Something about this made Reynie uneasy. Had he done so badly? Was this meant to test his courage? He did as he was told, closing his eyes and bracing himself as best he could." Why are you flinching?" the pencil woman asked." I don't know. I thought maybe you were going to slap me."" Don't be ridiculous. I could slap you perfectly well with your eyes open. I'm only going to blindfold you. Trenton Lee Stewart
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Reynie is afraid of being blindfolded. However, the pencil woman tells him that if he is afraid she will blindfold him. She says she can blindfold him without any problem at all. He is not sure what to believe so he declines to be blindfolded.

His fear is more of his own imagination then the pencil woman's actions. He may have just imagined that she was going to slap him if he did not agree to being blindfolded.

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

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