Andre was shocked at the sight of his wounds and half dragged and half carried him to his shack hidden away in the forest.
For six days thereafter Kent remained at old Andre's place, simply because he had neither the strength nor the reason to move.

Andre wondered that there were no broken bones in him.

But his head was terribly hurt, and it was that hurt that for three days and three nights made Kent hover with nerve-racking indecision between life and death.

The fourth day reason came back to him, and Boileau fed him venison broth.

The fifth day he stood up.