{"product_id":"2940013741003","title":"The Blind Man","description":"She was frightened.  The fear was as sudden and, in one sense, as\u003cbr\u003eunexpected as an unheralded sharp stab in the breast.  And yet not\u003cbr\u003eunexpected, because it had been hovering near her, almost out of\u003cbr\u003eher consciousness but not quite, for many weeks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey were at the Cross-roads.  Pelynt Cross.  She knew where they\u003cbr\u003ewere, for Julius had told her and in her hands was a map.  The\u003cbr\u003eCross-roads.  Pelynt Cross.  You can smell the sea here, Julius\u003cbr\u003esaid.  She sniffed through the open window.  Yes, she could smell\u003cbr\u003eit.  On a clear day you could catch a glimpse of the sea from the\u003cbr\u003eCross, which stood naked and bare on the edge of the Moor.  But\u003cbr\u003etoday you could not see far because of the summer honey haze which\u003cbr\u003eveiled the world in trembling heat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe car had stopped for a moment while Curtis hesitated.  Then he\u003cbr\u003esaw the finger--'Garth in Roselands 1 1\/2 M.--Rafiel 10 M.'  To the\u003cbr\u003eleft of them ran Pelynt Moor for miles and miles.  The light\u003cbr\u003eenwrapped it and struck at fragments of quartz, at rough white\u003cbr\u003estones.  It seemed to shake with voluptuous pleasure at being thus\u003cbr\u003eenwrapped.  The air through the window smelt of honey and gorse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe car went on.  She had taken off her hat, and the short curls of\u003cbr\u003eher dark hair moved in the breeze.  She had thrown back her coat,\u003cbr\u003eand her body drank in the heat.  She loved, she LOVED the sun!  She\u003cbr\u003elooked quickly across to Julius and then quickly back again.  Was\u003cbr\u003ehe asleep?  Who could tell?  His eyes were closed, but that meant\u003cbr\u003enothing at all.  She had been married to him for six months, and\u003cbr\u003eyet about a matter like that she could not be certain.  His big\u003cbr\u003ebody sprawled against the corner of the car.  He too had taken off\u003cbr\u003ehis hat, and his hair, so fair a yellow that in certain lights it\u003cbr\u003eseemed white, moved a little against his forehead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis face, which she loved so dearly, was composed and calm.  Why\u003cbr\u003ehad she been frightened?  Was it because she was coming to a new\u003cbr\u003eplace?  No.  She was never frightened of a new place.  She loved\u003cbr\u003enew places and new people because she always conquered them with\u003cbr\u003eher charm.  She did not pride herself on her charm.  She had no\u003cbr\u003econceit.  But she was pleased, as anyone would be, with its\u003cbr\u003eeffects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWas it because her new home was his OLD home that she was\u003cbr\u003efrightened?  No.  Anything that was his was hers.  He gave her\u003cbr\u003eeverything freely, abundantly, completely.  She would never feel a\u003cbr\u003estranger where he was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWas it because of herself that she was frightened?  She sat up very\u003cbr\u003estraight and looked out of the window, shaking her little head as\u003cbr\u003ethough she would have the sun penetrate and enrich the curls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell, what about herself?  For six months she had made Julius so\u003cbr\u003ehappy that he told her he was 'mad' with happiness.  She had\u003cbr\u003ebehaved well.  She had lost her temper only twice, once with that\u003cbr\u003esilly old Mrs. Gayner, the housekeeper whom Julius adored so.  Only\u003cbr\u003eonce had she broken something and then it was only a glass--old it\u003cbr\u003ewas, but you could always find another like it.  She had forgotten\u003cbr\u003eengagements scarcely at all and had shown impatience with tiresome\u003cbr\u003evisitors very seldom.  She could not help it if she showed her\u003cbr\u003efeelings clearly.  That was her character.  After all, she loved\u003cbr\u003epeople twice as often as she hated them.  She had tried in every\u003cbr\u003eway to make herself a good wife and she had succeeded.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070259446000,"sku":"2940013741003","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013741003_p0.jpg?v=1763589621","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013741003","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}