The Man Who Laughs Part II, Book the Second, Chapter II - Dea

In which fifteen years have passed upon the lives of two gentle wanderers and their aged protector, revealing the tender existence of a blind young woman named Dea and a disfigured man called Gwynplaine, each wrapped in their own peculiar darkness and isolation. Their silent companionship, touched by a mutual, innocent affection, unfolds amid the quiet hardships of their obscure world, where sorrow and love strangely entwine.