I could never read fine print, never read through a long sentence without shutting my eyes for an instant or looking off the book.

It has always been an effort to see, and now I am forced to use my eyes so constantly they grow worse and pain me very much.

At times a mist comes over them so that I cannot see at all until I rest them a little.

Indeed I often seem to be going blind and I'm afraid I shall," she added, with a tremble in her tones, a tear rolling down her cheek.

But she hastily wiped it away.
"My poor child, I hope not," Elsie said, laying a hand softly on hers; "there have been wonderful cures of diseased eyes.