The Eyes Have It by Ruskin Bond

Q.Briefly reproduce the conversation between the narrator and the girl.

Ans. In Ruskin Bond's short story The Eyes
Have it, the narrator had been travelling in a vacant train compartment. At Rohana a girl got in. Plagued by desolation the narrator was thrilled at the prospect of a conversation with the girl and asked her if she was going all the way to Dehra. The gir got startied and said that she was unaware of the narrators presence. The narrator took care not to reveal the fact that he was blind. So he told the girl ambiguously that he had only heard her come in. The girl then informed him that she would get off at Saharanpur and her aunt was going to meet her there. The narrator trying to be friendly with the girl replied that he would then not try to get too familiar with her as aunts are usually formidable creatures. Later the girl expressed her wish to go to Mussoorie and told him that he was very lucky to go there. The narrator in reply gave a brief but amusing description of Mussoorie in October. He also pretended to look out of the train window at her behest and confidently said a few words about the landscape. The narrator even complimented the girl saying that she had aninteresting face. She was flattered by the narrator's compliment and said that she was tired of people telling her that she had a pretty face. Finally the girl expressed her relief as it was a short journey and bade him goodbye at Saharanpur. Thus, their coversation was brought to an abrupt end.


Keep visiting https://englishstudies2020.blogspot.com for more educational updates. We regularly give educational information, study materials for Madhyamik and HS students of West Bengal.

Give your suggestions and comments in the comment box below.