"Can you not see that I am blind, while my companion is dumb?
That was what they condemned us to.

By that man's villainy I am destined never to look upon God's earth again, while my companion will never be able to converse with his fellow-men, except by signs.

We are in the world, yet out of it." I looked at them both in amazement.

Their tale seemed too terrible to be true.

And yet I had the best of evidence to show that it was correct.
"And why have you come to me?
What do you want me to do?
I cannot give you back your sight, nor your friend his power of speech." "But you can help us to find the man who brought this misery upon us," Kitwater replied.