Guess you'll have to find out, it'll be a surprise. [She probably won't be back, he thinks. Not before he's well enough to ride north, towards home. And even if she is, this passing fancy will have...well, passed and she won't look at him the way she's looking at him right now. And that will be just fine, won't it? He would thank her for saving his life and then he would ride northward and it would be fine. His brothers would tease him about turning down the only women to show any interest in him for years, but it would be better that way. Wouldn't it?]
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