“The Blind Man” is a story about the marital life of a blind man named Maurice, who was awakened to a new, powerful mode of consciousness by his loss of sight, and his wife Isabel. It is also about the relationship between him and her intimate friend Bertie who, with his deep aversion to physical contact, lives solely from mental or visual consciousness. The conspicuous contrast between the two men and the impressive concluding scene in which the blind man dramatically overwhelms the other drew most of the readers` attention away from the former, to the latter relationship, not unfrequently leading to the view that this tale is an unfiltered projection of Lawrence`s well-known idea of the superiority of blood consciousness over mental consciousness. In spite of the apparent simplicity, however, this work is full of rich complexity and deep suggestiveness that comes from the dextrous use of the point of view, subtle characterization of Isabel, and the gradual revealing of her marital life. Focusing on the pivotal figure, Isabel, who functions as the central consciousness, this paper probes into the elusive reality of her marital life which constitutes an integral part of the tale. It brings to light the complicated nature of her psyche which is split between the desire to seek a richer life with her husband and the inimical mental traits typical of modern woman. Also it clarifies that the marital relation between her and Maurice, which, owing to his new way of consciousness, had a year-long period of wonderful intimacy and fecundity before it reached its present crisis, had been long undermined by her possessiveness and stubborn will to isolated connubial happiness. In the light of this, it will further examine the relationship between Maurice and Bertie and the implications of the concluding scene.