[That gets a chuckle from him. Oh, this Earl of his.] Milord, my vision has been impaired far longer than your grandmother was ever even a sparkle in her own mother's eyes, but I appreciate the sympathy all the same. I could choose to wear corrective lenses and have it all back again, but it really is too much of a bother now. If I rely on my sight, I become a liability to you when I lose it again.