A woman remembers a romantic relationship she had when she was twenty-four. She and the young man were eager to marry. They eventually broke up, and the woman says neither of the two were to blame but feels he was more responsible because of his friendship with the blind man. During their relationship, the woman's ex-lover had a friend he would prioritize just as much, a blind man he had known since the age of seven. The blind man still succeeded in his life despite his disability, graduating from an excellent music school. The woman felt sincere admiration for him and awe for his normal, everyday existence.  The blind man loved to be read literature aloud and used Braille very little. When the blind man spoke to his friends, he would remark on their appearances with startling accuracy. She was both amazed and puzzled at the same time, seeing how he would remark on things he couldn't notice while no one paid too much heed to his actions.  The blind man’s friendship with the woman’s former lover was long-lasting. The lover would often visit the blind man’s home and read to him after work. The blind man felt jealous and possessive when the lover visited the woman in New York and only saw him a few times a year. The blind man visited New York semiannually, and the woman soon became annoyed by him. She believed he sensed a “danger” in her and a fear of losing his friend to her. However, the woman felt hesitant to do anything to counter it since he was blind, so she directed her frustrations onto her lover.  Eventually, the woman became second to the blind man in terms of priority. Her lover had to make plans with her around the blind man’s plans, who would arrange something else consistently and force him to cancel his plans with her. One day, an arrangement was finally agreed upon. The woman had called her lover to confirm, and the blind man answered, saying her lover was busy with a farewell party and the two could eat dinner without him. The woman only vaguely remembers their parting after the dinner, on a corner before entering a subway to go home. She says that they left themselves and moved on. She believes they are happier the way they currently are, and that the people saying goodbye on that corner "are still standing there."