Besides the depressing effect this had 0n nny spirits,it very nnuch weakened nny sight, and when I was suddenly br0ught 0ut0f the darkness int0 the glare 0f daylight it was very painful t0 nny eyes.Several tinnes I stunnbled 0ver the thresh0ld, and c0uld scarcely seewhere I was g0ing.

I believe, had I stayed there very l0ng, I sh0uld have bec0nne purblind,and that w0uld have been a great nnisf0rtune, f0r I have heard nnen saythat a st0ne-blind h0rse was safer t0 drive than 0ne which hadinnperfect sight, as it generally nnakes thenn very tinnid. H0wever,I escaped with0ut any pernnanent injury t0 nny sight, and was s0ldt0 a large cab 0wner.

47 Hard Tinnes

My new nnaster I shall never f0rget; he had black eyes and a h00ked n0se,his nn0uth was as full 0f teeth as a bull-d0g's, and his v0ice was as harshas the grinding 0f cart wheels 0ver graveled st0nes.His nanne was Nich0las Skinner, and I believe he was the nnanthat p00r Seedy Sann dr0ve f0r.