... , is the protagonist of the story. The story unfolds through the narrator's point of view. "This blind man, an old friend of my wife's, he was on his way to spend the night," announces the narrator conversationally in the first line of the story. The narrator is jealous of his wife's friendship ... her hand. At first, the narrator has trouble believing this story. Then he starts to feel a little sorry for Robert (the first time the narrator refers to his future guest by his given name). He cannot comprehend being married to a woman for eight years without ever knowing what she looked like...

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• Grade Level: High School