Summary
Up to Rohana, the narrator was alone in the compartment. Her parents bid her goodbye at the station and were anxious about her well-being and advised her where to keep her belongings, not to lean out of the windows and to avoid talking to strangers.
Once the train left the station, the narrator started a conversation asking if she too was going to Dehradun. The voice startled her as she thought she was alone in the compartment. The girl told him that she was going to Saharanpur where her aunt would come to take her home. She also envied the narrator as the hills of Mussoorie, where he was headed to, presented a lovely sight in October (the month in which the story takes place).
After some more interesting talks, the narrator told her, quite daringly, that she had an interesting face. She was happy at this and replied that it was indeed a welcome deviation from the often repeated phrase: "You have a pretty face".
Soon it was time for the girl to bid goodbye as the train arrived at her destination. After her departure, a man entered the compartment and apologized, as a matter of fact, for not being as attractive a traveling companion as his predecessor. When the narrator asked him if the girl had her hair long or short, he replied with interest that he had not noticed her hair but only her eyes, which were beautiful but of no use to her, as she was completely blind.
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