"In comparison to yours, Lilith, mine is but a name like barren dirt."
"I am flattered!" she thanked him with shyness.
"I, also! To wake to a beauty such as yourself is indeed a blessing from God."
"You have been unconscious for a couple of days now. Do you remember what happened?"
He looked around the room and saw a crow perched on the window sill outside.
"It was strange, but we crossed over the River Clains and I heard that crow making a racket." he told her and pointed at the crow. "Suddenly, several men came out of nowhere and the next thing I know I'm gazing into your lovely eyes!"
She took his hands and pressed them into her own.
"You'll be fine, in a day or so. Then you'll be well enough to get out of this bed and walk about."
A knock came at the door then it opened.
One of the sisters that helped to find the men brought into the room a fairly large tray full of food, and she helped Boyce to sit up for eating before she exited the room.