The Renegade (ss) by Lester del Rey

Author:Lester del Rey [Rey, Lester Del]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sci-Fi Short Story
Publisher: Astounding Science Fiction
Published: 1942-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

At least his surroundings came as no surprise to Lane on the tenth day, when the fever vanished suddenly, leaving him weak and sickened, but lucid and free of its grip. Above him, the face of a middle-aged woman—a white woman— drifted around a room filled with the marks of civilization. She was dressed in light clothes, and there was a faint rustle of cloth as she moved, a fainter odor of some inexpensive perfume, now only a ghost left from the last time she’d used it. Weakness hit harder at him, and he fought to hold his eyes open as she brought a bowl of some broth and began feeding it to him carefully. Seeing that his eyes were open and intelligent again, she smiled, propping his head further up on the pillows, brushing the hair back over his forehead, where only a trace of pain marked the cut made by the spear.

“Where—”

“Shush! You’re among friends here, Mr. Lane. We found your canoe by luck and we’ve been taking care of you; you’ll be all right in another week—just the fever and the loss of blood. One more swallow—that’s it. You mustn’t talk now, though; just relax and go back to sleep. Everything’s going to be all right.”

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