In the short story "The Eyes Have It" Written by Ruskin Bond "the girl," a co-passenger of the narrator was silent after having a discussion about the

THE EYES HAVE IT

 "she was silent I wondered if my words had touched her, on whether she thought me a romantic fool. Then I made a mistake." Who was silent ? What are the words that the author refers to? What is the mistake that the author made?

In the short story "The Eyes Have It" Written by Ruskin Bond "the girl," a co-passenger of the narrator was silent after having a discussion about the beauty of Mussoorie  in October. 

The words the author refers to here are the discussion about the beauty of Mussoorie in October. In October, the hills in Mussoorie are Covered with wild dahlias. The sun is delicious. At night it is an opportunity for any tourist to sit in front of a brandy. logfire and have a little drink of brandy.

The girl was quite silent while the narrator was discussing the beauti fulness of the atmosphere of Mussoorie. Her silence made the narrator think that perhaps his words touched her on she took the narrator as a romantic fool. To get rid of this critical situation, the narration made a mistake by saying how the outside looked.