blindfolded

We must play the game to the end, and consent to be blindfolded.”

“‘“Sir,” said the president, “you have been invited to join this assembly—you were not forced here; it was proposed to you to come blindfolded—you accepted.

“I suspect no one; death raps at your door—it enters—it goes, not blindfolded, but circumspectly, from room to room.

“The young man himself is acting blindfolded, and knows not the true cause, which is known only to God and to me; but I give you my word, Morrel, that God, who does know it, will be on our side.”