Decisions Chapter 4
Safety
The next morning when she woke up, the sun was shining on her face and it was a bit warmer than the day before. John was already up and he gave her a piece of bread and cheese.
"Thank you," she said. She ate without real appetite, then they moved on.
Robin didn't regain consciousness as they travelled for the next two days to their winter camp. Will greet them when they were still a few meters away. "You're fast. We were expecting you tomorrow. What happened?" he asked with a long look at Robin.
"He's been unconscious since yesterday. I need my salves and herbs urgently. We have no time to lose!" Marion spoke in a hurry. Will nodded and let them pass.
The only way to their hiding spot was a small path through the rocks. The ground was very rocky and very hard to climb on. The entrance of the cave was a few feet away from the path. It was hidden by rocks and bushes, only a small crack between two rock walls.
Tuck came out in a hurry when he heard them. He helped them take Robin inside. Tuck had just prepared everything. "I have just collected your herbs and salves and what I have managed to find outside in this season."
"Thank you, Tuck. That was kind of you." Marion took an old blanket and laid it on the ground next to a fire. "Just lay him on here," she said. Then she started to free Robin of his own blanket and the rest of his clothes.
"You can rest, John. If we need you, I´ll call!" she said. John nodded thankfully. He had already seen too much and he was completely exhausted. First he wanted a bath in the stream and then some sleep.
Marion washed the rest of blood away and removed the bandages. Tuck made a thick mixture of salve to put on Robin's most serious wounds and then bandaged them. "I think the lashes have to heal without bandages. We can't dress everything.
Marion nodded. "I think we have done what we can. The rest isn't up to us."
Tuck sighed after their work was done. Marion quickly made up a bed for her husband. Tuck carried Robin over and laid him down on warm sheepskins. Marion covered him with two blankets.
"I'll tidy up," Tuck offered. "Clean yourself and your clothes and rest a while, Little Flower." Marion sighed and took new clothes out of their store. The bloody clothes she wore at the moment would have to be washed and dried. So she made her way outside to the little stream on the other side of the cave. She undressed herself and started to wash everything. The water was cold and she hurried to get back inside the warm cave.