Young Philip, blinded by a crack on the head, and Timothy, an old West Indian, are stranded on a barren Caribbean cay. After surviving for months, they are rescued. Timothy disappears and Philip realises, as doctors work to restore his sight, that he is not ready to go on without his friend.
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