She already felt as though she were doing something slightly inhumane and now she can see that her actions directly or indirectly led to the horrible deaths of all of these people. The answer is to be found in the reservations she felt when she was taking the food from the storeroom. The incident in the supermarket–the discover of the dead bodies in the storeroom–is certainly shocking, but we must ask ourselves why the doctor's wife reacts in such an extreme way. This sense of organization appeals to the doctor, who has been trying, futilely, to organize people since the beginning of the novel. The group of blind people giving speeches about organization is a contrast to the group giving speeches the day before. Soon enough, they all follow suit and cries can be heard throughout the city of 'I can see, I can see.' He opens his eyes to see that he has regained his sight. When the first blind man is about to sink off into sleep, he is disturbed by the fact that he sees black even though his eyes are closed and he is awake. That night, only the little boy eats, while the rest settle down to hear the story. The two make their way home, without food. When the people worshipping in the church hear this, they are very upset. Someone had, before they had gone blind, went and blinded all of the saints. Once inside, though, she is shocked to find that all of the statues and all of the paintings have their eyes covered with white. They make their way outside and find a church where the doctor's wife can rest. The doctor's wife is overwhelmed and the doctor has to drag her out of the cellar. It would appear that some blind people had attempted to come down and had fallen, this had led to more and more and eventually all of the corpses had generated enough methane to make phosphorescent swamp gas. When the light comes in so that she can see, she sees a huge mass of rotting bodies and flickering flames all over them. Once in the cellar, the doctor's wife is shocked by the smell of rot and the flickering lights. Once inside, the dog of tears begins to whimper and doesn't want to accompany them into the cellar. The doctor's wife thinks that they may be too late, but decides to look anyway. When they get to the supermarket, they are surprised to see that there is no one fumbling around for food. Making their way there, they hear another group of people giving speeches, this time about organization–economy, traffic, government, democracy and so forth.

The next day, the doctor's wife tells him that they are running out of food and that they need to make another trip to the underground food store.

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