The story is set on a train from Rohana to Saharanpur. A narrator engages in conversation with a girl who joins him in his train compartment. Throughout their discussion, the narrator takes care to maintain the pretense of having full eyesight, though he reveals to the readers that he is blind. When the girl departs, another passenger enters and notes that she too was blind. The narrator's disability and motivation to conceal it highlights the social pressures faced by those with impairments.