and to tell you the truth , it 's comforting to have a man working here . `` can we do this easy , ms . a few seconds later he appears in my doorway , a sandwich in his hand . we had a bit of a laugh over that , but it did make sense . their dreams waited for them on the corner . you can learn a new language in a few hours , right ? '' he 'd plucked people from the jaws of death before . 