blind.
I told you, you...
We better look around.
There's some buildings in the back.
I'm gonna take a look.
Danny.
I got rid of my friend.
- Where were you?
- Outside. Looking around.
You don't have to be afraid.
We kind of messed up your house.
That doesn't matter.
What's on that hill in back of your place?
Nothing but the hill.
And a steep cliff behind it.
I'll go find my friend.
We'll be on our way.
You won't have much luck finding anyone
in this kind of weather.
We'll make out all right.
We tracked in a lot of snow.
It's only water. I'll clean it up.
We sure messed up the floor.
Please, please, don't worry about it.
You said you were alone?
Nobody's been here except us?
Yes.
Must get pretty lonely living by yourself.
My brother will be back soon.
I won't be alone.
Would you be lonely
if you lived in a place like this?
Yes, I guess I would.
The city can be lonely too.
Sometimes people who are never alone
are the loneliest.
- Don't you think so?
- I don't know. I've never thought it out.
I think you have.
Sometime or other,
most lonely people try to figure it out.
- About loneliness.
- And you think I'm one of them?
May I touch your hand?
You're cold.
Why don't you put some wood on the
fire? I'll get you something hot to drink.
- The water's on.
- Don't bother.
It isn't any bother.
Your friend, what's his name?
- Brent.
- I feel terribly sorry for him.
I wish I could help him.
He said...
He said you were a cop.
That's right.
Tell me, how is it to be a cop?
It gets so you don't trust anybody.
You're lucky.
You don't have to trust anyone.
I do.
I have to trust everybody.
Did you ever know anyone
who was blind before?
- No, I never did.
- I thought perhaps you had...
...the way you act.
Most people would have taken the tray...
...set it on the table,
and tried to make the tea.
But you didn't.
And when you talk to me,
there's no pity in your voice.
What time is it?
- It's late.
- You can't go out looking tonight.
Why don't you rest.
You can get a fresh start in the morning.
Don't worry about us.
We'll make out all right.
You'll stay.
Do you like that piece of wood?
My brother found it for me.
He said I should always have
beautiful things to guide me.
I don't know your name.
Wilson. Jim Wilson.
Jim Wilson.
You can tell a lot of things
about a person from his name.
And his voice too.
If only I could really see you.
If I could be sure.
You can't make me tell you.
- I don't have to.
- Tell me what?
Where he is.
My brother's name is Danny.
I know he has to be caught.
But if Brent catches him, he'll kill him.
With you, he'd be safe.
Please, promise me he'll be safe.
Danny isn't like other people.
Sometimes he's all right,
and then other times he's...
He came back tonight.
He'd been away for two days.
Never stayed away that long.
I was scared.
But I knew something
terrible had happened.
I want to do what's best for him.
Anything I can to help him.
He's my brother.
But I don't want Brent and the others
hunting him down like some animal.
You'll see that they take care of him,
won't you?
You will, won't you?
Please promise me.
Well, why don't you promise?
What are you waiting for?
As long as he's with me, nobody will
hurt him. That's all I can promise.
If it's like you say, they'll...
...send him to an institution.
Oh, yes. They will now.
When it's too late.
That light you saw...
...it came from this house
when my brother was here.
Where is he now?
He's outside.
Where are you going?
- lf Brent finds Danny...
- He won't.
Tell me where he is.
We can't help him if you don't tell me.
I can't promise things that aren't in my
power, but I won't let him be hurt.
- Please tell me.
- I will.
Only, I have to speak to him alone first.
I have to make him understand.
All right.
- Who is it?
- Brent.
Who'd you think it was?
- Find anything?
- No, not a thing.
- What's the matter with her?
- It's late. She