. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . d trees. . He 78 THE ADVENTURES OF PETERKIN was setting fire to their valley! They rushed down, seizedhim, and stamped out the fearful blaze in just the nick oftime. As for the toothless villain, he screamed with merry-laughter when they caught him. *Hee, hee, my Bright Eyes! he cried. *You have beenspying on me all this while, eh? Your eyes are too have been watching my revenge upon my enemy, theKing! Too bright, too bright! From now you shall beblind—fast blind—you and your wives and your sons anddaughters and your neighbors. From the Vale of B
. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . d trees. . He 78 THE ADVENTURES OF PETERKIN was setting fire to their valley! They rushed down, seizedhim, and stamped out the fearful blaze in just the nick oftime. As for the toothless villain, he screamed with merry-laughter when they caught him. *Hee, hee, my Bright Eyes! he cried. *You have beenspying on me all this while, eh? Your eyes are too have been watching my revenge upon my enemy, theKing! Too bright, too bright! From now you shall beblind—fast blind—you and your wives and your sons anddaughters and your neighbors. From the Vale of BrightEyes you shall now become the Vale of the Blind. Andyours shall henceforth be a valley of ruin and decay. Blind,blind—and never again shall you see the gold of the dayor the silver of the moon until I come to give you back youreyes—^your bright eyes—hee, hee, hee! And thus he fled from us. For the dark of the blindhad come over the valley many years ago . . and there isnothing left for us but tears. v /f fr4: lU. •A vyi^ ^ XVII PETERKINPROMISES ND SO our valley hasgone to rack andruin, concluded the blindman. Peterkin was silent forsome minutes after he had finished. Then he shook his headwisely, sadly. Can you wait four days until I rescue you? he days? The man, his wife and little son all burstinto a bitter laughter. We have waited for half a centuryalready. We can wait a century, if only in the end we gainour eyes again, and win revenge upon our toothless days, ho, ho! 79 8o THE ADVENTURES OF PETERKIN You shall have both your eyes and your revenge, prom-ised the stranger. *It was only three days ago that I spedthrough the air in the cup of a sea-shell, in company withthis toothless farmer. Oh, if I had only known, then! What? In his company? Are you a friend of his?The blind family rushed in about him, as if to capture himand flay him. No, no, smiled Peterkin. Not a friend at all. Hetried to throw me hundreds of feet down to the ground.
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