Question

" she had beautiful eyes, but they were of no use to her ."- whose eyes are mentioned here? why were the eyes useless to her? bring out the irony of the situation

Answer 1

the story The Eyes Have It the eyes of the narrator's co-passenger is referred to here. The eyes were not useful to her because she was completely blind at that time. ... The irony of the situation is that the narrator was trying to hide his blindness ...

Answer 2

" she had beautiful eyes, but they were of no use to her ."

1. in the story, the author Ruskin Bond mentions a girl which took the train along with the narrator.
2. the author mentions the girl's eyes beautiful.
3. the girl"s eyes were beautiful yet were of no use to her as she was completely blind.
4. the narrator being blind pretended that he could see to the girl who was also completely blind. hence, both were trying to pretend to each other
5. at the end of the story,the narrator got to know about the girl being blind from his fellow passenger.

hence, the girl's blindness comes out as an irony at the end of the story.