You are my friend , I know , Jeff . But , but -- I must leave Pinehurst , you know . '' `` I learned that tonight for the first time , '' he answered . `` Did you ever come to a place where everything seemed ended -- where it seemed that there was nothing -- simply nothing -- left , Jeff ? '' she said wistfully . `` But , no , it could n't seem so to a man . Only a woman could fully understand what I mean . That is how I feel now . While I had Father to live for it was n't so hard . But now there is nothing . And I must go away . '' `` Is there anything I can do ? '' muttered Jeffrey miserably . He knew now that he had made a mistake in coming tonight ; he could not help her . His own pain had unmanned him . Presently he would say something foolish or selfish in spite of himself . Sara turned her eyes on him . `` There is nothing anybody can do , Jeff , '' she said piteously . Her eyes , those clear child-eyes , filled with tears . `` I shall be braver -- stronger -- after a while .
But just now I have no strength XXXXX .
Father Jeff Jeffrey Pinehurst Sara child-eyes everything first left pain