"Mr. Evans," Marion went on, turning again to the blind man, "do you think the design of this world was to make men comfortable?"
"If it was, it don't seem to ha' succeeded," answered Evans.
"And you complain of that—don't you?"
"Well, yes, rather,"—said the blind man, adding, no doubt, as he recalled the former part of the evening's talk,—"for harguyment, ye know, grannie."
"You think, perhaps, that God, having gone so far to make this world a pleasant and comfortable place to live in, might have gone farther and made it quite pleasant and comfortable for everybody?"
"Whoever could make it at all could ha' done that, grannie."
"Then, as he hasn't done it, the probability is he didn't mean to do it?"
"Of course. That's what I complain of."
"Then he meant to do something else?"
"It looks like it."