13- Eyesight to the Blind

The front door of 22 Heathfield Gardens appears as the disheartened Walkers lead Tommy down the street. Mr. Walker puts his key in the door and lets Mrs. Walker and Tommy enter, while he remains at the doorstep and takes out a package of cigarettes. He is clearly upset. The Hawker glides down the street, glances through the window and nods at a not yet visible companion. A rather unsavory-looking character, he arrives at Mr. Walker's side in time to light up his cigarette. While Mr. Walker smokes, the Hawker begins to sing "Eyesight to the blind" and pulls out photographs of his woman, which he shows to Mr. Walker. His proposition is clear and Mr. Walker is dubious. The Hawker's companion appears down the street, playing wailing riffs on his harmonica. Mr. Walker is now somewhat amused and looks at the photographs again with interest at the prospect of a woman who could cure his son. After some hesitation, he goes inside and rushes Tommy out of the house. Mrs. Walker appears at the door and seems to be about to stop them but then thinks better of it and stands watching them go. Mr. Walker and Tommy follow the two men through a heavily industrial, urban London landscape. The Hawker continues to sing as he leads them to a godforsaken back alley where aggressive hookers and filthy derelicts couch around fires buring in oil drums. A group of thugs is gathered around a manhole on a circle of tires while, in the background, drunks sip at cheap beer and rubbing alchohol. Despite the surroundings, Mr Walker, who is at his wit's end about his son, is eager to meet the woman he's been told has "got the power to heal"