5. "She was completely bind." - Explain the irony in the given line. (0)
6. "She would forget our brief encounter" - Who said this and about whom? What is the 'brief encoun
referred to here? Why did the speaker think so ? HS-16
7. "She was an interesting girl." - Who said this to whom and when ? What else did the person say ?
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Explanation:
5) The girl got startled and said that she was unaware of the narrator's presence. The narrator was careful not to reveal the fact that he was blind. So he told the girl vaguely that he had only heard her come in. The narrator even complimented the girl saying that she had an interesting face.
6)In Ruskin Bond's 'The Eyes Have It', the narrator said "She would forget our brief encounter" and here 'She' is referred to the girl companion.
The narrator met a girl in his train compartment when he was at Rohana. They started talking and the narrator was attracted to the girl. He flirted too. This was the encounter.
The girl told him that she would get off at Saharanpur. He might have a lot to say but he couldn't. So he describes the encounter as brief that she would forget.
7)The narrator of Ruskin Bond's short story "The Eyes Have It" said this to a male co-passenger who boarded the train at Saharanpur. When the man told the narrator that he was not nearly as attractive a travelling companion like the one who had just left, then the narrator said the line quoted above