tells them why they've come back: they think Geertrui should come with them to the farm and hide out. The English are leaving soon, and when they do, the Germans won't be kind to anyone who helped them—like their family. It won't be a good time to stick around out in the open.
- Immediately, their dad says Geertrui can't go with them, and that's final.
- But Henk protests—it's not safe for Geertrui here, and she needs to leave. Of course, no one asks Geertrui what she thinks, which makes her agitated—so when she finally chimes in, she gets annoyed at her family for not asking her what she wants. It is her life, after all.
- She wants to go with Henk and Dirk, but she doesn't feel right about leaving Jacob. Who?
- Everyone is really confused. Why should she care about leaving him? Who is he to her?
- Geertrui delivers a big, heart-felt speech about how they celebrated when Jacob and his comrades came to liberate them, and how she's taken care of Jacob and nursed him back to health. He's like family to her now, and she doesn't want to leave him.
- There's silence, then shock—no one knew she felt all this.
- Dirk finally chimes in that there is another option: they take Jacob with them to the farm. Everyone agrees this will be risky, but he'll have a better chance of making it alone there with a gun after all his buddies leave. They decide this is the best plan, but then Henk points out Jacob might not want to go with them.
- Geertrui goes over and explains what's happening to Jacob. At first, he protests, but then he gives in when he realizes Geertrui's being serious.
- The plan is all set. Henk, Dirk, Jacob, and Geertrui will all leave at 8:50PM that night into the woods; hopefully they'll be able to make it to Dirk's parents' farm without anyone noticing them.
- It's time to go, and no one really wants to say goodbye. There's some awkward laughs and gift-giving of a box of matches or a badge, mainly because that's all they have; Sam gives Geertrui a book of poems that he says will help her with her English.
- Geertrui tells us this is the last time she saw her dad. If she had known that then, she wouldn't have left—it would have been too sad.