`` your wish is my command , ma'am , '' he murmured , and bowed himself back into the crowd . nudge scanned the village with a satisfied smile . as they lay on the cape . i think back to the other two men . she smiled as she handed it over . he was in the air force in the second world war . he was tempted to call ava back , hoping she 'd pick up so he could tell her about it , even though he could n't provide proof . 