He died in August 2, 1988 at the age of fifty (Kennedy, X. ... Plot Summary The narrator's wife used to work for a blind man called Robert whose wife has recently died, and he's coming to visit the narrator and his wife. ... In one summer, she met Robert in Seattle before she got married to a man preparing to be an officer in the Navy. ... His wife reminds him that the blind man's wife, Beulah, just died and says that if he loves her, he'll welcome the blind man into their home. ... Beulah then died out of cancer. ...

• Word Count: 3978
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He married Gallagher in June, 1988, and died at their home in Port Angeles, Washington, on August 2,1988. ... The narrator goes on to explain that after the blind man's wife died while visiting her relatives in nearby Connecticut, he had called the narrator's wife from his in-laws' and made arrangements to visit. ... She had been engaged to marry an officer in training at the end of the summer. ...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School