... can see her. The narrator is not a very good storyteller too, putting his narrative together unskillfully, with rough transitions and defensive interruptions (Sparknotes Editors). The narrator first opens the story by saying, "This blind man, an old friend of my wife's, he was on his way ... he eventually joins him when they draw a cathedral together. While his eyes are closed, the narrator has an epiphany after finishing the drawing (Sparknotes Editors). The narrator could not to see beyond the physicality of a relationship and were not able to apprehend how Robert could have ever estee...

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