Hi! in this story there are three characters, whose characteristics are:
Maurice: He feel a little sad because had been blinded in the war in France. He, her husband Isabel and her baby's, lives in a farm. Her life was paceful in darkness. He believed that with his wife had a whole world, rich and real. He was slow and sensitive "a big, heay man". Maurice love's too much Isabel, and had a scared about losing her.
Isabel: She was Maurice's wife and was pregnant. She had a friend called Bertie. She wrote pieces for a newspaper. Sometimes she felt that she was going crazy. She always gave force at him husband to continue with his life but it was no good. Isabel felt a big love for her husband, but she also have feeling love for Bertie.
Bertie: He is Isabel's best friend. He became a successful lawyer, a rich man and a great social succes. He was a little dark man, with a very big forehead, thin hair, and sad, large eyes, too had strange short legs. He like's Isabel. After a while he started to feel scared from Maurice and the only thing he wished was escaping.