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Lazarus (as Sherlock Holmes): A person looks through a sack. See 2 men taunting and beating up the person behind the sack. Watson arrives and shoots the 2 bullies. See the reunion of old friends. I am so very glad to see you. The children in the attic are ecstatic. The older girl's grandpa is Holmes and the blond boy's grandpa is Watson.
The narrator is impressed with how little like a stereotypical blind man (dark glasses, a cane) Robert looks. He does notice that Robert's eyes are creepy up close in various ways. The narrator is tickled by the use of the term Bub (which Robert continues to use through the story), and fixes the drinks.