"You will see presently, my dear. We will take a car and make a call on a friend of mine."
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At last they got out and went up some steps, where a lad answered their ring at the door.
When they entered they saw a little girl seated on a chair with her hands folded. She was blind. She heard their footsteps and said, "Please be seated, ladies."
"How long have you been blind, dear?" asked May's mother.
"Four years, madam. I was very ill and have never seen the light since."
"You must remember many things which you saw before your illness?"
"Oh, yes; and it makes me very happy. I know just how the grass looks, and how blue the sky is, and when I am tired I think of it over and over."