The blind narrator of the short story ‘The Eyes Have It’ felt that he might be thought a ‘romantic fool’.
When the speaker was conversing with the girl, his fellow traveler, regarding the beauty of the hills in October, the girl expressed her desire to visit the hills. Then the speaker become nostalgic and gave a vivid and romantic description of the charm of the hills during the month of October. After listening to the speaker’s description of the grandeur of the hills, the girl become silent. This made the speaker wonder whether his words had touched her or if she thought him a romantic fool.