Then they would perhaps meet one of Mr.Beeton's friends, and Dick, standing aside a little, would hold his peace till Mr.Beeton was willing to go on again.
The life did not increase his self-respect.

He abandoned shaving as a dangerous exercise, and being shaved in a barber's shop meant exposure of his infirmity.

He could not see that his clothes were properly brushed, and since he had never taken any care of his personal appearance he became every known variety of sloven.

A blind man cannot deal with cleanliness till he has been some months used to the darkness.
If he demand attendance and grow angry at the want of it, he must assert himself and stand upright.

Then the meanest menial can see that he is blind and, therefore, of no consequence.