“She was an interesting girl.”- Who said this to whom and when? What else did the person say? What reply did he get?
The narrator of Ruskin Bond’s short story “The Eyes Have It” said this to a male co-passenger who boarded the train at Saharanpur. When the man told the narrator that he was not nearly as attractive a travelling companion like the one who had just left, then the narrator said the line quoted above.
The narrator asked his fellow-passenger if he could tell him whether the girl, who departed a few minutes back kept her hair long or short.
The man who broke into the narrator’s daydream sounded bewildered hearing the question. He replied that he did not remember the length of the girl’s hair since it did not catch his glimpse. He said that it were the beautiful eyes of the girl that attracted his attention. The twist in the tale got revealed when the man told the narrator that the girl’s eyes were of no use to her as she was completely blind.
“She was completely blind. Didn’t you notice?” Who said this to whom? When was this said? Explain the irony in the line.
The male passenger who boarded the train at Saharanpur said this line mentioned above to the narrator.
The male passenger boarded the train at Saharanpur. After boarding the train, the male passenger told the narrator that he must be disappointed because he is not nearly as attractive a travelling companion like the one who just left. In reply, the narrator asked about the girl’s hairstyle. The fellow passenger got a bit perplexed hearing the question and said that he noticed the eyes of the girl and not her hair because she had beautiful eyes and also added that she was completely blind.
Throughout his journey, the narrator tried to conceal from the girl the fact that he was blind. But when the male passenger revealed the truth, he realized that all his defence mechanism was vainly employed.
