“…The girl got up and began to collect her things.”  – Who is the girl? When did she get up?  Why did she get up to collect her things?  What had the speaker thought about the brief encounter he had with the girl? 

The girl is the blind co passenger of the narrator who boarded the train from Ruhana and accompanied him till Saharanpur. The girl got up from her seat when the engines whistle shrieked and the carriage will change Their Sound and rhythm. The girl got up to collect her things since the train was approaching ...

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“She would forget our brief encounter;” – Who said this and about whom? What is the brief encounter referred to here? Why did the speaker things so?

The Narrator said this about his fellow Traveler, a girl who boarded the train at Rohana. The lively, light hearted conversation between the narrator and the girl regarding the beauty of the Hills of Mussoorie in October and about the view of landscape from the train’s window between Ruhana and Saharanpur has been described as the brief encounter. ...

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‘Her voice had the Sparkle Of a mountain stream.” – Who thought so?  Whose voice is referred to here? Why was the voice so special?

 The narrator thought so.  The voice of the girl who was travelling with the narrator in the same compartment is referred to here.  The blind narrator on his journey met a girl whom he started liking from the very beginning. Since the short train journey did not give him enough time to draw a mental image of ...

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“Thank goodness it’s a short journey.  I cannot bear to sit in a train for more than two-or- three hours.” – Who is the speaker?  Did the narrators view match with that of the speaker? Why?

The speaker of the above lines is the blind girl who boarded the train at Rohana. No, the narrators view did not match with that of the speaker. The narrator watch prepared to sit in the train compartment for any length of time just to listen of the girl talking.  On the other hand the girl was happy as it was ...

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“But the thought of laughter only  made me feel troubled and lonely. “- When did the  narrator feel so? 

the  narrator in the short story ‘ The Eyes Have It’ Written by Ruskin Bond thought that he suit laugh for the girl when she asked him why he was so serious.  at the same time another  thought that came into his mind was  that his laughter would Stimulate his  cordial feelings Which would make ...

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